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| birth_name = Makhdoom Ammar Aziz |
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| occupation = [[Filmmaker]] |
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| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]] |
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| alma_mater = [[National College of Arts]] |
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'''Ammar Aziz''' is a [[Pakistani] [[filmmaker]] |
'''Ammar Aziz''' is a [[Pakistani]] documentary [[filmmaker]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-reels-of-dissent-pushing-the-celluloid-envelope-in-pakistan-2095342|title=Reels of dissent: Pushing the celluloid envelope in Pakistan; DNA India|date=2015-06-14|access-date=2015-07-23|archive-date=2015-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003917/http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-reels-of-dissent-pushing-the-celluloid-envelope-in-pakistan-2095342|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dw">{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15752639,00.html |title=Young Pakistani filmmaker provokes audiences with Marx and 'Islamic punk' | Asia | DW.DE | 20.02.2012 |publisher=DW.DE |date= |accessdate=2012-06-04 |archive-date=2012-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505133414/http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15752639,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="tribune1">{{cite web |last=Khan |first=Sher |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/331393/rise-of-the-oppressed-the-one-to-watch/ |title=Rise of the Oppressed: The one to watch – The Express Tribune |publisher=Tribune.com.pk |date=2012-02-03 |accessdate=2012-06-04 |archive-date=2012-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205054106/http://tribune.com.pk/story/331393/rise-of-the-oppressed-the-one-to-watch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and poet.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-letters/2020/07/13/a-poem-for-mira-sen| title = A poem for Mira Sen {{!}} Dhaka Tribune| date = 13 July 2020| access-date = 22 July 2020| archive-date = 22 July 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200722185243/https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-letters/2020/07/13/a-poem-for-mira-sen| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wildcourt.co.uk/new-work/three-poems-by-ammar-aziz/|title=Three poems by Ammar Aziz|date=July 14, 2020|access-date=July 22, 2020|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722074656/https://wildcourt.co.uk/new-work/three-poems-by-ammar-aziz/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://poetry.sangamhouse.org/2020/09/makhdoom-ammar-aziz/ | title=MAKHDOOM AMMAR AZIZ | Poetry at Sangam | access-date=2022-04-09 | archive-date=2021-04-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414154655/http://poetry.sangamhouse.org/2020/09/makhdoom-ammar-aziz/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He's a recipient of the [[International Federation of Film Critics]] Award.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.fipresci.org/festival-reports/2016/istanbul-doc/seeking-a-home | title=Seeking a Home | access-date=2018-03-09 | archive-date=2018-03-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310010630/http://www.fipresci.org/festival-reports/2016/istanbul-doc/seeking-a-home | url-status=live }}</ref> His debut feature-length film [[A Walnut Tree]] had its world premiere at [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam|IDFA]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.idfa.nl/en/article/30559/2015-interview-ammar-aziz-over-a-walnut-tree | title=Interview: Ammar Aziz (A Walnut Tree) | IDFA | access-date=2018-03-09 | archive-date=2018-03-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310010719/https://www.idfa.nl/en/article/30559/2015-interview-ammar-aziz-over-a-walnut-tree | url-status=live }}</ref> and North American premiere at [[Hot Docs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotdocs.ca/archive/films/walnut-tree|title=Walnut Tree - Hot Docs}}</ref> The film won awards for the best film from Film SouthAsia,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/80183-a-walnut-tree-wins-top-honour-at-film-south-asia | title=A Walnut Tree wins top honour at Film South Asia | access-date=2018-03-09 | archive-date=2018-03-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310010530/https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/80183-a-walnut-tree-wins-top-honour-at-film-south-asia | url-status=live }}</ref> Moscow International Documentary Film Festival,<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1175628| title=I hope young filmmakers undo the NGO-isation of documentaries: A Walnut Tree director Ammar Aziz| date=2016-06-18| access-date=2018-03-09| archive-date=2018-03-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310010445/https://images.dawn.com/news/1175628| url-status=live}}</ref> Sole Luna Doc-Film Festival <ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.blogsicilia.it/palermo/538463/538463/|title = Sole Luna Festival '15doc winners collection' continua, in programma il film "A Walnut Tree"|date = 8 June 2020|access-date = 31 July 2020|archive-date = 28 August 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200828103507/https://www.blogsicilia.it/palermo/538463/538463/|url-status = live}}</ref> and others. His Second feature film, Discount Workers, had world premiere at [[One World Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2263554/film-based-on-baldia-factory-tragedy-to-be-screened-at-one-world-film-festival | title=Film based on Baldia factory tragedy to be screened at One World Film Festival | date=11 September 2020 | access-date=9 April 2022 | archive-date=23 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323013426/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2263554/film-based-on-baldia-factory-tragedy-to-be-screened-at-one-world-film-festival | url-status=live }}</ref> and opened a film festival in Kolkata <ref>{{Cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/pakistani-film-on-bereaved-moms-fight-for-justice-to-kick-off-festival/articleshow/90467306.cms | title=Pakistani Film on Bereaved Mom's Fight for Justice to Kick off Festival | Kolkata News - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=27 March 2022 | access-date=2022-04-09 | archive-date=2022-04-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409091437/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/pakistani-film-on-bereaved-moms-fight-for-justice-to-kick-off-festival/articleshow/90467306.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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He's a former [[left-wing]] [[activist]].<ref name="csmonitor1">{{cite journal|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2012/0108/Thirty-ideas-from-people-under-30-The-Change-Agents/Ammar-Aziz-Band-member-filmmaker-and-voice-for-Pakistani-poor |title=Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Change Agents - Ammar Aziz: Band member, filmmaker, and voice for Pakistani poor |journal=Christian Science Monitor |publisher=CSMonitor.com |date= |
He's a former [[left-wing]] [[activist]].<ref name="csmonitor1">{{cite journal |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2012/0108/Thirty-ideas-from-people-under-30-The-Change-Agents/Ammar-Aziz-Band-member-filmmaker-and-voice-for-Pakistani-poor |title=Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Change Agents - Ammar Aziz: Band member, filmmaker, and voice for Pakistani poor |journal=Christian Science Monitor |publisher=CSMonitor.com |date=2012-01-08 |accessdate=2012-06-04 |archive-date=2013-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205092356/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2012/0108/Thirty-ideas-from-people-under-30-The-Change-Agents/Ammar-Aziz-Band-member-filmmaker-and-voice-for-Pakistani-poor |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, he started an online petition against [[Lawrence & Wishart]] for claiming the copyright to [[Marx/Engels Collected Works]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgbgpq/not-even-radical-communist-literature-is-immune-to-copyright-battles | title=Not Even Radical Communist Literature is Immune to Copyright Battles | date=2 May 2014 | access-date=2022-04-09 | archive-date=2023-02-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212070912/https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgbgpq/not-even-radical-communist-literature-is-immune-to-copyright-battles | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/news/lawrence-wishart-marx-copyright-row | title=Lawrence & Wishart in Marx copyright row }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-radicals-fight-over-a-karl-marx-copyright-20140429-story.html#axzz30PWRhD34 | title=Radicals fight over a Karl Marx copyright | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=29 April 2014 | access-date=9 April 2022 | archive-date=12 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212064311/https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-radicals-fight-over-a-karl-marx-copyright-20140429-story.html#axzz30PWRhD34 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/arts/claiming-a-copyright-on-marx-how-uncomradely.html | title=Claiming a Copyright on Marx? How Uncomradely | newspaper=The New York Times | date=May 2014 | last1=Cohen | first1=Noam | access-date=2022-04-09 | archive-date=2022-04-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409091237/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/arts/claiming-a-copyright-on-marx-how-uncomradely.html | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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As a filmmaker, he was initially known for his work about the working class of Pakistan.<ref name="dawn">{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1049374/filming-the-struggle-of-working-class|title=Filming the struggle of working class - Newspaper - DAWN.COM|publisher=dawn.com|accessdate=2016-07-24|date=2013-10-13|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043136/http://www.dawn.com/news/1049374/filming-the-struggle-of-working-class|url-status=live}}</ref> A graduate of [[Lahore]]'s [[National College of Arts]],<ref name="dailytimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2011%5C01%5C28%5Cstory_28-1-2011_pg7_17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130810064437/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2011%5C01%5C28%5Cstory_28-1-2011_pg7_17 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-10 |title=Dailytimes | Your Right To Know |publisher=dailytimes.com.pk |accessdate=2016-07-24 }}</ref> he was the only <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifwea.org/?x103997=230031 |title=Labour Education Foundation(LEF) Film "Rise of the Oppressed" selected for Talent Campus at Berlin International Film Festival |publisher=IFWEA |date=2012-01-30 |accessdate=2012-06-04 |archive-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226205928/http://www.ifwea.org/?x103997=230031 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/juliette-binoche-schwaermt-vom-filmemachen-id6342796.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404075451/http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/juliette-binoche-schwaermt-vom-filmemachen-id6342796.html|archive-date=2015-04-04|url-status=dead|title=Juliette Binoche schwärmt vom Filmemachen|language=de}}</ref> [[filmmaker]] from [[Pakistan]] to be selected in 2012 for the Talent Campus of the [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/28-Jan-2012/pak-documentary-nominated-for-berlin-film-festival |title=Pak documentary nominated for Berlin film festival |publisher=The Nation |date=2012-01-28 |access-date=2012-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315024501/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/entertainment/28-Jan-2012/pak-documentary-nominated-for-berlin-film-festival |archive-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, he won the Berlinale Mastercard Enablement program <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/page/c/mep | title=Berlinale Talents - Mastercard Enablement Programme | access-date=2022-04-09 | archive-date=2022-01-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104165859/https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/page/c/mep | url-status=live }}</ref> for his organisation SAMAAJ's work on Super Sohni,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1189043 | title=There's a new Pakistani superhero in town and she's fighting child sexual abuse | date=16 December 2021 | access-date=9 April 2022 | archive-date=27 December 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227152441/https://images.dawn.com/news/1189043 | url-status=live }}</ref> an animated short series on child sexual abuse prevention in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2338359/animated-series-super-sohni-aims-to-shed-light-on-child-sexual-abuse | title=Animated series 'Super Sohni' to highlight child sexual abuse | date=12 January 2022 | access-date=9 April 2022 | archive-date=16 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116230535/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2338359/animated-series-super-sohni-aims-to-shed-light-on-child-sexual-abuse | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Ammar Aziz | |
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Born | Makhdoom Ammar Aziz |
Alma mater | National College of Arts |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2007–present |
Ammar Aziz is a Pakistani documentary filmmaker[1][2][3] and poet.[4][5][6] He's a recipient of the International Federation of Film Critics Award.[7] His debut feature-length film A Walnut Tree had its world premiere at IDFA[8] and North American premiere at Hot Docs.[9] The film won awards for the best film from Film SouthAsia,[10] Moscow International Documentary Film Festival,[11] Sole Luna Doc-Film Festival [12] and others. His Second feature film, Discount Workers, had world premiere at One World Film Festival[13] and opened a film festival in Kolkata [14]
He's a former left-wing activist.[15] In 2014, he started an online petition against Lawrence & Wishart for claiming the copyright to Marx/Engels Collected Works.[16][17][18][19]
As a filmmaker, he was initially known for his work about the working class of Pakistan.[20] A graduate of Lahore's National College of Arts,[21] he was the only [22][23] filmmaker from Pakistan to be selected in 2012 for the Talent Campus of the Berlin International Film Festival.[24] In 2022, he won the Berlinale Mastercard Enablement program [25] for his organisation SAMAAJ's work on Super Sohni,[26] an animated short series on child sexual abuse prevention in Pakistan.[27]
References
[edit]- ^ "Reels of dissent: Pushing the celluloid envelope in Pakistan; DNA India". 2015-06-14. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ "Young Pakistani filmmaker provokes audiences with Marx and 'Islamic punk' | Asia | DW.DE | 20.02.2012". DW.DE. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ Khan, Sher (2012-02-03). "Rise of the Oppressed: The one to watch – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "A poem for Mira Sen | Dhaka Tribune". 13 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Three poems by Ammar Aziz". July 14, 2020. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ "MAKHDOOM AMMAR AZIZ | Poetry at Sangam". Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Seeking a Home". Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Interview: Ammar Aziz (A Walnut Tree) | IDFA". Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Walnut Tree - Hot Docs".
- ^ "A Walnut Tree wins top honour at Film South Asia". Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "I hope young filmmakers undo the NGO-isation of documentaries: A Walnut Tree director Ammar Aziz". 2016-06-18. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Sole Luna Festival '15doc winners collection' continua, in programma il film "A Walnut Tree"". 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Film based on Baldia factory tragedy to be screened at One World Film Festival". 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Pakistani Film on Bereaved Mom's Fight for Justice to Kick off Festival | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. 27 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Change Agents - Ammar Aziz: Band member, filmmaker, and voice for Pakistani poor". Christian Science Monitor. CSMonitor.com. 2012-01-08. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "Not Even Radical Communist Literature is Immune to Copyright Battles". 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Lawrence & Wishart in Marx copyright row".
- ^ "Radicals fight over a Karl Marx copyright". Los Angeles Times. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ Cohen, Noam (May 2014). "Claiming a Copyright on Marx? How Uncomradely". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Filming the struggle of working class - Newspaper - DAWN.COM". dawn.com. 2013-10-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "Dailytimes | Your Right To Know". dailytimes.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "Labour Education Foundation(LEF) Film "Rise of the Oppressed" selected for Talent Campus at Berlin International Film Festival". IFWEA. 2012-01-30. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "Juliette Binoche schwärmt vom Filmemachen" (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-04-04.
- ^ "Pak documentary nominated for Berlin film festival". The Nation. 2012-01-28. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "Berlinale Talents - Mastercard Enablement Programme". Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "There's a new Pakistani superhero in town and she's fighting child sexual abuse". 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Animated series 'Super Sohni' to highlight child sexual abuse". 12 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.