Bio

Nilufer Rahman works as a videographer, photographer and independent filmmaker. Her first short film called Foreign Film, a comedy about misunderstandings that emerge amongst a group of culturally diverse moviegoers, was completed as part of the Digital Film Production program at Langara College in Vancouver. It was accepted into five film festivals in Canada and the US. Nilufer won the People’s Choice Award in 2007 and First Prize in 2008 for her photography at MuslimFest, an annual art exhibition in Toronto. During the summer of 2007, she interned on the set of CBC’s hit television sitcom, Little Mosque on the Prairie. Nilufer has a Master’s degree in History from the University of Manitoba, and a Diploma in Photography from PrairieView School of Photography in Winnipeg.