Maryam Hamidi
CV
TV
Writer
Additional Writer
Film
Writer & Director
Writer
Adaptation of play script
Theatre
Writer
I Look Down on Myself tells the tale of Mandana, an immigrant in Scotland, who is grappling with the realisation of how she has steadily began to lose a sense of her identity and how she now disassociates from each present moment, whilst also reflecting on the trauma of witnessing her parent’s pitiful transformation from citizens to immigrants. I Look Down on Myself is Hamidi’s take on the notion of a ghost story, with the ghost metaphor standing in for the experience of disappearing pieces of yourself and your birth culture/heritage to assimilate and ‘pass’ culturally in the UK.
Radio
Writer
15 minute Radio Sitcom pilot - Transmitted BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Ulster Spring 2018 as part of BBC Writersroom ‘Short Stories for Grown ups’.