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Ammar Aziz
Ammar Aziz during a protest with veteran peace activist Concepcion Picciotto in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.
Born
Makhdoom Ammar Aziz

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma materNational College of Arts
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2007–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's work on Super Sohni,[26] an animated short series on child sexual abuse prevention in Pakistan.[27]

References

  1. ^ "Reels of dissent: Pushing the celluloid envelope in Pakistan; DNA India". 2015-06-14.
  2. ^ "Young Pakistani filmmaker provokes audiences with Marx and 'Islamic punk' | Asia | DW.DE | 20.02.2012". DW.DE. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  3. ^ Khan, Sher (2012-02-03). "Rise of the Oppressed: The one to watch – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  4. ^ "A poem for Mira Sen | Dhaka Tribune".
  5. ^ "Three poems by Ammar Aziz". July 14, 2020.
  6. ^ http://poetry.sangamhouse.org/2020/09/makhdoom-ammar-aziz/
  7. ^ "Seeking a Home".
  8. ^ "Interview: Ammar Aziz (A Walnut Tree) | IDFA".
  9. ^ "Walnut Tree - Hot Docs".
  10. ^ "A Walnut Tree wins top honour at Film South Asia".
  11. ^ "I hope young filmmakers undo the NGO-isation of documentaries: A Walnut Tree director Ammar Aziz". 2016-06-18.
  12. ^ "Sole Luna Festival '15doc winners collection' continua, in programma il film "A Walnut Tree"". 8 June 2020.
  13. ^ https://tribune.com.pk/story/2263554/film-based-on-baldia-factory-tragedy-to-be-screened-at-one-world-film-festival
  14. ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/pakistani-film-on-bereaved-moms-fight-for-justice-to-kick-off-festival/articleshow/90467306.cms
  15. ^ "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. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  16. ^ https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgbgpq/not-even-radical-communist-literature-is-immune-to-copyright-battles
  17. ^ https://www.thebookseller.com/news/news/lawrence-wishart-marx-copyright-row
  18. ^ https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-radicals-fight-over-a-karl-marx-copyright-20140429-story.html#axzz30PWRhD34 [bare URL]
  19. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/arts/claiming-a-copyright-on-marx-how-uncomradely.html
  20. ^ "Filming the struggle of working class - Newspaper - DAWN.COM". dawn.com. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  21. ^ "Dailytimes | Your Right To Know". dailytimes.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  22. ^ "Labour Education Foundation(LEF) Film "Rise of the Oppressed" selected for Talent Campus at Berlin International Film Festival". IFWEA. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  23. ^ "Juliette Binoche schwärmt vom Filmemachen" (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-04-04.
  24. ^ "Pak documentary nominated for Berlin film festival". The Nation. 2012-01-28. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  25. ^ https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/page/c/mep
  26. ^ https://images.dawn.com/news/1189043
  27. ^ https://tribune.com.pk/story/2338359/animated-series-super-sohni-aims-to-shed-light-on-child-sexual-abuse
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