Pakistani filmmaker Asad Faruqi receives an Emmy Award

Pakistani filmmaker Asad Faruqi receives an Emmy Award

Pakistani filmmaker Asad Faruqi receives an Emmy Award
Advertisement

A Pakistani documentary Armed with Faith has won a prestigious Emmy at the 40th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, making the nation proud.

It bagged a News & Docs Emmy for Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary.

The organizers shared the news on Twitter.

Directed by filmmaker Asad Faruqi and Geeta Gandbhir, the documentary revolves around the lives of brave men of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bomb Disposal Squad.

“We witness firsthand the dangerous struggle undertaken by the men of the KPK BDU to protect their country against the Taliban threat in the land they both call home,” reads a description given on the film’s official website.

It is co-produced by two-time Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy alongside former journalist Haya Fatima Iqbal.

Chinoy took to Facebook to congratulate the director.

Advertisement

http://www.facebook.com/sobaidchinoy/posts/10162518434360694

“Asad Faruqi came to work with me many many moons ago as a photographer at The Citizens Archive of Pakistan he was passionate and eager to learn and the best kind of student!” she recalled.

Earlier, when the documentary bagged a nomination, Iqbal said the amazing grace that people of KP continue to possess in the face of adversity and injustice makes her fall in love with the film.

The documentary has been screened at three film festivals previously- Vancouver International Film Festival in 2017, Atlanta film festival and TRT’s Belgesel Günleri film festival.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Read More News On

Catch all the Entertainment News, Breaking News Event and Latest News Updates on The BOL News


Download The BOL News App to get the Daily News Update & Follow us on Google News.


End of Article

Next Story