Filmmaker, Playwright, Performance Artist, ASL Poet. Recipient of Visionary Awards for Emerging Artist of 2016. Shortlisted for 2018 British Muslim Awards.

I hold a Certificate in Filmmaking from London Film Academy in London, UK and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre (with a focus on playwriting) from University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, USA. 

I've been written about in famed movie critic Roger Ebert's newsletter about my silent comedy videos. I have also been featured in various publications such as Alternet, BITCH, the Guardian, Arte TV, etc.

Various of my short films have screened at festivals, galleries and workshops around North America and Europe.

Short Films 

Wedding Night 
Written, Directed, and Produced by Sabina England
Edited by Usama Al-Shaibi
Starring Alpa Baker and Sanjiv Bajaj 
Premiered at the Indian Film Festival of New York at Tribeca Cinemas.

The Unseen (forthcoming) 2018-2019
Written, Directed, Produced & Edited by Sabina England

Additional screenings include:
Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival (Canada)
Rebellion (Blackpool, UK)
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
The Taqwacores exhibition (Paris, France)
EVA Gallery (Salzburg, Austria)
ARTE TV (Germany and France)

Other Films:
D. E. A. F (Deep Enigmatic Audio Force)
Wild Whispers: New Mexico (funded by Arts Council of England)
Deaf Brown Gurl
Seasons / Mawsam 
नमाज़ की उदासी  ("Prayer of Sorrow")
Allah Earth: Costa Rica 
Poema 15: Poesia Por Pablo Neruda 
Into the Woods, Love is Death 
Of Winter's Beauty 
Allah Save the Punk! 

Theater (Playwriting) 

How the Rapist was Born
(Soho Theatre, London; Tristan Bates Theatre, London; East 15 Acting School, Essex)

A Study of the Human Condition
(Corner Playhouse, Missouri)

I Love to Eat, Drink and be Sad
(Corner Playhouse, Missouri)

Chess for Asian Punks, Greek Losers, and Dorks
(Theatre Royal Stratford East, London; Corner Playhouse, Missouri)

Dear Me, Where's My Angel?
(Corner Playhouse, Missouri)

Performances (Onstage)

• New York International Fringe Festival (New York City, New York)
• St. Louis Fringe Festival of Independent Performing Artists (St. Louis, MO)
• Exploded View (Tucson, AZ) for Tucson Fringe Theatre Arts Festival
• Florissant Valley Community College (St. Louis, MO) for Deaf Visual Arts Festival
• Hampshire College (Amherst, MA) for DEAFinitions Conference
• University of Washington (Seattle) for Deaf & Disability Awareness Month
• City Museum (St. Louis, MO) for Midwest Mayhem
• Kranzberg Cabaret (St. Louis, MO) for "Alice in Fringeland" c/o Five Fifths 
• The Fridge (Washington, DC) for Subcontinental Drift
• 2720 Cherokee Performing Arts Center (St. Louis, MO) for Venus Envy
• Pride St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
• Haberdashery Revue (St. Louis)
• Raw Artists: Generations (St. Louis)
• St Louis Fringe Festival (St. Louis)
• "The Vagina Monologues" (St. Louis)
• Yoni Ki Baat (San Francisco)

Writings

• "Deaf Playwriting: A New Art Form" published in HowlRound
• "Deaf Performance Art, Sound, and Allah Earth" published in Alt.Theatre Magazine 
• "Amor Indocumentado" published in Totally Radical Muslims!
• "Deaf Brown Gurl" published in A Student's Guide to the Deaf Experience
• Urdustan: A Collection of Short Stories 
• "The Islamofascists" published in Totally Radical Muslims!
• "Listen Up: The Debate over Ground Zero" published in Tablet Magazine

"Wedding Night," a film by Sabina England

"Deaf Brown Gurl," a poem video by Sabina England

"How the Rapist was Born," written by Sabina England (Soho Theatre, London)

Sabina England performing ASL poetry

Sabina England performing ASL poetry

"Urdustan: A Collection of Short Stories" written by Sabina England