sufiyaan salam
sufiyaan salam's works
film:
🤫 (feature - co-wr. luis hindman - bfi / film4)
MAGID / ZAFAR (short - 2025, dir. luis hindman - bfi / film4)
GLIMPSES (short - 2023, dir. lauren midwinter - hounslow council)
& baaaaaaaare other ideas u should talk to me about
novel:
WIMMY ROAD BOYZ (2026, winner of #merky new writers’ prize - #merky books)
tv:
🤫 (sister)
🤫 (hera)
THE CHUTNEY BLUE (2023, bbc studios)
1×10’ ep for 🤫 animated series (2023, bbc studios)
& baaaaaaaare other ideas u should talk to me about
theatre:
WHITE GIRL (2020, dir. jasmin teo)
& a couple of other ideas i’ll eventually get round to
talks / readings:
film4: shorts to features q&a, aesthetica festival - 2024
deen & dunya reading, bush theatre - 2024
#merky books reading, bold tendencies - 2024
emerging writers in conversation, london film festival - 2023
awards / cool things:
winner of #merky new writers’ prize - 2024
screenskills/dandi regional breakthrough writer - 2023
bfi / film4 future takes fund - 2023
semi-finalist, bluecat screenplay award - 2023
part of bbc writers’ northern voices group - 2022
2nd place, bristol short story prize - 2022
winner of robert bolt prize - 2019
2nd place, hawthorns junior school talent show - 2008