Neelum Films

Neelum Films Neelum Films is Mara Ahmed's Rochester-based production company. It specializes in documentary filmmaking. More info at www.NeelumFilms.com.

20/12/2024

A quiet café at sunset. The air is cool, and the distant hum of a city is muted. The conversation shifts towards the nature of faith…

22/11/2024

🌟𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙎𝙋𝙊𝙏𝙇𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏!🌟 Our next ARTs + Change featured presenter is 𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘼 𝘼𝙃𝙈𝙀𝘿! She will be presenting "𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳: 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯" on Thursday, January 23 at 7:00pm.

Mara Ahmed was educated in Belgium, Pakistan and the United States and holds an MBA and a Master’s in Economics. She studied art at Nazareth College and film at the Visual Studies Workshop and the Rochester Institute of Technology. She produces documentaries, soundscapes, and artwork that challenge borders and colonial logics. Her films have been broadcast on PBS and screened at international film festivals. Her 2015 film, A Thin Wall, won a special jury prize at the 2018 Amsterdam Film Festival. Return to Sender received a 2023 New York State Council on the Arts Film Grant and was showcased along with its companion art exhibition (including photography and collage work in conversation with the film) at the Huntington Historical Society’s History and Decorative Arts Museum. The artist lives and works on Long Island, New York. More info at https://www.maraahmedstudio.com/

Come see her and others present at the ARTs + Change Conference, January 23 - 26, 2025!

To register, visit:
https://tinyurl.com/arts-change-2025

03/05/2024

ROC Cinema will be screening Mara Ahmed’s newest film, Return to Sender: Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & the Politics of Representation.

27/04/2024

The latest work by activist filmmaker and artist Mara Ahmed, “Return to Sender: Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & the Politics of Representation,” will screen on May 4 at ROC Cinema.

03/04/2024

VSW Salon: In Dialogue with Artist Mara Ahmed Mara Ahmed is an interdisciplinary artist and award winning activist filmmaker. Mara’s documentaries center marginalized voices and have focused on communities grappling with nuanced experiences around racism, colonization and islamophobia. She will pr...

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