In 2004 , she was the co-writer ( with director Jehane Noujaim ) and editor of '' Control Room '' , a documentary about Al Jazeera . Bacha and Noujaim received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for the film . Two years later , she co-directed ( with Ronit Avni ) the documentary '' Encounter Point '' , which was the official selection at Tribeca Film Festival , Hot Docs , Jerusalem Film Festival , Vancouver International Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festivals , where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary . Bacha directed the 2009 documentary '' Budrus '' , which was shown at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and became runner up in the festival 's documentary competition . '' Budrus '' won over 18 international prizes , including the 2012 PUMA Creative.Impact Award , a prize given to the documentary film that had the greatest impact on society in any given year . In 2013 , her 2012 film '' My Neighbourhood '' won the Peabody Award and premiered online at '' The Guardian '' . In 2014 , it won a Special Mention at the Social Impact Media Awards . On November 12 , 2017 , her latest film , '' Naila and the Uprising '' ( 2017 ) , premiered at the DOC NYC filmfestival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Julia Bacha