His directorial debut, the feature length documentary John & Jane (2006), had a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and a European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. His first narrative feature, Miss Lovely, which premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, followed this. Ahluwalia works across mediums and formats, often blurring the lines between documentary and fiction. His work has shown at the Tate Modern, the Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou and at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Ahluwalia was named “one of the ten best emerging film directors working today” by Phaidon Press in “Take 100: The Future of Film.”