Sharyhan Osman Writer

Sharyhan Osman studied Screenplay at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF) München, alongside her career as a singer, where she performed for Disney, with Joko & Klaas and for the Bavarian State Theatre, among others. In addition to writing songs for film and television productions, she also released a record with Sony Music and reached the quarter-finals of Germany’s Eurovision selection show Unser Star für Oslo in 2010.

Her short film screenplays quickly gained recognition on the festival circuit. A Special Day (dir. Muschirf Shekh Zeyn, 2020) screened at the Hofer Filmtage and the New Orleans Film Festival. Killing Bagheera (dir. Muschirf Shekh Zeyn, 2021) was selected for the Cannes Short Film Corner. I See Them Bloom (dir. Mykyta Gibalenko, 2023) premiered at the Max Ophüls Festival in 2024 and led to her first feature film collaboration, Camouflage (dir. Mykyta Gibalenko, ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel), which is set to premiere at an A-List Festival in 2026.

Her television credits include the ZDFneo series Nighties (Network Movie, 2025). She currently has several feature film and television projects in development, including a series for ZDF, scheduled to shoot in 2026; the feature film Baba Bridemaker (Neue Super); an adaptation of Mariana Leky’s bestselling collection Kummer aller Art (dir. Kerstin Polte); and the Vienna-based drama series Major/Minor (Satel Film). Sharyhan has Egyptian roots an is based in Munich.

Film & TV   Selection

2027
Untiteld series
2026
Camouflage
2025
Nighties
2024
Kummer aller Art
2024
Manage Me
2024
Sing Sam
2023
Run from me Darling
2023
Baba Bridemaker
2023
Lethe
2023
I See Them Bloom
2021
Killing Bagheera
2020
A Special Day
2020
Door of Return

Awards and Festivals   Selection

2024

Premiere at Max-Ophüls Festival

2023

CIVIS Europas Medienpreis für Integration / Nominierung in der Kategorie Young C. Award

2023

Gewinner Starter Filmpreis der Stadt München

2023

Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis - Nomination

2023

Cannes Short Film Corner

2022

Tampere Film Festival (Finland)

2022

Interfilm Berlin Short Film Festival

2022

Biberacher Filmfestspiele - Best Short Film

2022

Internationale Hofer Filmtage

2021

Boomerang Serienwettbewerb - Winner Boomerang in Gold

2021

up-and-coming Internationales Film Festival Hannover - Deutscher Nachwuchsfilmpreis

2021

Internationale Hofer Filmtage

2021

New Orleans Film Festival

2020

International Hofer Filmtage

2020

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Finalist "UFA FICTION NEW TALENT AWARD"