Elhum is currently a co-curator of the Palestine Film Institute's Palestine Film Platform; notable curations include the Provoked Narratives season, looking at the changing gaze on Palestine through film (2024). Elhum was also formerly Programme Advisor (MENA/Iran) for the BFI London Film Festival (2014-2022) where she significantly expanded the range of films showcased from the region. As film curator for Shubbak: Festival of Contemporary Arab Culture, she worked alongside guest curator Michel Khleifi in 2015; reflected on image creation of conflict and imagined futures in 2017; and centred on generational legacy and Arab-British identity in 2019. Prior to this, Elhum was a programmer for Birds Eye View Film Festival (now Reclaim the Frame); she curated a three-month season of films for Art on the Underground (2014) and curated the 2013 focus on Arab women directors (2013). In 2013, she was co-curator of Reel Iraq, a nationwide cross arts festival.