Day 1: Lights, Camera, The Press!
It's that time of the year again - the Kara Film Festival 2004! As entertainment starved as we are, the festival gives people a chance to watch some great movies and documentaries, and just enjoy themselves, mentally and visually.
The KaraFilm Festival is officially starting from the 3rd of December, but they held a press conference yesterday at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (where the movies will be screened). The conference kicked off right on time (surprise surprise!), and was chaired by Hasan Zaidi, the festival director. Also in the committee were Maheen Zia, Uzair Akram - the guy who designed the poster for last year's and this year's festival, Sultana Siddiqui - head of the newly launched Hum TV and Arif Baigmohamed - who's part of Cinepax, and others. Hasan was quick to announce that the Kara Film Society is a non profit organisation and all the revenue earned goes back into the Kara Film Society, no member gets a penny out of it. A round of applause for the committee.
The title for this year's festival is Dharakta Hai Yeh Dil. According to Hasan, the title reflects the sentiments of the people of Karachi. Despite all the secretarian violence and tense political situations we go through, dil dharakta rehta hai. We agree :)
Hasan gave details on the various movies being screened in this 10 day festival - more than a hundred films are being shown, which comprise of 28 feature films, 33 documentaries and over 50 short films. They received over 300 submissions, and work on the festival has been going on since the past 8 months. A huge contigent of celebrities including actors, directors and producers from all over are expected to attend. Personally, I'm really looking forward to watching the shorts, which are always a treat. Another must see on my list is Crossing The Lines, a documentary by the esteemed personality, Pervez Hoodbhoy. For a printable version of the schedule of movies, click here.
More later when the festival kicks off on Friday.
The KaraFilm Festival is officially starting from the 3rd of December, but they held a press conference yesterday at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (where the movies will be screened). The conference kicked off right on time (surprise surprise!), and was chaired by Hasan Zaidi, the festival director. Also in the committee were Maheen Zia, Uzair Akram - the guy who designed the poster for last year's and this year's festival, Sultana Siddiqui - head of the newly launched Hum TV and Arif Baigmohamed - who's part of Cinepax, and others. Hasan was quick to announce that the Kara Film Society is a non profit organisation and all the revenue earned goes back into the Kara Film Society, no member gets a penny out of it. A round of applause for the committee.
The title for this year's festival is Dharakta Hai Yeh Dil. According to Hasan, the title reflects the sentiments of the people of Karachi. Despite all the secretarian violence and tense political situations we go through, dil dharakta rehta hai. We agree :)
Hasan gave details on the various movies being screened in this 10 day festival - more than a hundred films are being shown, which comprise of 28 feature films, 33 documentaries and over 50 short films. They received over 300 submissions, and work on the festival has been going on since the past 8 months. A huge contigent of celebrities including actors, directors and producers from all over are expected to attend. Personally, I'm really looking forward to watching the shorts, which are always a treat. Another must see on my list is Crossing The Lines, a documentary by the esteemed personality, Pervez Hoodbhoy. For a printable version of the schedule of movies, click here.
More later when the festival kicks off on Friday.
posted by atrophying at 12:01 PM
3 Comments:
Nice theme. I had been wondering what was the logic behind "Dharakta Hai Yeh Dil."
Hafsa
Uzair eh? Him and Sami always outdid all others with their art assignments. No surprise uzair is doing this, and as always brilliant.
love the concept of KFF. but this time, the movies arent as brilliant. will miss the irani movies though. i want a dvd of matr moina and khamosh pani form last year *sniff*
Zaidi is a hack.
He pissed me off when he wrote and directed the overlong ptv drama shite that everyone was hailing. If any of those people had a basic working knowledge of films, they'd have known it was a ripoff of Scorsese's After Hours.
Maheen is a nice lady.
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