Experimental vs. Narrative Filmmaking with Riffy Ahmed

Short Films, Big Questions

In this episode we had the pleasure of speaking with Riffy Ahmed, an award-winning Film Director, Writer, and Visual Artist based in London.

Riffy trained as a visual artist at Central Saint Martins, and graduated with a masters in Directing fiction at NFTS with a full scholarship from Channel 4. Riffy loves to tell stories about ‘unlikely heroes’ we don’t always see on the big screen at turning points in their lives, particularly framed around women and diaspora identities. She is currently finishing her coming of age short THE CALL, supported by the BFI Network.

We spoke to Riffy about her work on experimental short films and narrative fiction work. We also talk to her about her experience second unit directing on Top Boy, her attitude towards representation, and how to persist in this challenging industry.

Please find the link to her experimental short film, Afloat, here:

https://vimeo.com/riffy?embedded=false&source=owner_name&owner=5278135

You can also find details and trailers for her other work here:

http://www.riffy.com/work

Full length links available on request. Send via instagram to @shortfilmsbigquestions.