LAHORE
Pakistani Academy Selection Committee has invited Pakistani filmmakers to submit their films for consideration in the ‘Foreign Language Film Award’ category for the 88th Academy Awards by 25 August 2015.
The committee was chaired by Emmy and Academy award winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and included Rohail Hyatt (Pakistani musician and poet), Maheen Khan, Aamina Sheikh and Satish Anand, Faran Tahir (leading international actor renowned for his roles in Hollywood films Iron Man and Star Trek), Alyy Khan (leading international film and television actor who has appeared in numerous films including A Mighty Heart, Don 2, Traitor and Anjuman), Afia Nathaniel (award winning Director and filmmaker whose debut feature film Dukhtar was selected to represent Pakistani cinema in the Foreign Language Award category at the 87th Academy Awards), Mazhar Zaidi (journalist, film producer, director and documentary film maker) and Daniyal Mueenuddin (award winning Pakistani-American author and writer of short stories). In 2014, the Pakistani Academy Selection Committee selected “Dukhtar” to represent the best of Pakistani cinema in the ‘Foreign Language Film Award’ category.