Mohammed Ali (Mo) Naqvi is a director-producer, cultural architect, and curator, whose work spans powerful documentaries and fiction films, while also shaping the cultural landscape for Asian and diaspora filmmakers.
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FILMMAKER & CULTURAL STRATEGIST
Mohammed Ali (Mo) Naqvi is a storyteller, cultural architect, and director‑producer, whose work spans powerful documentaries and fiction films, while also shaping the cultural landscape for South Asian filmmakers.
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FILMMAKER & CULTURAL STRATEGIST
May 13th, 2025
‘Hanging By A Wire,’ Real-Life Rescue Thriller, To Dangle Exclusive Footage Before Cannes Market Crowd
On a Tuesday morning in August 2023, a group of kids set off for school, climbing into a makeshift cable car for the journey across a mountain pass in northwest Pakistan. What happened next would make headlines around the world. Suddenly, 900 feet above the ground, two cables snapped, putting the teenagers in mortal danger. The story of the dramatic attempt to rescue the kids and two adults trapped in the cable car will be told in a new documentary now in production from EverWonder Studio and Mindhouse Productions. Emmy-nominated director Mohammed Ali Naqvi will preview exclusive footage from Hanging By a Wire at Cannes Docs Week, part of the Marché du Film.
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May 13th, 2025
‘Hanging By A Wire,’ Real-Life Rescue Thriller, To Dangle Exclusive Footage Before Cannes Market Crowd
On a Tuesday morning in August 2023, a group of kids set off for school, climbing into a makeshift cable car for the journey across a mountain pass in northwest Pakistan. What happened next would make headlines around the world. Suddenly, 900 feet above the ground, two cables snapped, putting the teenagers in mortal danger. The story of the dramatic attempt to rescue the kids and two adults trapped in the cable car will be told in a new documentary now in production from EverWonder Studio and Mindhouse Productions. Emmy-nominated director Mohammed Ali Naqvi will preview exclusive footage from Hanging By a Wire at Cannes Docs Week, part of the Marché du Film.
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May 13th, 2025
Pakistani Filmmakers Champion Creative Rebellion at Cannes Panel
The Pakistan Crescent Collective made a triumphant return to the Cannes Film Market this week, presenting a powerhouse panel that positioned filmmaking as an act of creative defiance against decades of limiting stereotypes. The collective’s “New Wave Pakistan: Telling Global Stories, Rooted at Home” panel drew industry attention to a cinematic movement that’s rewriting the rules of Pakistani storytelling.
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May 13th, 2025
Pakistani Filmmakers Champion Creative Rebellion at Cannes Panel
The Pakistan Crescent Collective made a triumphant return to the Cannes Film Market this week, presenting a powerhouse panel that positioned filmmaking as an act of creative defiance against decades of limiting stereotypes. The collective’s “New Wave Pakistan: Telling Global Stories, Rooted at Home” panel drew industry attention to a cinematic movement that’s rewriting the rules of Pakistani storytelling.
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May 13th, 2025
Pakistani Filmmakers Champion Creative Rebellion at Cannes Panel
The Pakistan Crescent Collective made a triumphant return to the Cannes Film Market this week, presenting a powerhouse panel that positioned filmmaking as an act of creative defiance against decades of limiting stereotypes. The collective’s “New Wave Pakistan: Telling Global Stories, Rooted at Home” panel drew industry attention to a cinematic movement that’s rewriting the rules of Pakistani storytelling.
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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
May 3rd, 2025
Pakistani filmmaker Mo Naqvi earns fourth Emmy nomination for acclaimed Netflix series
Acclaimed Pakistani documentary filmmaker Mohammed Ali (Mo) Naqvi has earned a prestigious nomination at the 2024 Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Historical Documentary for his work on Turning Point: The Bomb & The Cold War, a widely praised Netflix original series. This marks Naqvi’s fourth career Emmy nomination, a significant milestone that positions him among the most celebrated Pakistani filmmakers in the history of the Television Academy. The recognition reaffirms Naqvi’s continued impact on the global documentary landscape.
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May 3rd, 2025
Pakistani filmmaker Mo Naqvi earns fourth Emmy nomination for acclaimed Netflix series
Acclaimed Pakistani documentary filmmaker Mohammed Ali (Mo) Naqvi has earned a prestigious nomination at the 2024 Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Historical Documentary for his work on Turning Point: The Bomb & The Cold War, a widely praised Netflix original series. This marks Naqvi’s fourth career Emmy nomination, a significant milestone that positions him among the most celebrated Pakistani filmmakers in the history of the Television Academy. The recognition reaffirms Naqvi’s continued impact on the global documentary landscape.
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May 3rd, 2025
Pakistani filmmaker Mo Naqvi earns fourth Emmy nomination for acclaimed Netflix series
Acclaimed Pakistani documentary filmmaker Mohammed Ali (Mo) Naqvi has earned a prestigious nomination at the 2024 Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Historical Documentary for his work on Turning Point: The Bomb & The Cold War, a widely praised Netflix original series. This marks Naqvi’s fourth career Emmy nomination, a significant milestone that positions him among the most celebrated Pakistani filmmakers in the history of the Television Academy. The recognition reaffirms Naqvi’s continued impact on the global documentary landscape.
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Big River
April 4th, 2025
Concordia Studio Documentary Filmmaker Fellowships Awarded To Contessa Gayles, Jason M. Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, Jennifer Tiexiera
Concordia Studio has selected four filmmakers for its 2025 Documentary Filmmaker Fellowship, a prestigious artist development program cultivated within the independent film and television production studio co-founded by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim. The fellows, selected on the basis of “excellence in craft, collaboration, and cinematic exploration of unknown worlds,” are Contessa Gayles, Jason M. Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, and Jennifer Tiexiera.
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April 4th, 2025
Concordia Studio Documentary Filmmaker Fellowships Awarded To Contessa Gayles, Jason M. Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, Jennifer Tiexiera
Concordia Studio has selected four filmmakers for its 2025 Documentary Filmmaker Fellowship, a prestigious artist development program cultivated within the independent film and television production studio co-founded by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim. The fellows, selected on the basis of “excellence in craft, collaboration, and cinematic exploration of unknown worlds,” are Contessa Gayles, Jason M. Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, and Jennifer Tiexiera.
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April 4th, 2025
Concordia Studio Documentary Filmmaker Fellowships Awarded To Contessa Gayles, Jason M. Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, Jennifer Tiexiera
Concordia Studio has selected four filmmakers for its 2025 Documentary Filmmaker Fellowship, a prestigious artist development program cultivated within the independent film and television production studio co-founded by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim. The fellows, selected on the basis of “excellence in craft, collaboration, and cinematic exploration of unknown worlds,” are Contessa Gayles, Jason M. Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, and Jennifer Tiexiera.
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Sundance 2025
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Sundance 2025
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Sundance 2025
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July 27th, 2023
Filmmaker Mohammed Ali Naqvi is the new chairperson of Pakistan’s Academy Selection Committee
Filmmaker Mohammed Ali Naqvi, popularly known as Mo Naqvi, has been appointed chairperson of the Pakistan Academy Selection Committee (PASC), taking over from the previous chair, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The PASC is the body that selects Pakistan’s official entry for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film each year.
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July 27th, 2023
Filmmaker Mohammed Ali Naqvi is the new chairperson of Pakistan’s Academy Selection Committee
Filmmaker Mohammed Ali Naqvi, popularly known as Mo Naqvi, has been appointed chairperson of the Pakistan Academy Selection Committee (PASC), taking over from the previous chair, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The PASC is the body that selects Pakistan’s official entry for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film each year.
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July 27th, 2023
Filmmaker Mohammed Ali Naqvi is the new chairperson of Pakistan’s Academy Selection Committee
Filmmaker Mohammed Ali Naqvi, popularly known as Mo Naqvi, has been appointed chairperson of the Pakistan Academy Selection Committee (PASC), taking over from the previous chair, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The PASC is the body that selects Pakistan’s official entry for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film each year.
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Features Jurist at IFFLA
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Features Jurist at IFFLA
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Features Jurist at IFFLA
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The Pakistan Crescent Collective
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The Pakistan Crescent Collective
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The Pakistan Crescent Collective
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May 10, 2024
Pakistan Crescent Collective Hub Sets Cannes Debut
The Pakistan Crescent Collective, set up by Modoxy Media, will represent the country’s official presence at the festival, with a mission to “discover and nurture the next generation of talent, preserve film, andpromote Pakistani and diaspora films globally, thereby advancing Pakistan’s visual culture.” The collective consists of a global team of film industry professionals based in London, Karachi, New York and Los Angeles.
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May 10, 2024
Pakistan Crescent Collective Hub Sets Cannes Debut
The Pakistan Crescent Collective, set up by Modoxy Media, will represent the country’s official presence at the festival, with a mission to “discover and nurture the next generation of talent, preserve film, andpromote Pakistani and diaspora films globally, thereby advancing Pakistan’s visual culture.” The collective consists of a global team of film industry professionals based in London, Karachi, New York and Los Angeles.
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May 10, 2024
Pakistan Crescent Collective Hub Sets Cannes Debut
The Pakistan Crescent Collective, set up by Modoxy Media, will represent the country’s official presence at the festival, with a mission to “discover and nurture the next generation of talent, preserve film, andpromote Pakistani and diaspora films globally, thereby advancing Pakistan’s visual culture.” The collective consists of a global team of film industry professionals based in London, Karachi, New York and Los Angeles.
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Making Among the Believers
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Making Among the Believers
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Making Among the Believers
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May 14, 2024
Amazon, NBCUniversal Back Seattle-Based South Asian Film Market Tasveer Ahead of Cannes Launch
The market aims to facilitate South Asian diasporic representation and filmmaking on a global level. It will feature a co-production market, a producer’s lab, industry panels and a work-in-progress lab. The co-production market will invite director-producer teams to pitch long-form and short-form projects, including features, shorts and series, both scripted and unscripted, to financiers, investors and studio executives. The content advisory board for the market includes producers Apoorva Bakshi (“Delhi Crime”), Mohammed Ali Naqvi (“Among the Believers”), Neeraj Churi (“Sheer Qorma”) and Samudrika Arora (“Afghan Dreamers”).
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May 14, 2024
Amazon, NBCUniversal Back Seattle-Based South Asian Film Market Tasveer Ahead of Cannes Launch
The market aims to facilitate South Asian diasporic representation and filmmaking on a global level. It will feature a co-production market, a producer’s lab, industry panels and a work-in-progress lab. The co-production market will invite director-producer teams to pitch long-form and short-form projects, including features, shorts and series, both scripted and unscripted, to financiers, investors and studio executives. The content advisory board for the market includes producers Apoorva Bakshi (“Delhi Crime”), Mohammed Ali Naqvi (“Among the Believers”), Neeraj Churi (“Sheer Qorma”) and Samudrika Arora (“Afghan Dreamers”).
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May 14, 2024
Amazon, NBCUniversal Back Seattle-Based South Asian Film Market Tasveer Ahead of Cannes Launch
The market aims to facilitate South Asian diasporic representation and filmmaking on a global level. It will feature a co-production market, a producer’s lab, industry panels and a work-in-progress lab. The co-production market will invite director-producer teams to pitch long-form and short-form projects, including features, shorts and series, both scripted and unscripted, to financiers, investors and studio executives. The content advisory board for the market includes producers Apoorva Bakshi (“Delhi Crime”), Mohammed Ali Naqvi (“Among the Believers”), Neeraj Churi (“Sheer Qorma”) and Samudrika Arora (“Afghan Dreamers”).
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Selected Work
Selected Work
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