Writer | Director | Producer

Saleem Nasir Gondal

Saleem is a filmmaker based in New York. His work explores the power of conversation and sound to convey the interior lives of underrepresented communities onscreen.

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POST TERM (post-production)

Drama | 16m | 2022

During a 1992 Long Island autumn, a Pakistani immigrant doctor in a post-term pregnancy is pushed to confront the expectations of her new life.

Starring

Sanjana Shukla, Shezi Sardar, Nikhaar Kishnani, Shahjehan Khan

Trailer

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SUPER SONIC

Romance | 15m | 2019

A probing and heartfelt account of a hard of hearing individual who finds love on the dance floor. An ode to the power of body language and empathy when words fail us.

Starring

Saleem Nasir Gondal, DaMonique Ballou

Trailer

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Screenings

Austin Film Festival, Austin TX

Visual Communications Asian Pacific Virtual Showcase

TIDE Film Festival, Brooklyn NY

43rd Asian American International Film Festival

TasveerTV

CineAsians

South Asian Film Festival of America

Incluvie Film Festival

Escapist Cinema of South Asia

TIDE Filmmakers in the House

Kaleidoscope Stories at the Delhi Art Gallery, New York, NY

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Saint Paul, MN

The Cult Club Cinema, Karachi, Pakistan

Shared Studios Portal at the Africa Center, New York NY/Lagos, Nigeria/Erbil, Iraq/Berlin, Germany

NYC South Asian Film Festival, New York, NY

Adirondack Film Festival, Glens Falls, NY

Mustard Seed Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA

Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Chicago, IL

GRACE

Drama | 14m | 2023

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