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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Riz Ahmed’s take on Hamlet is in cinemas from TODAY!!!! If you go and watch it, let me know what you think ✊🏾

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I’m not sure how you’re meant to react when the critics review something you’ve worked on as “the most dreadful thing to happen to Christmas since King Herod” + “This is the worst film since Cats” / “has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog” Oh well, anyways shout out to the crew!

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Loved this bit from the recent Jeff Buckley doc. I wish there was video footage from that meeting between Nusrat-saab & Jeff but this story from Joan Wasser is joyful and heartbreaking at the same time. The image taken by Jack Vartoogian is one of my favourite shots ever taken.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Is it me or is Reuben Amorim begging to be sacked? But that quote made me laugh, cause if you swapped out the word ‘player’ with ‘crew’ you’d think he was talking about the lifecycle of a freelancer working in film & tv

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This is how I’d spend all my free time* (*If I could actually sing/play the harmonium & the tabla🥹)

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This could be a fantastic opportunity for someone from the South Asian community to get their foot in the door. I can’t tell you how rare a shout out like this is. As a group, we’re still woefully underrepresented on set as crew behind the camera. Pass on the word if you can

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Sorry to hear this. It’s been a rough year my end too. Can’t figure out how much longer to carry on if this continues

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I’ve been urging productions/HoD’s to expand their crews to be more inclusive. Sadly with the exception of projects like Hamlet & The Roots Manoeuvre, it’s been an uphill struggle Crew diversity has reverted back to Pre-Covid levels. Which makes me believe it was all performative

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

TV is in trouble | Television has been run by the same demographic for over 70 years. If we want to keep up, we need new people in the room, people who can see the audience in a different way www.broadcastnow.co.uk/comment/tv-i...

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TV is in trouble - but keeping its promises on diversity can save it

Despite a huge response to Black Lives Matter, progress is stalling, says Trent Williams-Jones

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

It’s my #NusratFatehAliKhan playlist up on Spotify. Not definitive (Missing the songs off the Dead Man Walking score) but it’s my wish list of tracks I would’ve loved to have experienced live open.spotify.com/playlist/4bh...

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Playlist · Shibbir · 32 items · 1 saves

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

AI-Altered ‘Raanjhanaa’ Ending Escalates Eros-Aanand L. Rai Dispute Over Creative Rights: ‘Indian Cinema Now Stands at Its Own Inflection Point’ | What a depressing state of affairs. Who’d wanna work with Eros going forward? variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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AI-Altered ‘Raanjhanaa’ Ending Escalates Eros-Aanand L. Rai Dispute Over Creative Rights: ‘Indian Cinema Now Stands at Its Own Inflection Point’

Eros International and director Aanand L. Rai clash over AI-altered 'Raanjhanaa' ending, with both sides citing legal rights and creative ethics.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The betrayal feels real even if it’s only ever one-sided. #SetLife #DitonSet

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

👋🏾 just posting again to say I’m available for work. Hoping to speak to DOP’s about their next projects should they be looking for a DIT 🙏🏾

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

What these companies don't get or seem to care about is those of us who are professionals in post-production and rely on tools like WeTransfer to send materials to clients have also signed NDAs that are complete conflict with their new TOS. Legally we CAN'T use WeTransfer now.

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15/07/2025

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Love this bit from the #Sinners Making Of Only have had it happen a couple of times in my career where the director+producer+Asst editor will cut together a sizzle/blooper reel for the crew. It’s the best present a production can give to the crew. Nice to catch a glimpse of all our labour as we wrap

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Day 01 of a TV shoot vs Day 100! (Jokes aside, look I have no sympathy for her or anyone serving this government)

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

But I’d rather have a clear conscience with the project I choose to do than do something I know I’ll regret.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Sometimes in this industry you make honest mistakes with the projects you take on, but if it doesn’t align with my personal beliefs then I’ll respectfully step aside. It does cost you your professional relationships & that’s a bitter pill to swallow.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

This is the part of the job I struggle with - securing the next gig but we’ve all gotta do it. Would love to line up the next job sooner rather than later. Open to short/long form projects & would love to connect with new DOP’s as well as reconnect with DOP’s who’ve worked with me in the past.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This time next week I’ll be wrapped & de-rigging. Not that I’m panicking (I AM PANICKING) but any of you lovely folks need a DIT to offload/grade your rushes/make crew badges/wrap posters on long form drama & feature film projects? Please get in touch🙏🏾 #SetLife #FilmJobs

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I loved, loved, loved The Ballad Of Wallis Island. Charming, sweet, achingly beautiful. A cinematic balm to this weary soul. Congrats to Tom Basden, Tim Key, James Griffiths & Carey Mulligan on making an instant British Classic. Please please please support this film at your local cinemas.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I promise you’ve never heard #NitKhairManga quite like this - This was Rushil Ranjan & Abi Sampa of Orchestral Qawwali Project along with many others, reinterpret a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Qawwali classic

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I’m asking as it’s very rare occurrence on a film set for me but was advised the optics would be bad. It’s still bugging me

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I’m asking this based on something that happened earlier this week. If you were surrounded by a crew full of excellent Black & Brown crew/Technicians and wanted to capture that moment, would that be offensive to the White crew if they weren’t included in the photo.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Watched #Sinners one last time at the BFI in 70mm IMAX. I may never get to work on an IMAX project or with DOP #AutumnDuraldArkapaw but I can take huge inspiration from what she did with this film. I can only wish & aspire to work on something of this scale with a crew that looks like this.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Feel for the crew who’ve been left in limbo & massively outta pocket | Simon Pegg Film ‘Angels In The Asylum’ Halts Shoot Indefinitely After Funding “Crisis” Leaves Crew, Producers & Suppliers Out Of Pocket deadline.com/2025/03/simo...

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Simon Pegg Film ‘Angels In The Asylum’ Halts Shoot Indefinitely After Funding “Crisis” Leaves Crew, Producers & Suppliers Out Of Pocket

'Angels in the Asylum,' a British indie film starring Simon Pegg and Katherine Waterston, is on an indefinite hiatus after running out of cash.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Bengali’s hate wonky collars😂

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The world is going to hell in a hand basket but you’ve got GROWN adults with real jobs asking if Elmo is a card carrying Commie | Let me off at the next stop.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The independent regulator has announced a £2,500 pay rise for MPs. At a time when disabled people are facing the biggest cuts to disability benefits on record, this is simply wrong. I’ll be donating mine to charities supporting disabled people in Coventry & across the country.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Did anybody else watch the finale of Severance & listen to the song choice ‘Windmills of Your Mind’ & instantly think of the S2 finale of I Am Alan Partridge? I know @benstiller.redhour.com is a fan of Partridge so not sure if that was a small nod to the series (I could be massively reaching)

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Look I’m just gonna float this idea. Happy to hear #TedLasso is coming back for a forth season. It’s going to concentrate on Richmond Women’s squad. If they can’t find a role for the OG female player Jess Bhamra in the series, seriously what are we doing?

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Congratulationz to all my friends at Ted Lasso,,, I think we all need something to BELIEVE in right now ,,, and if y’all need Flavor Flav to step up and sponsor your women’s soccer team,,, I gots you. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 @jasonsudeikis.bsky.social

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a man standing in front of a door with ted lasso written on the bottom right

Alt: Jason Sudiekis hitting the Ted Lasso BELIEVE sign

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If you’ve watched #Adolescence on @NetflixUK & need a look at ‘Behind The Scenes’ to figure out how they did it all, then check this out! youtu.be/qCnFr-cQL6I?...

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Netflix Adolescence Behind The Scenes

YouTube video by FilMonger Extras

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

🙏🏾 appreciate that Nick

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I’m going into my 10th month now & still no drama/feature work has come my way. I’ve tried my best to contact DoP’s & LP’s but to no avail. I know everyone has said it’s not personal but at this stage it feels personal to me. Makes me realise I’ve got no allies to help

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Reading these articles continue to scare me, makes me realise there may be no way back into the industry especially as a PoC | ‘I’ve felt very lost and insecure’: TV producers despair as work dries up www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

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‘I’ve felt very lost and insecure’: TV producers despair as work dries up

People with decades of experience reveal how they have gone from stable careers to minimum-wage jobs

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

It’s now 10 months of paranoia & it’s taken its toll that’s for sure. I know I shouldn’t take it personally but it’s hard not to. Feel like I’m being pushed out of a job/industry I’ve worked hard to just stay afloat in, with no allies on the horizon

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This past year has left me questioning everything. Can not get hired by a DoP for love nor money. I can’t work out what I’ve said or done to the entire cinematography fraternity to be left in the cold like this. Genuinely would love to hear from DoP’s on what I’m lacking or can improve on

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The love for Jessica Lee Gagné’s directorial debut on Severance is so rightly deserved (She still DoP’d the ep too) but curious why State-side DoP’s stepping up to direct is seen as natural whilst here in the UK that rarely happens.

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Shibbir Ahmed @shibbir1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Anyone uploaded the #Liverpool v #ManCity montage cut to #LikeAPrayer that just closed out the Sky Sports coverage. A thing of beauty, whoever edited that piece, take a bow!!! There’s an art to editing live TV & this is a prime example of how to do it

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