Nana Duffuor

Biography

Nana Duffuor is a first generation Ghanaian filmmaker whose work thoughtfully blends heart and humor to explore themes at the intersection of the personal and political. She recently graduated with honors from Columbia University’s Film MFA Program, and has been a recipient of the NewFest Emerging Black LGBTQ+ Filmmaker award, the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for Female Director, the New York Women in Film & Television Scholarship, The Bobby Kashif Cox Memorial Fellowship, and the Frameline Completion Fund. In 2025, her thesis short film Rainbow Girls premiered at Frameline International LGBTQ+ Festival and has screened at more than 20 festivals across the U.S. and internationally, including five Oscar-qualifying festivals. Rainbow Girls received NewFest’s Jury Prize and Audience Award, the New Orleans Film Festival Audience Award, and was a Top Three Finalist for the Iris Prize (the world’s largest prize for LGBTQ+ short films). Its accompanying feature script was awarded SFFILM’s Rainin Foundation Grant and is currently in development. She is passionate about telling unforgettable, character-driven stories that offer nuanced portrayals of the human condition.