Islamabad:
Saving Face, the acclaimedPakistani movie on victims of acid attacks, has won the bestdocumentary prize at the 2012 SAARC Film Awards while Indianfilm Byari bagged the bronze medal in the feature filmcategory.
Saving Face, co-directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, wonan Oscar earlier this year. The film chronicles the work of aBritish-Pakistani plastic surgeon who rebuilds the faces ofwomen disfigured by acid attacks. Pakistani director MehreenJabbar's Ramchand Pakistani bagged the silver medal in thefeature film category.
During the SAARC Film Awards ceremony held in Colombolast night, Pakistan bagged its first award for Saving Face.
The award for best actor was shared by Pakistani actors ManzarSehbai and Rashid Farooqi for their roles in the feature filmsBol and Ramchand Pakistani, respectively.
The best feature film trophy was awarded to Sri Lanka'sAkasa Kusum directed by Prasanna Vithanage. The film depictsthe golden age of cinema as seen through the memories of anageing actress.
The bronze medal in the feature film category went toIndia's Byari directed by K P Suveeran.
The runner-up award in the documentary category wasbagged by Sri Lanka's The Great School Teacher directed byMayri Wanaguru. The best actress award went to Sri Lanka'sMalini Fonseka for her role in Akasa Kusum whileBangladesh's Morshedul Islam won the best director award forKhelaghar.
The SAARC Film Festival attracted nominations from India,Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Well-knownfilm directors from Singapore, Iran and Russia wereadjudicators for the film awards. The competition this yearwas held for two categories feature and documentaryfilms.
Directors of some of the nominated films from Bangladesh,India and the Maldives attended the festival, which included aworkshop on "Film vs digital the impending extinction of thecelluloid cinema and the challenges ahead.
Saving Face, co-directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, wonan Oscar earlier this year. The film chronicles the work of aBritish-Pakistani plastic surgeon who rebuilds the faces ofwomen disfigured by acid attacks. Pakistani director MehreenJabbar's Ramchand Pakistani bagged the silver medal in thefeature film category.
During the SAARC Film Awards ceremony held in Colombolast night, Pakistan bagged its first award for Saving Face.
The award for best actor was shared by Pakistani actors ManzarSehbai and Rashid Farooqi for their roles in the feature filmsBol and Ramchand Pakistani, respectively.
The best feature film trophy was awarded to Sri Lanka'sAkasa Kusum directed by Prasanna Vithanage. The film depictsthe golden age of cinema as seen through the memories of anageing actress.
The bronze medal in the feature film category went toIndia's Byari directed by K P Suveeran.
The runner-up award in the documentary category wasbagged by Sri Lanka's The Great School Teacher directed byMayri Wanaguru. The best actress award went to Sri Lanka'sMalini Fonseka for her role in Akasa Kusum whileBangladesh's Morshedul Islam won the best director award forKhelaghar.
The SAARC Film Festival attracted nominations from India,Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Well-knownfilm directors from Singapore, Iran and Russia wereadjudicators for the film awards. The competition this yearwas held for two categories feature and documentaryfilms.
Directors of some of the nominated films from Bangladesh,India and the Maldives attended the festival, which included aworkshop on "Film vs digital the impending extinction of thecelluloid cinema and the challenges ahead.
