Film and Video Umbrella commissioned the work ‘Saphir’ by Zineb Sedira in 2006. This major project consisted of a two-screen video projection as well as a series of photographs. It was exhibited at The Photographers’ Gallery, London and at Arnolfini, Bristol, as part of the significant exhibition Port Cities, on Mobility and Exhange.

Sedira is a French Algerian artist based in London. Her work in video, photography and installation contemplates globalisation and migration, concentrating on negotiations between different environments and different people. By doing so, it frequently highlights overlooked in-between spaces.

The artist has had solo exhibitions at Centre Culturel Français, Algiers; Cornerhouse, Manchester; and Sharjah International Art Biennial, United Arab Emirates. Her work has also featured in international group exhibitions at Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Mori Museum, Tokyo; and the 2007 Thessaloniki Biennale, Greece. She is represented by Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris.