Afshan D’souza-Lodhi
Afshan D’souza-Lodhi was born in Dubai and forged in Manchester. She is a writer of scripts and poetry. Her work has been performed and translated into numerous languages across the world. Her debut poetry collection [re:desire] (2020) was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. She is currently a BAFTA BFI Flare mentee. She received The National Theatre’s Peter Shaffer award and was also on the Warner Bros Discovery Writers Access programme. A TV pilot she wrote called “Chop Chop”, was selected for the #MuslimList (The Black List). Last year, she was the first writer-in-residence for Bluebird Pictures.
