ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP): The British Council in collaboration with Patakha Pictures and the Scottish Documentary Institute organized a film screening event \u201cPakistan Stories\u201d here the other day.<\/p>\n
\u201cPakistan Stories\u201d sought to support a new generation of female Pakistani documentary filmmakers to enable them to create engaging films that reflect on their society, and Pakistan\u2019s 75 years of independence.<\/p>\n
The event celebrated the journey of the ten selected filmmakers through the programme who worked in pairs over a period of eight weeks and were mentored by experts in Pakistan and Scotland to develop and finance their creative skills, said a news release on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Themes of the documentaries were early and forced marriages, the rights of transgenders, women and disability, women in education and the feminist movement in Pakistan.<\/p>\n
The British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Christian Turner said, on this event, film was a brilliant vehicle for telling stories and giving women voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo-time Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, and the combining UK and Pakistan expertise could unleash the potential of the next generation of female filmmakers and women and girls across Pakistan\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Renowned film maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said during the past week, I witnessed the growth of these ten filmmakers and I knew that we laid the seeds of a movement that would ensure that young women across Pakistan would be empowered to finally to tell their own stories in their own words.<\/p>\n
The Director of Scottish Documentary Institute, Noe Mendelle said that Scottish Documentary Institute was very excited to be part of this collaboration.Working with reality was a humbling experience and female filmmakers were especially well equipped creatively and mentally to engage with emotional, challenging stories that needed to be shared with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP): The British Council in collaboration with Patakha Pictures and the Scottish Documentary Institute organized a film screening event \u201cPakistan Stories\u201d here the other day. \u201cPakistan Stories\u201d sought to support a new generation of female Pakistani documentary filmmakers to enable them to […]<\/p>\n
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