Having won the prestigious 2018 Eliasson Global Leadership Prize of The Tallberg Foundation recently – in recognition of her world-class storytelling skills – two time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist/activist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is in the news once again.
SOC Films, which is spearheaded by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, has launched Pakistan’s first Climate Change Animated Series, with the release of its first short animated film, Saif, The Fisherman – A Focus on Rising Sea Levels [The Flood]. The release coincides with the International Climate Change Awareness Day that is observed on October 24 and is not coincidental but more of an honour. The animated series in Urdu is a public awareness campaign that aims to educate people about the importance of climate change and global warming.
“In honour of International Climate Change Awareness Day on October 24, all of us at SOC Films would like to join hands with those seeking to create greater awareness about climate change and global warming,” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy wrote on her official Instagram handle. “By releasing a series of animated films in Urdu, we hope to inform everyone about the small steps we can take as individuals to make a positive collective change,” she added.
Besides Saif, The Fisherman, SOC Films will release a series of four more short animated films in Urdu, according to the press statement. The series will not only highlight the environmental change in Karachi, but will also focus on biodiversity awareness, the science behind global warming and what can we do to fix it. Each short-film has been conceptualized, produced and directed by SOC Films and will be 2 to 3 minutes long.