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Aleem Khan (born 19 May 1985) is a British
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and
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. He is known for the film ''After Love'' (2020), which garnered accolades from international film festivals, including six
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and one
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Early life and education

Khan was born on 19 May 1985 in
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, to an English mother and a Pakistani father. His parents met as teenagers on the London housing estate where they both lived, and Khan was born after they married and moved to the
Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
coast. He became interested in filmmaking through observing his father's passion for documenting the family on his VHS camcorder. As an undergraduate film student at the
University of Westminster The University of Westminster is a public university, public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first Polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic to open in London. The Po ...
, Khan directed and performed in several plays and served as president of the university drama society before graduating in 2006.


Career

Khan received his first
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(BAFTA) nomination in 2015 in the Best Short Film category for his film ''Three Brothers'', about a teenage boy caring for his young siblings after their father abandons them and returns to Pakistan in order to remarry. Khan made his feature-length debut in 2020 with ''After Love'', a fictional drama about an ageing English Muslim convert who discovers that her recently deceased husband has a secret family living in
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. ''After Love'' was selected for the
2020 Cannes Film Festival The 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to take place from 12 to 23 May 2020. On 13 January 2020, Spike Lee was named as the president of the Jury. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, festival management announced on 14 ...
as part of the
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selection. Khan has stated that Mary, the films central protagonist, was modelled on his mother, who herself had converted after getting married. At the 2021
British Independent Film Awards The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports, and promotes British independent cinema and film-making talent in the United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early Nov ...
, ''After Love'' won six awards, including Best British Independent Film,
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, Best Screenplay and Best Debut Director for Khan. The film was also nominated for four BAFTA awards, including Best Director, Outstanding British Debut and Outstanding British Film for Khan, with a win in the Leading Actress category for
Joanna Scanlan Joanna Marion Scanlan (born 27 October 1961) is a British actress and writer. On television, she is known for her roles in ''The Thick of It'' (2005–2012), ''Big School'' (2013–2014), ''Puppy Love'' (2014), '' No Offence'' (2015–2018), ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Aleem 1985 births Living people English film directors English male screenwriters English film producers People from Chatham, Kent British LGBTQ film directors English LGBTQ screenwriters English people of Pakistani descent Alumni of the University of Westminster English-language film directors