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The UK festival will include films featuring actors Riz Ahmed and Nabhaan Rizwan.

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With his first Oscar for live action short 'The Long Goodbye', we look at some of the actor's other notable works

7 min read actor Riz Ahmed learned some remarkable things when preparaing for his Oscar-nominated performance in Sound of Metal At 38, Riz Ahmed is an accomplished actor, admired rapper, committed activist – and a metric. In 2018, inspired by Ahmed’s often colour-blind roles, academics Dr Sadia Habib and Shaf Choudry constructed the Riz Test, the Muslim equivalent of the Bechdel test. Ahmed was not involved at the conceptual level of the procedure, which ticks such boxes as “s...

UK Muslim Film aims to champion authentic representation, a move it hopes will help reduce Islamophobia.

UK Muslim Film charity launched this week UK MUSLIM Film, a new charity aimed at challenging Muslim stereotypes on screen launched at a BFI event this week. UK Muslim Film will advise the entertainment industry on how to better represent Muslims on screen, support, nurture and fund projects from emerging storytellers and be a port of call for authentic Muslim representation. What we do in the screen industry matters. Imagery is persuasive. We are committed to supporting organisations that a...

SHARE Throughout his career, British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed has used his platform for activism and advocacy, and pushed for better representation of Muslims in the media. So it’s only natural that he’d make history as the first Muslim to be nominated in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category at the Oscars, for his powerful performance in Sound of Metal. The actor, 38, who plays a drummer who loses his hearing in the drama, has already won a number of awards and critical acclaim for ...