The Pakistani filmmakers who made a mark with their work in 2021

1. The Unmasking: 15 minute-long Pakistani short film on Covid-16 hesitancy wins five international award

Danish Wakeel talks about his award-winning short film 'Unmasking'

The Unmasking: Written and directed by Khalid Hasan Khan, the short-film stars Danish Wakeel (@danish__wakeel), Ali Ellinos (@ali.ellinos28) and Talal Farhat (@telefilms1). The film has won the Best Foreign-Short Film category at the Istanbul Film Awards in Turkey, the Outstanding Achievement Award at the World Film Carnival in Singapore. It won two awards for Best Director and Special Jury Award. It also won International Short Film Award at the Indo French International Film Festival. 2. Shoaib Sultan’s ‘Darya Ke Iss Paar’ based on Chitrali women suicides won three awards at New York Film Festival among 96 others

Darya Kay Iss Paar (This Bank of the River) (Short 2021) - IMDb

Darya Ke Iss Paar: An Urdu short film about the increasing number of female suicides in Chitral recently won three awards at the World Film Festival in New York. Directed by Shoaib Sultan (@shoaibsultan007) and produced by Nighat Akbar Shah (@nighatakbarshah). The film won awards for best director, best actress and best story idea in a among 96 other films competed. 3. Andha: The Pakistani short film which talked about victim-blaming won four international awards Pakistani Film Festival, Australia

Short film 'Andha' wins fourth international film award - Cutacut.com

Andha: Andha written by Kifayat Rodani (@kifayatrodani) won four international awards. At the Pakistani Film Festival Australia, Kaif Ghaznavi (@kaifghaznavi) was named Best Actress and Mairaj Saleem was named Best Actor. Kifayat Rodani, on the other hand, has won an award for best screenplay at the same festival. It won the Best Story of the Year award In Mumbai International film Awards 2021. 4. The animated short-film ‘SWIPE’ on fatwa culture won Special Jury Award at ANIMAFEST, Zagreb

The Tragic Lunacy Of SWIPE, A Dystopian, Hand-Animated Pakistani Short Film

SWIPE: Arafat Mazhar’s (@arafatmazhar) animated short-film is the first Pakistani film to be selected for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2021. It also ended up winning Special Jury Award at the event. 5. Samar Minhallah’s ‘OutSwing’ based on aspiring female cricketers won best short film award at Sport Film Festival, Netherlands

Pakistani filmmaker Samar Minallah Khan's documentary Out Swing wins at  Sport Film Festival Rotterdam

Samar Minallah Khan (@samarminallah), a Pakistani filmmaker won Best Short Film for her short-film ‘Out Swing’ at the 7th Sport Film Festival Rotterdam in Netherlands.

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