Anam Abbas

Producer, Director, Cinematographer

Civil-rights activist Mohammad Jibran Nasir sparks a social revolution after almost 141 children were killed in the Peshawar Army School tragedy.

Reclaiming Pakistan

After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter's precarious existence is ripped apart. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.

IN FLAMES

Detailing the preparation of the multi-city Aurat March (Women's March) in Pakistan, This Stained Dawn tells the story of a feminist movement asserting itself in the country's urban spaces through the eyes of the march's organisers.

This Stained Dawn (Dagh Dagh Ujala)

This documentary short tells the inspiring story of two Pakistani women: Sabeen Mahmud, founder of Karachi performance space T2F, who paved the way for American actress/writer Fawzia Mirza to perform her one-woman show across Pakistan, one month before Mahmud's tragic murder.

The Streets Are Ours: Two Lives Cross in Karachi

This short film is an ode to the Lucky Irani Circus, Pakistan's hardest working circus troupe. Whimsical vignettes of the off stage lives of its child stars and struggling families explore the heartaches and joys of circus life.

Lucky Irani Circus

"Kids on the Silk Road" is 15 stories about children between the ages of 11 and 14, from 15 countries along the old silk route: India, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Mongolia. Each story shows how the individual child deals with life's challenges, big and small, which they face in their specific cultural and social contexts.

Kids on the Silk Road

Enter the universe of three mujra dancers in Pakistan as they dodge state censorship and violence to vie for stardom.

Showgirls of Pakistan

In 2020, Global Media Makers and Film Independent Fellows were invited to capture and share life under quarantine in their part of the world, from the inside out. The documentary was shot by 21 filmmakers in 14 countries in North America, North Africa, and West and South Asia.

A Window of Time - Lockdown Diaries

A journey through the chaotic streets of Karachi takes an unexpected turn when a woman, dismissing her driver's warnings about Jinn, explores an old abandoned house.

Shadow

The first single from the Pakistani band GARAM ANDAY.

Maa Behn Ka Danda

Girls On Film is a film review podcast from a female perspective, hosted by film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith.

Girls on Film

The life, death and impact of Pakistan's working-class icon Qandeel Baloch, killed in 2016 after becoming a social media celebrity. This film tells Qandeel's story through her own videos and media appearances. A young, fearless woman who collided with Pakistan's mainstream media, Qandeel exposed the religious right and challenged middle-class morality.

Qandeel

A look at the global impact the internet has on free speech, privacy and activism.

Anam Abbas

Producer, Director, Cinematographer

IN FLAMES

Reclaiming Pakistan

This Stained Dawn (Dagh Dagh Ujala)

The Streets Are Ours: Two Lives Cro...

Lucky Irani Circus

Kids on the Silk Road

Showgirls of Pakistan

A Window of Time - Lockdown Diaries

Shadow

Maa Behn Ka Danda

Girls on Film

Qandeel

Black Code

The Legend of Ruby Pasha

Ladies Only

Showgirls of Pakistan