Basir Ahmed
Basir Ahmed is a Pakistani audiovisual storyteller, award-winning filmmaker, musician and multidisciplinary artist based in Karachi. After working on multiple narrative, commercial and music video projects, Basir made his directorial debut with the student short ‘Sir-e-Fehrist’ in 2021 which was officially selected by Sessions at Lift-Off Global Network (UK) and consequently went on to screen at Pinewood Studios, England the same year. He graduated from Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture as a design and film student in 2022. Basir's thesis short 'Baba Jee' is currently running the international festival circuit and has garnered three awards alongside various selections so far. Basir is also a professional musician and producer who can be seen touring across Pakistan with various artists such as Ali Tariq or producing for them. Basir was part of Pakistan’s first ever NFT Exhibition ‘Genesis 50+’ in 2022 held at spatial.io where he exhibited his sonic piece ‘Pr0p3rG@ndA’ alongside 50 other artists from around the globe. Basir’s video art film on the history of Pakistani cinema, ‘Manly Men’ was exhibited at Lahore Biennale Foundation’s Virtual Museum - a component of British Council’s PK/UK New Perspectives program - under the mentorship of Sarmad Sultan Khoosat.
