Seema Iqbal is an independent filmmaker, from Gilgit Baltistan, basically from Hunza Valley. She is studying Mass communication from Karakoram International University Gilgit. She is more interested in filmmaking and documentary production than journalism. She is extremely passionate about film making. She has worked on multiple short films as a director, cinematographer and editor. Among these short films she won two filmmaking awards, the first at Purazam Pakistan and the next at Bam-e-Duniya film festival. She is currently working with Hunza news and is the correspondent at Maati TV from Gilgit Baltistan.
Films shown in Divvy Film Festival 2023
Ways of Seeing, 2022, Seema Iqbal & Sehrish Kanwal
This is the story of a visually impaired brother(muhammad Rafi) and a sister(Ayesha). Ayesha got bullied at school and dropped out. Rafi got encouragement and found himself being the first blind student from their area attending Karakoram international university. He navigates his life with easiness from cricket to music to academia. Meanwhile his sister remains behind at home.