The Pakistan International Film Festival (PIFF) kicks off in Karachi
[Karachi, Thursday 30th
March 2018]: The first Pakistan
International Film Festival (PiFF) kicks off in Karachi on a high note. Day one
featured acclaimed actor and director Nandita Das with screen writer Anjum
Rajabali, Sajal Ali, musician Harsh Narayan, Asim Raza and Asif Noorani for a
session titled “Collaborations across borders: Possibilities and Future
Directors”. The other session “Innovation on Screen: Digital Dimensions” featured
Abrar Ali Khan of Rockville, Farees Shah of iflix with Tazeen Hussain as the
moderator. Along with screenings of documentaries Cake the movie premier’s was
held at Nueplex cinema as a part of the festival. Day one was well attended by
media personalities and members of the film and entertainment industry.
This
festival comprises panel discussions on the subjects of ‘Film Diplomacy &
Cross Border Collaboration’, ‘Innovation on Screen: Digital Dimensions’, ‘Genre
Busters’, ‘From Script to Screen and Beyond’, ‘Films for Change: Socially
Motivated content in South Asian Film Industry’ and ‘The Future of Music and
Lyrics: How important is music in the subcontinental cinema’. The participant
lineup is diverse and includes prominent local and foreign speakers; Sultana
Siddiqui, Asim Raza, Anjum Rajabali (celebrated Indian script/screenplay
writer), Nandita Das (actor/director/producer of upcoming Indian movie Manto),
Harsh Narayan (Indian filmmaker), Sajal Ali, Rashid Khwaja, Abrar Ali Khan,
Farees Shah, Faizan Syed, Adnan Sarwar, Sana Tauseef, Atiqa Odho,S. S.
Rajamouli (director of the mega blockbuster movie, Baahubali), Vinay Pathak
(acclaimed Indian actor), Kamran Jawed, Amin Farooqui, Tahir Moosa, Zeenat
Lakhani (writer of Saba Qamar starrer Hindi Medium), Saket Chawdhari (director
of Hindi Medium), Nishtha Jain (maker of documentary film Gulabi Gang), Haseena
Moin, Jami, Subhash Kapoor (prominent Indian producer, screenplay writer and
director, known for his work in Jolly LLB 1 and 2), Vishal Bhardwaj (Indian
filmmaker), Hareem Farooq, Izzat Majid, Asif Noorani, Sultan Arshad, Rekha
Bhardwaj (Indian playback singer), Dr Omer Adil, Nila Madhab Panda (director of
Kadvi Hawa) and Mr Shobu (producer of mega blockbuster movie Baahubali).
Day
two of the event will feature director of Baahubali S.S. Rajamouli, Adnan
Sarwar, Atiqa Odho, director of Hindi medium Saket Chawdhari. The two panel
discussion sessions will be titled Genre Busters: and From Script to Screen and
Beyond.
There will be a total of eight movie premieres - Cake, The Valley,
Lala Begum, Moomal Rano, Zaraab, The Song of Scorpions, Kuch Bheege Alfaaz and
The Wishing Tree. The Wishing Tree features Shabana Azmi and Zaraab is the
first Balochi language film to be premiered in Pakistan. A special matinee show of the newly released
animated movie Tick Tock will also be arranged for children at Nueplex Cinemas.
Apart from the premieres, screenings of short films, documentaries and feature
films are organised at various institutes throughout the city including Goethe
Institut, Iqra Defence Valley, Iqra University North Nazimabad campus, Alliance
Françoise and T2F.
The four-day event is supported by the Cultural Department of Sindh
Government and Ministry of Information of the Federal Government of Pakistan, HUM
TV, Nueplex Cinemas and Dawn Media Group. Commercial partners are Unilever and
Khaadi.
For more
information visit:
Hashtag #PIFF2018. PIFFkaScene
The Pakistan International Film Festival (PIFF) kicks off in Karachi
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