Pakistan documentary film " Saving Face" has won academy award for best Documentary short subject at the 84th academy award in hollywood, california, sharmeeen obaid -chinoy, producer daiel junge, director of this recived the oscar award. Accepting the award obaid chinoy dedicated it to the courageous women of pakistan before a large and distinguished audience of top world artists an ever watched by hundreds of million around the globe on television.
"Saving face" tells the story of Dr. Jawad who travelled to pakistan to treat acid attack victims. It is the first tima a that pakistani documentary was nominated by the academy and subsquently won the covered award.
President asif ali zardari felicitated sharmeen obaid chinoy on wining the first ever oscar award for pakistan on her documentary saving face. Ex prime minister syed yousuf raza gilani announce a high civil award for sharmeen obaid chinoy on winning oscar award for her documentary film. The award is a first for Ms. Obaid Chinoy and the country. It is also a first nomination for a pakistani film. Earning pakistan's first ever oscar award Ms obaid chinoy makes all pakistanis proud and gives hope for a better and brighter future of the country. Ms obaid chinoy dedicated the award to all the heroes working in the country and the women in pakistan working for change.
More than 100 woman are disfigured in acid attacks every year. Saving face tells of the work of Dr. Mohammad Jawad a british pakistani surgeon who provides reconstructive surgery to woman who have been burned with battery acid by men often their husbands are or family members.
The film follows one woman and the female pakistani lawyer who had the courage to fight for justice and to see the attackers imprisoned. In interviewes the filmmaker says she hopes the film will resonate for others in pakistani. She said that;
"It is a story of hope with a powerful message for the pakistani audience. She felt this would be a great way to show how pakistanis can help othr pakistanis overcome their problems"...Saving face was a romantic comedy unveiling the truth about how chracters identity can cause personal and cultrual conflicts.
The film will help to increase global awarness of this violent crime against pakistani woman that is seldom discussed.....
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