Warda Rose is a Filmmaker and Visual Artist based in Toronto, born in Djibouti and raised in the UK.

She is a POV Film, OYA emerging filmmakers, ArtworksTO, Black Women In film Producers Residency alum. She was the recipient of the David Maltby Award in 2019 for her exhibition “Roots.” 

Her experimental documentary screened at various places like Regent park film festival and TIFF New Horizons; New voices of Canada.

Warda works across various artistic mediums, including visual art, theatre, poetry, painting, and puppetry. Her practice is engaged with themes of home, sexuality, identity, and displacement. She has spent almost a decade engaging local communities through curating storytelling shows and art therapy events. During the pandemic, Warda created House Of Arts, a space for emerging creatives to showcase, develop, and create a community.