LIEF – uniquely diverse auteur filmmakers
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LIEF IS A FEMALE-LED CREATIVE CONTENT STUDIO, PROMOTING AND CELEBRATING INCLUSIVITY, CREATING NEW CULTURE-DEFINING WORK WITH EXCEPTIONAL AND UNIQUELY DIVERSE FILMMAKERS.

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Adi Halfin Bertrand Bonello Courtney Hoffman Elisha Smith-Leverock Haifaa Al Mansour Harry Wootliff Jason Bradbury Johnny Ma Laura Checkoway Leonora Lonsdale Lily Baldwin Misan Harriman Myriam Raja Natasha Khan Zhannat Alshanova
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Pioneering Advertising

Inspiring girls in Saudi Arabia to discover their inner potential.
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Original Series: We Were Here

Through unexpected connections, this powerful original doc series inspired a new and engaged audience to see refugees in an entirely new light – sparking powerful…
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The Lost Girls: Building a Community

The Lost Girls campaign launched Bat For Lashes' hotly anticipated fifth studio album, her first self-release. Serving as the Creative Producer, Lief helped bring Khan’s…
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Branded Entertainment: JellyWolf

In 2017 i-D commissioned filmmaker ALMA HAR’EL, having just launched her non-profit Free The Bid, as the FOURTH HERO (of filmmaking) for their “THE FIFTH…
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A New York City Screening of ECSTASIE
The film by Lily Baldwin starring Liz Rosenfeld plays at the LGBT Community Center
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 JellyWolf: a comic book
Jamaica Dyer's watercolours bring new life to the short film by Alma Har'el.
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Christina Nwabugo on set with Curtis Essel
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