Turab Shah

Turab Shah is a filmmaker and director of photography who holds an MA in Cinematography from Met Film School. Turab has a special interest in the legacies of colonialism and his films include ”Extradition’ which followed Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad’s battle against extradition to the US and ‘Zones of Non-Being’, a film which looks at Guantanamo through the lens of coloniality. He has produced a range of work from documentaries for AJE to moving image works for Humber Street Gallery, TfL/Art On The Underground, Brent Biennial ’22 as well as small independent fiction films.

Together with Arwa Aburawa, Turab co-founded Other Cinemas which is an award-winning project focused on showcasing the work of Black and non-white filmmakers through a free community screening programme and a year-long film school. Other Cinemas was recognised as a Film London Lodestar in 2022 and was awarded the ‘Support Structure for Support Structures’ fellowship by the Serpentine Gallery.