Glassblowing, Ghibli and a whole lot of ‘jugaad’: The journey behind Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated film
For Usman Riaz, The Glassworker is more than just a film. By now, his native land of Pakistan and the rest of the world have…
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“See it, Say it, Censored”: Kneecap’s artist led short film for Gaza
As a prelude to their performance at Glastonbury, Irish rap group Kneecap released the first edition of their artist-led short film to raise awareness for…
Opinion: When will MENA stop being a Cannes checkbox?
It’s that time of year again: Cannes is here. Denying the festival’s ability to spotlight a culture is difficult and it’s even harder to ignore…
Amara Abbas’s IMPULSE (جذبہ) captures the ethereal, beautiful, and quintessentially Pakistani essence of faith
Faith is more than a set of rituals. It is an unseen yet omnipresent force that lingers in the spaces between moments, shaping both the…
Leila and the Wolves: Feminism at the helm of liberation
In her manifesto, Woman, Arab and… Filmmaker, Srour states, “Imperialism and a non-feminist national liberation movement are not the same to me. I denounce the…