Salman Alam Khan was born in Lahore Pakistan. He graduated as a media student. He is an award winning international filmmaker in both fiction and documentary. His expertise is in cinematography but he has directed a few short films as well. Alam has also worked as a freelance photographer with different international organizations.

Films shown in Divvy Film Festival London 2024

A teenager boy who has a passion for drumming, but lives in a family that does not support his ambitions. He feels suppressed and afraid to express his true self because of the pressures of his family, leading him to mockingly play the drums in secret in the bathroom, which is his only safe space within the house.

Out Beyond 

dir: Salman Alam Khan

run time: 5 mins 30 secs

production year: 2023

language: Urdu (with English subtitles)

country: Pakistan

fiction short

Films shown in Divvy Film Festival 2021


Salman Alam Khan, No Beloved, 2021
50-year-old Ehsaan runs a tea stall in Krishan Nagar, Lahore. He is a quiet person, disinterested in life, with no social interaction – whether with customers at the stall, or with his family at home. For some time, he has been noticing a male couple, who have become regular customers at his tea stall. Their casual behaviour makes him very disturbed and angry. One day, this anger manifests as a violent reaction, leaving Ehsan in a mix of guilt and nostalgia.