Weeda Azim is a Toronto-based filmmaker whose work explores questions of identity, separation, and loss in conversation with the Afghan diaspora. Her most recent work, Herat in my Head in my Heart (2016), is an award-winning experimental short recognized at Images Festival, Regent Park Film Festival, and Insomniac Film Festival. Beyond personal filmmaking, Weeda co-runs a collective, Trying Our Best, which strives to create a safe space for young filmmakers and encourages failure as a means of learning.