Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
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Jawad Sharif is an award-winning filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer, who has come into prominence for exploring the often-ignored social subjects. His work focuses on the interface between the dominant culture and the real impact on people, society and the environment. Jawad is a Ted Fellow and an alumnus of the the UCLA, Swedish Institute and Institut Fur Auslandsbeziehunge, Germany. He is the Festival Director of Asia Peace Film Festival and jury member of the Jaipur Library Academy Awards. Jawad is also a founding member of Climate Kahani & Cinema For Change. He has worked on a number of socially and culturally sensitive film projects involving the themes of human rights and social injustice besides arts and culture. His feature films include Indus Blues, The Losing Side, K-2 and the Invisible Footmen, The Color of Smog, Natari, and Beyond the Heights. His recent film “The Losing Side” has won the best “Human Rights Award” at the Cannes World Film festival. “Indus Blues” has won the Grand Jury Prize at GIFF and has been nominated in several other international film festivals including CPH-DOX, Copenhagen. His films have been screened in over a hundred festivals worldwide and won awards. His first feature film, “Indus Blues” is about the fading folk instruments from various indigenous cultures in Pakistan, which has won the Grand Jury Prize at Guam International Film Festival and has been nominated in several other prestigious international film festivals. The film created waves in both local and international media including BBC, DW, and VOA upon the release of its trailer and initiated the much needed debate about the radicalization of the society in Pakistan. He has also won several awards as the cinematographer and editor of “K2 & the Invisible Footmen,” which has screened in film festivals around the world.
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A selection of film, music and documentary/news/commericial projects that we have conceived, edited and directed over the last few years.
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An award winning film about Pakistani folk artists talk about their struggle to keep a fading art form alive while reminding the world what they are about to lose. A journey spanning the 2,000-mile length of the Indus, it showcases the rich musical traditions across the diverse, and colorful cultures of Pakistan.
K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN documents the unsung efforts of the indigenous porters who have long facilitated the ascent of K2, Earth's second-highest mountain. Shot in Pakistan over the summer of 2014.
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Discover The Hidden Treasures of Pakistan
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Lahore, the city of gardens, often has the world’s most polluted air. Using art as a tool, 16 artists presented their exhibits with a common theme, Smog, but with a different take, raising their concern about the issue through different mediums. Directed by Jawad Sharif and curated by Irfan Gul, It is a much-needed initiative in the times when Lahore has been declared the most polluted city in the world.
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Four victims of the barbaric practice of forced conversions recount their traumatic experiences and community activists explore the discourse around the phenomenon, as well as the hardships of the journey to justice
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