‘In Flames’ is Pakistan’s official entry for Oscars 2024

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The Pakistani Academy Choice Committee (PASC) has voted and deliberated upon which movie can be Pakistan’s official submission for Oscar consideration. As per a press launch, director Zarrar Kahn and producer Anam Abbas’s horror movie, In Flames is the movie that has been submitted for Oscar consideration.

Khan’s horror movie, In Flames, represents Pakistan within the race for the worldwide characteristic Oscar. Premiering on the Cannes Administrators’ Fortnight earlier this yr, the story unfolds in Karachi. Following the demise of their household’s head, a mom and her daughter’s fragile life will get disrupted by entities from their historical past, each tangible and spectral. Their bond turns into their solely hope in opposition to the darkish forces that loom over them.

Anam Abbas produced the film, with Shant Joshi, Todd Brown, and Maxime Cottray as govt producers. The movie is featured in XYZ’s New Visions lineup. As reported by Selection, XYZ got here on board with the mission the earlier yr.

Chairperson of PASC, Mohammed Ali Naqvi, states, “Because the Chair of the Pakistani Academy Choice Committee, it’s with immense pleasure and a deep sense of duty that we choose and submit ‘In Flames’ as Pakistan’s official entry for the Worldwide Function class on the 96th Academy Awards. This choice not solely underscores the movie’s brilliance but additionally marks a pivotal second within the evolving narrative of Pakistani cinema. ‘In Flames’ is a testomony to the boundless potential of Pakistani cinema on the worldwide stage.”

The director of the movie, Kahn says, “I’m deeply honored that our movie has been acknowledged by Pakistan’s Oscar committee. We’re presently self-distributing the movie in Pakistan, as, regardless of clearance from the native censor board, we had been thought of too controversial by native distributors — so we’re doing it ourselves. The response from Pakistani audiences has been rapturous — and we’re simply grateful to have the ability to present the movie within the metropolis it was made in.”

Kahn went on so as to add, “In Flames presents uncommon illustration, each behind and in entrance of the digital camera, and thru the resilience of our crew the movie continues to seek out its viewers. In a yr of unbelievable international cinema, ‘In Flames’ has stood with giants, and located acclaim from Cannes, TIFF, Sitges, Busan to Pink Sea. The movie is an pressing name to motion, exposing the brutality of the patriarchy and the facility of group. In at present’s divided world, it presents solace to the oppressed — and tells them that hope can by no means be extinguished.”

The 2023 PASC jury consists of acclaimed actor Ahmed Ali Akbar (Laal Kabootar, Parizaad), award-winning director Bilal Lashari (Waar, The Legend of Maula Jatt), activist and writer Fatima Bhutto (New Kings of the World), worldwide award-winning actor Fawad Khan (The Legend of Maula Jatt, Humsafar), Frieha Altaf, co-founder of the Documentary Affiliation of Pakistan Haya Fatima Iqbal (A Woman within the River), award-winning documentary filmmaker Madeeha Syed (The Accused: Damned or Devoted?, The Killing of Qandeel), critically acclaimed director Mehreen Jabbar (Ramchand Pakistani, Dobara Phir Se) veteran actor and director Nadia Afgan (Kabuli Pulao, Parizaad) and director of Joyland, Pakistan’s final submission for Oscar consideration, Saim Sadiq. In Flames is presently working in cinemas all through Pakistan.

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