SAFMA presents:
The National Documentary Festival 2009
14th- 16th December 2009
The National Documentary Festival will screen documentaries from different cities of Pakistan covering topics of conflict, peace, people , cultures and women rights. Top four films will be screened at the Second South Asian Interactive Documentary Festival. SAIDF aims at drawing attention to the critical role of documentary making in South Asian media in creating awareness of the inter and intra state conflicts in the region and the need for peaceful solutions to conflicts, and creating an understanding among various cultures and people in the region.
Venue: South Asian Media Centre, 177-A,Shadman2,Lahore
RSVP: Sarah Tareen
Phone: 0300-4591184
Schedule:
Day 1: 14th December 2009
Inauguration (4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.): SAFMA National Documentary Festival
Introduction to the Festival: By Sarah Tareen, Coordinator South Asian Documentary Festival
Welcome Address: Shirin Pasha, Head Film & TV Department (National College of Arts)
Address by Chief Guest: Munnu Bhai, President Free Media Foundation
Screening I- People, peace and cultures
Comments by: Panelists
Open House
DAY-II (December 15th )
Screening-II (3:00p.m. – 5:00p.m.): Category: Conflict and Peace
Comments by Panelists
Open House:
Address by Chief Guest:
Tea
Screening-III (6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.): Women in South Asia
Comments by: The Jury
Open House
Remarks: By Chief Guest
Tea Break
DAY-III (December 16th)
Closing Ceremony (05.00 p.m. to 06.30 p.m)
Welcome Address
Review of the Festival and Recommendations: By the Jury
Remarks by: Imtiaz Alam, Secretary General SAFMA
Address by Chief Guest
Tea (06.30 to 07.00 p.m.)
Jury Members:
Shirin Pasha – Filmmaker/Head Film & TV Department NCA
Munnu Bhai- Senior Columnist/ Writer
Feryal Ali- Gauhar- Filmmaker/ Advisory board member- Studies in South Asian Film and Media Journal
Mazhar Zaidi- Executive Producer- Dawn News
Ms Sarah Tareen
Producer
FTI Productions
http://www.fti.net.pk
Coordinator
South Asian Documentary Festival
177-A,Shadman-2,Lahore
South Asian Media Centre.
(92-42) 7555621-8