About Me

Saleem Hadi

I’m a hybrid storyteller infusing film and theatre across my social narrative productions, a filmmaker and bilingual writer, contributing heavily to Singapore’s arts and media industry since 2001. I am running my own company, BLACSPICE MEDIA, a media-enrichment company specializing in media/arts programmes and doing media productions. I’ve produced and directed 20 short films till date of which some have won in competitions and shown at festivals . In 2017, I won the 1st Prize for my English short story in the National Arts Council’s prestigious Golden Point Award Literary Competition. In 2021, I was awarded Singapore’s SKILLSFUTURE FELLOWSHIP AWARD from President Halimah Yacob for my immense contributions to the media-arts industry as both a practitioner and educator. I’m currently championing a nation-wide Indian short film archival project, THEINDBOX, under my non-profit arts organisation, Singapore Indian Theatre & Film Explorers (S.I.T.F.E.).

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BLACSPICE MEDIA PTE LTD

Started in 2009, BLACSPICE MEDIA is a creative agency that has 3 wings of operations - media production, media enrichment programmes and media consultation.

THEINDBOX.SG

THEINDBOX.SG, an initiative launched by Singapore Indian Theatre & Film Explorers (also known as SITFE) in 2018, serves as an online archival of films made in Singapore. With the intention to exclusively gather Indian narratives, this archival aims to be a very important part of Singapore's Indian heritage. As such, the initiative goes with the tagline, FILMS – VOICES – HERITAGE.

SINGAPORE INDIAN THEATRE & FILM EXPLORERS (S.I.T.F.E.) LTD

Started as BLACSPICE MEDIA'S Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in 2016, SINGAPORE INDIAN THEATRE & FILM EXPLORERS also known as S.I.T.F.E. is now a non-profit arts organisation that is aimed to groom individuals in areas of creative content creation and also provide platforms to increase one's portfolio.

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