tira olkdari (they/she)

is a multimedia artist & producer based in Philadelphia, originally from Cairo, Egypt. They are a co-founder of Babellion Studios, a group of filmmakers and creative videographers. In the Spring of 2023, they graduated Temple University with a Bachelor's in Film & Media Arts and a certificate in Music Technology.ย 

After serving as the editor-in-chief for their high school yearbook, they delved into a career of content creation and social media management, utilizing their long-time skills in graphic design, copywriting, and analytics. They currently run Babellion Studios' online presence, and previously ran the @templeu_fma Instagram.

In university, they also picked up screenwriting and sound design, both to great success. They won their first screenwriting award for "COAT" an unproduced short, and have since won a screenwriting award for the pilot episode of "Past, Tonight, with Mars Apollo", a Babellion Studios web series.

Overall, Tira is a versatile artist & producer that thrives in roles where they can flex multiple skillsets while developing new ones at the same time.ย 

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a recollection of screenings from the year 2024.
only included films seen in theaters, listed chronologically.

read last year's as well:

[article] [entertainment]

twenty-eight of my favorite albums from this past year, ranked very subjectively.

past years:

[article] [music]