Iram Ghufran is an independent filmmaker and artist based in New Delhi. Her practice spans moving image, sound and text where she deploys speculative modes in narrative creation in order to critically engage with the nature of truth and the construction of reality.

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Iram holds an MA in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia University (2003), and a PhD from the Centre for Research and Education in the Arts (CREAM), University of Westminster (2023). Her doctoral project was a practice-based inquiry into speculative modes of futurity in documentary film. Iram was a member of the Media Lab at Sarai CSDS from 2004-11, where besides pursuing her independent practice, she collaboratively worked on media art and research projects.  Iram co-curated Soundphiles: a festival of listening (2014-16) and Artists' Film & Video (2017) for IAWRT's International Women's Film Festival. 

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Iram's work has been supported by Arts Network Asia, Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Public Service Broadcasting Trust, Sandarbh and Westheavens. Her films have been screened at renowned art and cinematic platforms including Arsenal 4 at Silent Green, Brakhage Centre, Cinema Akil, Experimenta India, Forum Expanded at Berlin Film Festival, International Film Festival of India, International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, and Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition among others.

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Iram teaches at the Department of Art, Media and Performance, School of Humanities and Social Sciences,  Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi National Capital Region.