Sandstorm (ملاقات), fiction, 20 minutes (2021)
Producer, writer and Director
Zara, a schoolgirl in Karachi, shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her.
78 Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica
Seemab Gul
Filmmaker
Seemab Gul is a British-Pakistani filmmaker with a BA in Fine Art and an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School. Her work is interdisciplinary, immersed in the current political dialogue, and focuses on the outsider experience. Her portfolio includes documentaries, drama, hybrid films and art installations. She has produced over ten short films and directed half of them.
SANDSTORM is Seemab's latest short fiction film, premiering at the Venice Film Festival and at Sundance 2022. It screened at over 70 international film festivals and won 16 awards. SANDSTORM is BIFA-nominated for Best British Short 2022 and won two Oscar-qualifying awards. Her documentary ZAHIDA, was broadcast on Al Jazeera TV channel and its trailer has over 20 million views. Her work has been supported by Channel 4, CBA WorldView, Al Jazeera and Arts Council England. Seemab is alumna of the Locarno Open Doors Producers Lab 2018, Berlinale Talents 2019 and Venice Biennale College Cinema 2021. Seemab attended La Fabrique Cinema in Cannes with her feature project HAVEN OF HOPE. Seemab is represented by PeachHouse.
Foundling Museum Commission
Producer | Director
Promo, colour, digital, 3 min. 2015
A promotional video for Britain's oldest public art gallery.
FILM FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
78th Venice Film Festival, Italy 2021
Polyloid Filmfest, Germany 2020
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival, UK 2019
62nd International Leipzig Fest for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany 2019
WOW Festival, Pakistan 2019
17 Degree Festival Internazionale Segni della note, Italy 2019
Human Rights Film Festival, Pakistan 2018
Pakistan International Film Festival, Pakistan 2018
Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, USA 2018
London Short Film Festival, UK 2016
Geneva Contemporary Art Centre, Switzerland 2015
Gothenburg Independent Film Festival, Sweden 2014
Oberhausen International Film Festival, Germany 2014
Isola Art Centre (Milan) & Villa Ada (Rome), Italy 2015
Sheffield Doc Fest, UK 2012
BASTAU Int Film Festival, Kazakhstan 2011
East London Film Festival, UK 2007
EXHIBITIONS
2020 December ● Eclectic Mix 2.0 Group Show | Sanat Initiative, Pakistan
2015 December ● Elephant in the Room Group Show | Open School East, UK
2015 November ● Venice Process | 55th Venice Art Biennale, Italy
2011 December ●. LFS Short Films | The National Gallery, UK
2008 - 2010 ● Group Show | Motiroti Foundation at various venues in UK, Pakistan and India
2008 June ● Art is Fayre | Jago Gallery, UK
2007 December ● Group Show | No-ID Gallery, UK
2006 June ● Ouland | Kellarigalleiria, Real Deal, Finland
2001 October ● La Merde et La Mort | 59 Rivoli, France
2000 June ● Solo Show | Maltings Gallery, UK
AWARDS
Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Multi-media fund
Awarded MA Scholarship at London Film School by UK Skillset Bursary, the Leathersellers Co. and Tower Hamlets Education Trust Fund
NADFAS Competition winner – Video art installation for first solo show