{"id":382142,"date":"2022-10-18T17:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=382142"},"modified":"2022-10-18T17:55:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:55:35","slug":"pakistani-film-unmasking-breaks-record-for-most-cinema-awards-won-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistani-film-unmasking-breaks-record-for-most-cinema-awards-won-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Film &#8216;Unmasking&#8217; Breaks Record for Most Cinema Awards Won Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Unmasking<\/strong><\/em>, a short Pakistan film about COVID-19 created by Khalid Hasan Khan, has won 12 international awards after being screened at 26 international film festivals in six continents.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, a Hollywood graduate in filmmaking, wrote, directed, and produced the film with the tagline &#8216;get vaccinated&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-382244\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FotoJet-2021-10-19T035238.469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FotoJet-2021-10-19T035238.469.jpg 800w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FotoJet-2021-10-19T035238.469-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FotoJet-2021-10-19T035238.469-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FotoJet-2021-10-19T035238.469-758x569.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The filmmaker accentuated the relevance of this short film by quoting the latest reports from the World Health Organization (WHO):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rapidly escalating COVID-19 cases amid reduced virus surveillance forecasts a challenging autumn and winter in the WHO European Region&#8221; and from Reuters; &#8220;As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning weary governments and populations alike to brace for more waves of COVID-19.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/cinemas-blame-distributors-for-blocking-screening-of-the-legend-of-maula-jatt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cinemas Blame Distributors for Blocking Screening of &#8216;The Legend of Maula Jatt&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p><em><strong>Unmaking<\/strong><\/em> was officially screened and won awards in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, France, India, Italy, Nigeria, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States between 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the international awards it won below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-382237\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNMASKING-October-2022-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1810\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNMASKING-October-2022-scaled.jpg 1810w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNMASKING-October-2022-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNMASKING-October-2022-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNMASKING-October-2022-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNMASKING-October-2022-758x1072.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1810px) 100vw, 1810px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Foreign Short Film at the Istanbul Film Awards.<\/li>\n<li>Best Short Film (less than 30 minutes) at the World Film Carnival, Singapore.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Best Short Film &#8211; International Competition Short Films at the Rameshwaram International Film Festival.<\/li>\n<li>Special Jury Award for International &amp; Indian Short Film, Best International Short Film, and Best Director for International &amp; Indian Short Film at the Indo French International Film Festival.<\/li>\n<li>Best Screenplay Writer for Short Film, and Best Concept Short Film at the Marudham Indie Film Festival.<\/li>\n<li>Best Concept Short Film at the Golden Leaf International Film Festival.<\/li>\n<li>Best Screenplay at the Virgin Spring Cinefest.<\/li>\n<li>Best Creative Short Film at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.<\/li>\n<li>Best Editing at the ARG International Film Festival.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/malala-yousafzai-and-hubby-aseer-malik-attend-london-film-festival-in-style-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malala Yousafzai and Hubby Aseer Malik Attend London Film Festival in Style [Images]<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-382241 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Unmasking-The-Most-Screened-Awarded-PNI-2022.-e1666097255316.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"994\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Unmasking-The-Most-Screened-Awarded-PNI-2022.-e1666097255316.jpg 994w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Unmasking-The-Most-Screened-Awarded-PNI-2022.-e1666097255316-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Unmasking-The-Most-Screened-Awarded-PNI-2022.-e1666097255316-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Unmasking-The-Most-Screened-Awarded-PNI-2022.-e1666097255316-758x340.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Unmasking<\/strong><\/em> shares a pro-vaxxer message and features Ali E, Danish Wakeel, and Talal Farhat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unmasking, a short Pakistan film about COVID-19 created by Khalid Hasan Khan, has won 12 international awards after being screened at 26 international film festivals in six continents. Khan, a Hollywood graduate in filmmaking, wrote, directed, and produced the film with the tagline &#8216;get vaccinated&#8217;. The filmmaker accentuated the relevance of this short film by quoting the latest reports from [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistani-film-unmasking-breaks-record-for-most-cinema-awards-won-abroad\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":382243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2537,2557,2199,2540,1551],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-382142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards","8":"category-cinema","9":"category-featured","10":"category-international","11":"category-press-release"},"wps_subtitle":"The filmmaker from Hollywood based it on the pandemic and WHO reports.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/unmasking-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/unmasking-1-758x426.jpg",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/unmasking-1.jpg",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Awards","Cinema","Featured","International","Press Release"],"title_text":"Pakistani Film \u2018Unmasking\u2019 Breaks Record for Most Cinema Awards Won Abroad","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2537,2557,2199,2540,1551&exclude=382142","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382142"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=382142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}