{"id":218866,"date":"2019-03-11T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=218866"},"modified":"2019-03-11T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T10:50:18","slug":"winner-of-womens-international-film-festival-compares-pakistan-to-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/winner-of-womens-international-film-festival-compares-pakistan-to-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner of Women’s International Film Festival Compares Pakistan to Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swedish filmmaker Alexe Landgren put a video message comparing Sweden to Pakistan. The message was pertinent to her win at the Women’s International Film Festival (WIFF) in Islamabad.<\/p>\n

Alexe\u00a0took\u00a0home the prize for her short film \u2018Till the Sun Comes in the Sky<\/em>\u2019. The short film was about a\u00a0four-year-old boy playing with dolls, who played out the scenes of his parents\u2019 relationship and how they fight.<\/p>\n

\"Swedish<\/p>\n

Alexe Landgren was not present for the festival but addressed the crowd via a video message after her win.<\/p>\n

She highlighted how despite the fact her country is among the top ranking countries for women, they still face struggles similar to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m especially glad because it is a feminist film festival. I live in Sweden, which is one of the top five countries on the list of equality even though Sweden is not equal. We still have rape and violence against women, women are paid less, they are unrepresented in media and have a hard time reaching top positions in society.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘Pakistan is Like Sweden from a Couple of Centuries Ago’<\/h3>\n

She then went on to compare Pakistan to Sweden, saying that Pakistan was like ‘Sweden a couple of hundred years ago’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“On the same list, Pakistan is in the bottom three. Perhaps it can be compared to Sweden a couple of hundred years ago. It\u2019s not an easy struggle but it is necessary. Everyone will gain from not suppressing half our population.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another Winning Entry at WIFF<\/h3>\n

Alexe\u00a0wasn’t the only Swede that made fans at the WIFF. Another film-maker Amanda Kernell’s film ‘Sami Blood’ was screened on International Women’s day prior to the screening of the short films.<\/p>\n

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Join us tomorrow evening at PNCA Islmabad at 18:00 for the screening of \u201cSAMI BLOOD\u201d a movie made by a Woman Director from #Sweden<\/a> at Women International Film Festival.@EUPakistan<\/a> @LetsHearWomen<\/a> #InternationalWomenDay<\/a> @LetsHearWomen<\/a> #InternationalWomenDay<\/a> #WIFF19<\/a> #IWD2019<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/d5ZM1CO79M<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sweden in Pakistan (@SwedeninPK) March 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n