Ruhi Hamid

Ruhi Hamid has over 30 years of experience making award-winning, character-led films for the BBC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera, and international broadcasters. Her work is known for its narrative depth, journalistic rigour, and cinematic beauty. She has a deep understanding of ethical reporting and the importance of recording untold stories of marginalised or misunderstood people

Hamid has just completed her first 2025 short fiction narrative film, themed around xenophobia, working with young non-actors in Bristol for Integrate UK, a youth organisation. She also recently completed Shadows In Sunlight, a cinematic short documentary about a Pakistani woman’s fight against the polio virus, which won a Silbersalz Science & Media Award. Last Song from Kabul, which she co-directed with Kevin Macdonald in 2022 for Paramount+, was nominated for an Emmy and shortlisted for an Oscar nomination in 2024. 

Other topics she has covered include the US race riots following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and racism in the Church of England, for BBC Panorama, which brought about a change in legislation and won a Sandford St Martin journalism award. Her previous accolades include an award from the South Asian Journalists Association, a Rory Peck Award, and a Broadcast Digital Award. 

She sits on various industry juries, is a board director of the Central Film School, and mentors emerging filmmakers.