Suad Bushnaq

Suad Bushnaq is an Arab-Canadian film and concert composer. She is best known for her work on the films Al Munataf (The Curve), Twice Upon a Time,  Tight Spot and more.

Early life
Suad was born and raised in Amman, Jordan, to a Syrian mother and a Bosnian-Palestinian father. She studied music at the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus, Syria, and later earned an entrance scholarship to study music composition at McGill University, where she earned a Bachelor in Music Composition.

Career
Suad is a member of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada and the Alliance for Women Film Composers. In 2018 she was selected as one of six composers from across Canada to participate in the Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Centre. Suad won a Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Original Score at the Global Music Awards for her piece The Road to Jenin. That same piece is nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Awards in the world music category.

As Composer

 * Waiting In Urfa (2015)
 * The Curve (2015)
 * About Her (2015)
 * Twice Upon a Time (2016)
 * (Out)caste (2017)
 * Setback of the Spirit (2017)
 * At Home with the Horses (2017)
 * The Borrowed Dress (2018)
 * The Dead Die Once (2018)
 * Tight Spot (2018)
 * Yasmina (2018)
 * Roads of Ithriyah (2018)

Discography

 * Thoughts (2014)
 * From the Heart (2014)
 * The Curve (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)

Orchestral music

 * Ghadan (Tomorrow) from Hakawaty (The Storyteller) Suite for Orchestra
 * The Borrowed Dress (film score in concert)
 * Narenj from Hakawaty (The Storyteller) Suite for Orchestra