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The first London Pakistani Film Festival to kick off in October​

Five feature films and two dramas have been officially selected for the festival.

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The first London Pakistani Film Festival (LPFF), an annual event specifically conceived to celebrate Pakistani films and dramas, is set to be inaugurated on October 1, in London.

The festival is a four-day event scheduled to be held at the HMS Wellington Ship (October 1), Rich Mix Cinema and Queen Mary University (October 2), Rich Mix Cinema and Garden Cinema (October 3), and closes at the Barbican Cinema (October 4).

Official feature film selections include the Humanyun Saeed, Mehwish Hayat’s London Nahi Jaunga, Sarmad Sultan Khoosat’s extended director’s cut of Zindgai Tamasha, Yumna Zaidi’s Nayab, romance-drama anthology Teri Meri Kahaniyaan starring Sheheryar Munawar, Hayat, Wahaj Ali, Ramasha Khan, Zahid Ahmed, and the Fawad Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Mahira Khan blockbuster The Legend of Maula Jatt.

Official drama selections include the upcoming Zindagi originals Farrar, directed by Mehreen Jabbar, starring Sarwat Gilani, Mariam Saleem and Maha Hasan, and The Pink Shirt directed by Kashif Nisar, starring Sajal Aly, Wahaj Ali and Sania Saeed.

Submissions for films and dramas are now open via LPFF’s website and FilmFreeway.

LPFF, a project of Positive Action Through Creativity (PAC) — a UK-registered charity, was founded by Assad Khan and co-foundeded by Mansur Ali and Shoaib Qureshi.

LPFF’s jury includes veteran actor Hameed Sheikh, director Mehreen Jabbar, film critic and filmmaker Kamran Jawaid, cinematographer and director Farhan Alam, and filmmakers Raaj Rahhi, Max Shaukat, Kay Ram, Mehnaz Alavi Diwan, and Qais Quraishi.

The advisory board includes veteran producer Satish Anand, celebrated actor and producer Humayun Saeed, distributor and producer Nadeem Manadviwalla, London-based journalist E Nina Rothe, Joe Mirza and Hassan Zuberi.

Jawaid (through his film production and distribution company, Anthem Films) also serves as the festival’s director, while Geo TV is the official media partner.

Submissions and inquiries can be made at:

About | London Pakistani Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/LondonPakistanFilmFestival-1

 

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London Pakistani Film Festival announces selections for its inaugural event​

The festival kicks off on October 1 and will screen several films, including The Legend of Maula Jatt, Zindagi Tamasha, Gunjal, The Martial Artist, Before Nikkah.

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28 Sep, 2024

The London Pakistani Film Festival (LPFF) 2024 has announced its film selections for its first edition. The titles are The Legend of Maula Jatt, Nayab, Zindagi Tamasha, Gunjal, Before Nikkah, The Martial Artist — in its UK festival premiere — and the first episode of the web series Farar.

The screenings will be followed by question and answer sessions, including a discussion on the present and future of the Pakistani film industry and a panel on artificial intelligence in filmmaking. Panellists will include producers and actors Shaz Khan and Faran Tahir of The Martial Artist; executive producers David and Agnes Kenny, director Umair Nasir Al, producers Rumina Umair and Umair Irfani of Nayab; Gunjal producer Nighat Akbar Shah, director Shoaib Sultan and actor Amna Ilyas; Before Nikkah director Haider Zafar with the cast of the film; director Mehreen Jabbar and actor Aliee Sheikh from the web series Farar, and actor Sherry Shah and actor-director Shamoon Abbasi on their upcoming AI-made series 9 Hours.

The LPFF, an annual event conceived to celebrate and highlight the diversity in Pakistani films and dramas, is set to commence from October 1 in London. The four-day festival is supported by LPFF partners Rich Mix Cinema and Garden Cinema. Showtimes for films can be found on LPFF’s and the respective theatres’ websites.

The festival closes with a panel by City of London Corporation’s Culture, Heritage and Libraries committee Chairman Munsur Ali, LPFF CEO and founder Assad Khan, producer and actor Shaz Khan, House of Advertising CEO Hassan Zuberi, along with film distributors and cinema exhibitors at the London Guild Hall on October 4.

A project of Positive Action Through Creativity (PAC) — a UK registered charity — LPFF is founded by Assad Khan and co-founders Mansur Ali, Shoaib Qureshi and Kamran Jawaid. Jawaid, through his film production and distribution company Anthem Films, also serves as the festival’s director, while Geo Television Network is the official media partner.