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Film Festival in November 2016, as well as picking up the award for Best Director in the Golden Prize category at the Red Carpet Film Festival in Bahrain (organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs). It was Summer’s unwavering commitment to the art combined with her skills and passion that earned her work the awards. “I enjoy each of my projects, as I love how there’s a new element to every shoot. I am always meeting new people, photographing and creating films in different locations and on a variety of topics. You can say that change is a constant in my work and that is precisely what keeps it very interesting for me. I love learning and growing as a photographer, filmmaker and human being and I feel blessed that my work allows me to do so,” she says. Constantly exploring new aspects of the multimedia realm, Summer got the opportunity to experience curating for the art space Malja for their 2016 Photography Open Call and will be doing so once again in April 2017. Her own work was also exhibited at Malja, most recently as part of Malja’s CoLab: Words Are Blind exhibit, in which she was asked to take part by curators Weaam Sperink and Fatima Al Saad. APRIL - MAY 2017 Perle 43