Seemab Gul

Seemab produced, wrote, and directed SANDSTORM, a short fiction film that premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival and at Sundance 2022. It screened at over 100 international film festivals and won 20 awards. SANDSTORM is BIFA-nominated for Best British Short and won two Oscar-qualifying awards. Her documentary ZAHIDA, was broadcast on Al Jazeera TV channel and its trailer has 20+ million views. Seemab is an alumna of Locarno Open Doors, Berlinale Talents and Venice Biennale College Cinema. Seemab has a BA in Fine Art and an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School. She is represented by Rowena Wallace at PeachHouse (UK). Seemab founded Cinelava in 2024 in Pakistan, a production company dedicated to thought-provoking arthouse cinema.