Anam Abbas

Anam Abbas is a Pakistan based Pakistani/Canadian filmmaker. She runs Other Memory Media. As a producer and DOP her first feature Showgirls of Pakistan, premiered in first appearance competition at IDFA 2020 and was released globally by VICE in Feb 2021. She is also the creator of Ladies only, a web series, and short films Saya and Lucky Irani Circus.

Dagh Dagh Ujala (This Stained Dawn) is her debut feature documentary as a director. It premiered in international Competition at the Sheffield Doc fest 2021. Anam is also one of the founding members of the Documentary Association of Pakistan (DAP). She is one half of angry grrrl band Garam Anday.