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- DirectorKhurrum M. SultanStarsMehwish HayatMohib MirzaSaife HassanInsha'Allah' is the tragic and heartbreaking story of Farhan, Sahar, and their new baby daughter Reem. Set in modern day Pakistan in the city of Karachi, 'Insha'Allah' challenges audiences to address head on the issues of people smuggling, whilst seeing the effects it has on the people involved or left behind. Unlike reading news articles and press releases from charities and aid agencies, 'Insha'Allah' puts faces and emotions to the people affected, albeit in a fictional context. 'Insha'Allah' is about knowing what you can lose, when gambling your life for more.
- DirectorJamiSummer NicksStarsShaan ShahidAyub KhosoAamina SheikhA gripping action thriller in which two men executes a plan to stop the war between Afghanistan and Pakistan within 21 hours.
- DirectorMohammed Ali NaqviHemal TrivediStarsAbdul Aziz GhaziPervez HoodbhoyAn unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque in Pakistan, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age.
- DirectorIram Parveen BilalStarsAamina SheikhKhalid MalikMohib MirzaFatima, a teacher living her elite life in Karachi, shattered, when her nanny Nusrat, inexplicably disappears. Fatima travels to investigate her disappearance and finds a dangerous truth about Nusrat and her village.
- DirectorZeeshan Ahmed KhanStarsVajdaan ShahHassaan AttariAneel ChoudhryA man on the run from his sins and crimes seeks refuge in a shelter he can't resist. The question remains, will he change?
- DirectorJamiStarsHameed SheikhSamiya MumtazAbdul QadirAfter the death of the family's matriarch, her husband and son must confront not only the corruption in society around them but the corruption within themselves.
- DirectorSabiha SumarStarsKirron KherAamir Ali MalikNavtej Singh Johar1979. A village in Pakistan. A widow sees her 17 years old son being attracted to Islamist militants. It brings her past back.
- DirectorDiana WhittenStarsRebecca GompertsKinga JelinskiCecilia CostaA fearless sea captain sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.
- DirectorOmar MullickBassam TariqStarsShehr AliQayyum BhaiAbdul Sattar EdhiA poor runaway boy and a reluctant ambulance driver in Karachi. Their two lives come together through a dying humanitarian upon whom so much of their daily lives depend.
- DirectorJohn AngierSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsMuneeba YaseenHanzala ShahidZuhab Khan3 Bahadur is story of three extraordinary children who rise from most unlikeliest of places.
- DirectorMian Adnan AhmadStarsKamran 'ZafarAsad AhmedAqeelThe 'Coke Studio' Origin Story - In a post 9/11 Pakistan faced with challenges of war and conflict, a quest for self-identity leads the inspirational journey of a music show to help reclaim the rich and vast musical heritage of this region. In doing so it has become one of the biggest music initiatives from this side of the world, bringing together unique cultural experiences and genres, including but not limited to folk, sufi, rock, pop and rap music. We discover the show from its humble beginnings, living through its spirit to reach the heart of the experience, as artists unify eastern and western sounds to make music that will resonate across the globe; impacting all involved and planting the seeds for an ongoing inward reflection towards who we are as individuals and as a people.
- DirectorHammad KhanStarsOmar Khalid ButtShahana JanUns MuftiIn present-day Pakistan, a masked gunman embarks on a killing spree and nobody cares to stop him.
- DirectorNasir KhanMADE IN PAKISTAN is an insider's look into "The Most Dangerous Country in the World" as labeled by a cover story in Newsweek Oct 29th 2007. The documentary follows the lives of four Pakistani individuals who defy this prevailing stereotype of the country by the very choices they have made in their lives. They are working professionals - two women entrepreneurs, a politician and a lawyer. These four individuals represent a multifaceted Pakistan - a country where politics, fashion, religion, debate and tradition intermingle - where one definition of an Islamic State no longer holds true.
- DirectorJawad SharifStarsSamina BaigA documentary about a young Pakistani Mountaineer Samina Baig,who became first Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest at the age of 22.
- DirectorGuillaume GiovanettiÇagla ZencirciStarsUzma AliBaba HussainNoorNoor wants to be a man. He doesn't belong anymore to the Khusras, Pakistan's transgender community. And he is definitely done with the love story he had with one of them, that had drastically changed his life. Now, he is doing a man's job in a Truck Decoration Center and he made up his mind: he will find a girl who will accept him as he is...
- DirectorTom RobertsFamilies and healthcare workers find themselves in the cross-hairs of politics and violence as they attempt to protect their children from polio in Pakistan. At this critical time, when we are closer than ever before to global eradication, increased international support and commitment can see the end of polio once and for all. Will these everyday heroes succeed and end polio in our lifetime, or will another young generation be at risk?
- DirectorChristopher MitchellStarsMuhammad Ali JinnahPhil ReynoldsThe creator of Pakistan has long been a controversial figure. The film tries to unravel his personality with interviews and footage never before aired.
- DirectorMohammed Ali NaqviStarsMukhtaran MaiFaiz Buy MastoiShaqoor G. FareedIn modern Pakistan, Ghulam Fareed lives a poor lifestyle in Meerwala along with his daughter, Mukhtaran Mai and son, Shaqoor. Meerwala is a village without any roads, schools, a Police Station, or even electricity. Girls' marriages are arranged when they are barely 12 years old. During March, 2002, Shaqoor allegedly molests a girl from the Mashtoi family, who live next door. The local Panchayat meets and decides that Mukhtaran must also be molested by males of the Mashtoi family, accordingly she is raped by about 14 men. Shunned, hurt, confused, devastated, she makes her way to the Police Station to file a report against this rape. This is where she will find out that it is not easy to find justice in a country that has been ruled by men and the military for eons, where the woman is still considered a possession - when she does well, she lives up to the family's reputation, but when she does bad, she brings shame to the entire clan. Her persistence pays off, and with the intervention of two female politicians, she has the 14 arrested. Amidst threats made against her by the Mashtoi clan, she is provided 24 hours protection by the national guard. Shortly thereafter the Courts reached it's decision: 8 of the men are set free, while 6 are sentenced to be hanged and fined 40,000 Pakistani Rupees. The media's attention is focused on Meerwala, and Pervez Musharaff's government makes the most of it to improve conditions there. Mukhtaran is awarded 5 Lakh Rupees, which she uses to build a girls' school; a road & a Police station manned by 4 constables is built, and electricity is provided. Then a school is built for males named as Ghulam Fareed Boys' School. Ironically, while the government provides funding for the boys' school, Mukhtaran herself pays for the salaries and maintenance of the girls' school. When the accused appeal to the High Court, 5 of the 6 are freed, resulting in an uproar not only in Pakistan but also in the United States. Mukhtaran meets with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and has the 5 re-arrested. She is then invited to Spain. Thereafter, she is invited to visit the U.S., a visa is provided for her, but before she could travel, she is arrested by the Police under orders from Pervez Musharraff himself, so as not to publicly humiliate his country. Mukhtaran disappears for several days, only to emerge later, admitting that she has been coerced to not visit the U.S.. Subsequently, she does visit the U.S. where is felicitated by Glamour Magazine, while the Times New York cites her as one of 100 the most influential people in the world. When she returns home to Meerwala, she is shocked to learn that a nine year old girl has been raped, and files a Police Complaint on her behalf. During the course of the four years of her trials, Mukhtaran has not only built and run a school for girls, albeit with some donations collected by U.S.-based Journalist Nicholas Kristof; a woman's crisis center, but also a sense of security and well-being amongst the general population, especially women, in Meerwala. Add to that, a male student from the embittered Mashtoi family had also enrolled in the boys' school. She is herself enrolled in the girls' school, appropriately named after her, and hopes that by enlightening young minds she can make way for a better Pakistan. As of the end of 2006, the Pakistani Supreme is yet to decide the fate of the 6 accused in this incident.
- DirectorCary McClellandImran BaburStarsVaneeza AhmadArieb AzharAbdullah KhanSix bold people navigate the dangerous waters of Pakistan's current crisis to discover a new tomorrow: a cricket star starts a progressive political party, a female journalist goes behind Taliban lines, an ex-mujahid seeks redemption, a trucker crosses dangerous territory to feed his family, a supermodel pushes feminism through fashion, and a subversive Sufi rocker uses music to heal.
- DirectorAneel AhmadStarsZehri AliMohammad HaroonRaksha Sawari Imtiaz a rickshaw driver, gives a ride to Tameena, a hotel call girl, and begins waiting for her daily; he falls in love with her and is tries to rescue her from the horrors of poverty and prostitution.
- DirectorAneel AhmadStarsManjinder VirkRichard VergetteElisabeth ShahlaviThree lives that will never be the same again. Three lives wounded by one bullet. On a remote highway in Pakistan
- DirectorMian Adnan AhmadStarsAmeer ZhowandaiNavid NegahbanHannah SherIn the midst of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a gifted child makes an extraordinary effort for his people.
- DirectorAneel AhmadStarsNadir AliMohammed AltafBoy in the Tree is a short film about people's hopes, goals, dreams and desires and how people strive to achieve those desires under adverse circumstances.
- DirectorAmmar AzizAn old man reminisces about a distant homeland. He wants to return.
- DirectorVic SarinCamel racing is a popular sport in the Middle East. In past years, thousands of young boys have been trafficked from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mauritania and other countries to work as jockeys in the UAE under excruciating conditions. Over the last 10 years, some governments have tried to put an end to the use of child jockeys. Desert Riders will examine the situation before and since these government policies were enacted, as well as the difficult journey to retrieve and recuperate these children.
- DirectorChris AtkinsStarsMajed el ShafieFreedom Fighter looks at persecution around the world, while following the story of Majed El Shafie, an Egyptian man tortured and sentenced to death in Egypt for his faith. Now he fights for the those who are suffering under severe persecution, even risking his life to save a little girl named Neha in Pakistan who was raped at the age of 2 by a Muslim extremist.
- DirectorSachithanandam SathananthanSabiha SumarFrom on-the-street interviews to audiences with religious leaders to dinner with the President of Pakistan, the film takes the temperature of a culture on issues from politics to women's rights.
- DirectorJaved JabbarStarsUsmaan PeerzadaZahoor AhmadYasir AkhtarIn a life surrounded by political and social ills, a young man realizes that there is more about his father than he already knows.
- DirectorMilt AlvarezStaring out through melted eyelids, semi-blind and with her nose completely disintegrated, 21-year-old Irum Saeed tells the story of the day she lost her face. "The boy threw acid at me because he could not tolerate my parent's rejection of his proposal" says Irum, "Even today, I cannot forget the crooked smile on his face, as he ran off". Brought to the hospital by a passer-by, Irum woke up in hospital, "I asked my mother for a mirror, but she said there was nothing left look at". When Musarrat Misbah, the owner of a Beauty Salon, met another victim, she decided to take action. Her foundation, Smile Again, is designed to bring hope to these women by providing them with the means to undergo reconstructive surgery and moral support. Because the victims endure, "Not just physical, even stronger is the inner pain, the unbearable pain". Musarrat travels throughout Pakistan to meet not only victims, but also other Pakistanis, trying to gain insight into the cause of such a devastating issue. In educated circles there is a firm desire to tackle the problem. Author Faryal Ali Gohar maintains, "If this could be a nation where the rights that are granted to men and women by the constitution and religious texts were understood, then we would be happier". A primitive male dominant culture combined with Sharia law has left some parts of Pakistani society convinced they have a right to brutalise women for any perceived sleight. However, Musarrat is committed to get these women standing on their feet again. Nashreem Sharif who lost her sight when her face was burnt with acid at the age of 15, is one of just many women who have benefited from her help. Both shocking and heart-breaking, this documentary shows not only the atrocious injustices that some women are subjected to in Pakistan, but also the beauty behind the scarred faces of these women who have only one wish: to put the past behind and smile again.
- DirectorUmar RiazStarsBurton CraneDaniel Hawk HicksZia MohyeddinAs the sun sets on the British Empire, the British rulers of the Indian subcontinent prepare to divide the region into two independent states: India and Pakistan. For the diverse native population, freedom comes at a cost and ethnic violence sweeps the region. On the eve of Pakistani independence in 1947, Arastu Jan, a troubled and isolated native servant to a British master, takes a dose of poison and finds himself with ten minutes to record the confession of his brief lifetime.
- DirectorGeorge GittoesStarsGeorge GittoesJaved MusazaiAustralia's most daring artist takes on the Taliban.
- DirectorKhalid GillAn examination of how transgenders live in Pakistani culture.
- DirectorAatif NawazSavvas PapasavvaStarsAatif NawazPostcards from Lahore follows a young British man's journey to the place of his origins: Lahore, Pakistan. His intention is to recreate the only mementos of his childhood trip: 6 picturesque photographs that resemble postcards. On his journey, he visits Lahore's historic sights and meets the locals, learning of how terrorism and a decline in international relations have resulted in this beautiful city being under-appreciated.