Indus Blues, Baaji screened at Canadian film fest

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Jawad Sharif's Award winning documentary-film, Indus Blues, a movie about struggling Pakistan folk artists in less developed areas, has been making waves since its release in October last year.

The documentary premiered in Ontario in the first week of August at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF).

The festival also showcased eight fiction films, three documentaries, and seven shorts from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Italy, the UK and Canada that were based on the themes of love, explorations of art and ancestry and comedies on complex relationships among others topics.

Saqib Malik’s directorial debut, Baaji, was also screened at MISAAF.

Talking to CBC Arts, festival director, Arshad Khan described the movie as Lollywood masala on the surface level. However, he feels that there’s more to it than what’s marketed. “It’s a very subversive film. The heroes are all women. It’s very feminist and a very self-reflexive film,” said Khan.

Other than that, Saqib Malik was a part of the MISAFF Chat program that gave audience members a chance to talk to the panel about making their first feature film, and was joined by other competent filmmakers.

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