About
Saleem Hadi is an award-winning hybrid visual-storyteller who uses theatre and film to shed light on national narratives and social issues. He is also a bilingual (Tamil & English) writer who writes scripts (tv/theatre/films), poems and short stories. Saleem Hadi is the first Singaporean to have won the REEL IDEA STUDIO’s CANNES 2008 DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY DOCUMENTARY AWARD for his documentary. Saleem had been contributing heavily to Singapore’s arts and media industry since 1999. Saleem had written, directed and produced more than 20 plays (both in English and Tamil) and 28 short films, some of which had won and were featured in international festivals. Saleem won the 1st Prize for his English short story in NAC’s prestigious 2017 Golden Point Award Literary Competition. Saleem Hadi championed indBOX FILM FESTIVAL (iBFF), the World’s First Film Festival Celebrating Singapore’s Indian Cinema that was launched by Singapore’s President, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam in 2025, as part of nation’s 60th anniversary. Saleem Hadi has been running his social enterprise, BLACSPICE MEDIA Pte Ltd, which has 3 wings of operations: (1) Media-Arts Enrichment Programmes (Schools/Public/Corporates) (2) Media-Arts Productions (Theatre & Film) (3) Consultation