Abdimalik Ahmed is a Somali-American director, playwright, poet, and actor from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. His award-winning debut short film "Isn't This What I'm Supposed to Feel" (2023) is a black and white silent experimental short, filmed on Super 8, and hand-processed in his university photo lab. The film was nominated for Best Film and Best Cinematography at the inaugural University of Minnesota Film Festival, ultimately winning Best Performance for