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‘Government creates environment, can’t run film industry’

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KARACHI: The 3rd Pakistan International Film Festival (PIFF) an initiative of the Karachi Film Society (KFS) began at Frere Hall on Friday evening. This year’s event is called Women’s Edition 2021 and will last for three days. Senator Faisal Javed delivered the keynote address on the occasion focusing on the topic of the day which […]


Review: ‘Pinky Memsaab’ takes off your rose-tinted glasses

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KARACHI: There is one scene in Pinky Memsaab where domestic helper Pinky (Hajra Yamin), who has recently moved from the rural Punjab of Pakistan to work in a house in Dubai, gets lost in the city. Her ‘memsaab’ Meher (Kiran Malik) and the chauffeur Santosh (Indian actor Sunny Hinduja) find her sitting on the stairs in some strange […]


Three shows on first day of children’s film festival

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LAHORE: Up to 1,500 children attended the first day of 7th Lahore International Children’s Film Festival of 2015 at Alhamra Art Centre and Cinepax on Monday. Children appreciated films ‘Daughter of an Ocean from United States’, and ‘Baroque n Roll from Canada’. The film ‘Daughter of an Ocean’ is about remembering the story of a […]


Children’s film festival concludes

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KARACHI: Who doesn’t enjoy a break from regular school work and if that break means watching films, well, what else can a student ask for? The happy faces of students of schools from across the city, who enjoyed the shows during the 10-day 5th Karachi International Children’s Film Festival organised by The Little Art in […]


Young filmmakers encouraged to showcase talent

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Karachi: Submissions for the 2nd Annual Karachi Film Festival, scheduled to be held next month, are now being accepted till May 11, as per an announcement made by Taimur Ahmed Suri, the project coordinator of the of the I Am Karachi Film Festival, at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday. “We invite all filmmakers aged […]


International children’s films festival opens in Jamshoro

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HYDERABAD: The 1st Jam­shoro International Chil­d­ren’s Films Festival 2015 was opened at a ceremony held in the Pir Has­samuddin Rashdi Audito­rium of the Institute of Sindhology at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro campus, on Monday. The six-day festival has been organised by the institute in collaboration with The Little Art, a Lahore-based group. The ceremony […]


Film festival: Three day FiLUMS to screen 90 films

LAHORE: Almost 90 films will be screened at the LUMS International Film Festival FiLUMS 2013 that opened here on Friday. More than 200 participants have registered before the official opening ceremony. The festival is expected to draw 400 to 500 visitors. FiLUMS 2013 is the seventh edition of the festival organized by the LUMS Media […]