Seemab Gul

Seemab Gul is a Pakistani artist and filmmaker based in London. Her films interweave documentary, fictional, and performative elements to explore social-political stories. Her work is interdisciplinary, immersed in the current political dialogue, examining conditions of precarity in society and focusing on the outsider experience. Her portfolio includes documentaries, drama, hybrid films and art installations. She works as a screenwriter, director and producer. Seemab's latest short film Sandstorm (Urdu title: Mulaqat) premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. Her documentary Zahida won the Audience Award at Tasveer South Asian Film Festival and it was broadcast on Al Jazeera. Seemab's films have screened at SXSW, Dok Leipzig, Sheffield Doc Fest, Geneva Contemporary Art Centre and many international festivals and galleries. Her work has been supported by Channel 4, CBA WorldView, Al Jazeera and Arts Council England. Seemab is an alumni of the Locarno Open Doors Producers Lab, Berlinale Talents and Torino-Extended Workshop. She has a BA in Fine Art and an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School.