
Jessica Beshir
Explore the best Jessica Beshir movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. Browse biography, ranked filmography, and movie detail links for Jessica Beshir.
Jessica Beshir is a Mexican-Ethiopian documentary filmmaker, producer and cinematographer based in Brooklyn. She graduated in Film Studies and Literature at UCLA, after which she made several internationally acclaimed short films. The short documentary He Who Dances on Wood (2016) was selected for Hot Docs and won Best International Documentary Short at Edmonton Film Festival and the Jury Award at Anchorage International Film Festival. Hairat (2017) premiered at Sundance, was screened at IFFR and IDFA and won several awards at various other festivals. Beshir is a recipient of the Sundance Documentary Film Program, Jerome Foundation and NYFA Fellowships. Faya Dayi (2021) is her feature debut.
What is the best Jessica Beshir movie?
Movie Rankings is still collecting enough aggregate data to name a definitive top Jessica Beshir movie.
How many Jessica Beshir movies are ranked here?
This page tracks every ranked credit we currently have for Jessica Beshir, and expands as more titles and comparisons are added.
How often do Jessica Beshir rankings update?
These rankings refresh whenever Movie Rankings recomputes global results. This page was last generated from site data on May 6, 2026.
Sources & freshness
Last refreshed from site data on May 6, 2026.









