Shaheen Ahmed is a researcher and filmmaker from the Malabar Coast of Kerala. He was previously a multimedia producer at The Caravan Magazine in New Delhi. His work spans intimate portrait films, experimental essays, and engages thoughts on memory and identity. He is currently developing experimental art projects based on the cultural heritage of the Malabar Coast and Lakshadweep Islands. He is a graduate of the DocNomads documentary filmmaking programme based in Lisbon, Budapest, and Brussels.
Education
2013-2016 St Josephs College Arts Science (Bangalore, India)
Bachelor’s Degree | Film/Video and Photographic Arts
2021-2023 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021-2023 Szinház-és Filmmûvészeti Egyetem (Budapest, Hungary)
Master’s degree | Documentary Film Directing (DocNomads)
2021-2023 LUCA School of Arts (Brussels, Belgium)
Master’s degree | Documentary Film Directing (DocNomads)
Fellowship / Grant
2019-2021 Multimedia producer, The Caravan Magazine, New Delhi
2023-2024 Asia Art Archive - Inlaks Art grant
Film screenings
w/ the film Lynch Nation
2019 Film Southasia Festival, Nepal, Kathmandu
2019 New York University, South Asia directed research initiatives
2019 University of Westminster
2019 UK Asian Film Festival
2019 The 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars, University of Leiden, Netherlands
2022 Kolkata People’s Film Festival, India
2022 Non-aligned Encounters, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina
2023 'Democracy - The Endangered Bird' by Hillside Projects / Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation
w/ the film Time Passed More Slowly by the Sea
2022 Dharamshala International Film Festival, India
2023 World Over Here, Lisbon, Portugal
w/ the film Uma mão e meia
2023 Beast International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal