Banu Ramazanova is a Kazakh producer and director of both documentary and fiction films. She holds a BA with Honors in Film and Screen Studies from Bath Spa University in the UK and an MFA in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles).
Her debut feature-length documentary Over the Barriers (2020) earned awards and was showcased at numerous international festivals. As a producer, she has worked on several notable films, including Little Love (2022) and 1986, December Chronicles (2021). She also served as executive producer for a number of projects, such as Summer of 1941 (2021). In 2024, Banu participated in the prestigious Berlinale Doc Toolbox Programme with We Live Here (2025). She is currently working on her PhD, her research focusing on the interaction between international trends and Kazakh culture in documentary filmmaking.
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