It is indeed a very good news for Pakistani Film Industry. Two films, Dukhtar and Abdullah are selected for screening at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), increasing the count of Pakistani films being screened at international film festivals. Indian Film Festival will held in Melbourne, Australia from August 14 to 27.
Dukhtar was released last year in Pakistan and received favorable reviews. It has also made it to other international film festivals with most notable feather in its crown is being premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.
Abduallah, which is waiting to be released in Pakistan, was shown in a private screening at Cannes earlier this year.
Both of these films and an animated TV series Burka Avenger are selected in the category of “From The Subcontinent” for IFFM. Films from Nepal and Bangladesh are also selected for the same category.
But not only this, the list of notable guests also include our superstar Fawad Khan. Khan will be joined by other Bollywood stars including Raj Kumar Hirani, Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Imran Khan and Vidya Balan. It will be Khan’s first appearance at IFFM.
We wish both the makers of Dukhtar and Abdullah well and we hope this will open new doors for our films in international and Indian market.
