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Karachi, November
8, 2018: A certificate distribution ceremony was held at the end of a four-day hands-on
intensive screen writing workshop at the IBA City Campus organized by the Pakistan
International Film Festival under the banner of Karachi Film Society. The
four-day workshop which started from November 4, 2018 was conducted by the renowned
Indian screenwriting teacher, screenwriter, script consultant and an
independent filmmaker Ashwini Malik.
Certificates
were distributed among the participants at the end of the workshop by the Chief
Guest Mr Jamil Baig, CEO Nueplex Cinemas and founding member of KFS. He admired
the passion of all participants and encouraged them to enroll in similar
programmes to gain knowledge and command over the technical requirements of the
job. He also stressed on the need of having such workshops on a regular basis
to train and develop resources required in this new age of cinema.
The workshop
for fresh writers was developed in two stages. The first stage was to impart the
essential principles of the art and craft of screenwriting to the participants,
and later they were tasked to develop a screenplay under mentorship during the
workshop. The workshop also discussed the uniqueness of storytelling in the
subcontinent, and how Indian and Pakistani films are different in their
approach from the Western models.
The second
workshop for mid-career writers will be held from November 8 to 10, 2018.
ABOUT ASHWINI MALIK:
Ashwini Malik is a screenwriting teacher, screenwriter, script
consultant and an independent filmmaker. After graduating from Film &
Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 1994, he began his career by
writing and directing TV shows. He has been teaching screenwriting since 2004,
at FTII, Pune and Whistling Woods International, Mumbai. He regularly conducts
workshops in India and abroad, and has been a mentor at several script labs
including New Voices Fellowship for Screenwriters (Asia Society), Mumbai Mantra
CineRise Screenwriting Programme, the MAISHA film labs in East Africa, NFDC’s
script development workshop and the Indo-German Screenwriting programme. His
screenwriting credits include I Am, Road, Movie and Sorry Bhai.
About KFS
Karachi
Film Society is a nonprofit organization and parent body of Pakistan
International Film Festival (PIFF) founded by Ms. Sultana Siddiqui, founder and
president of HUM Network Ltd and recipient of President’s Pride of Performance
Award. The founding members of KFS include Dr Ishrat Husain (former Governor
State Bank of Pakistan), Ms Ameena Saiyid (CEO OUP), Senator (r) Javed Jabbar
(writer/producer, former Information Minister), Mr Sirajuddin Aziz (CEO Habib
Metropolitan Bank), Mr Jamil Baig (CEO Nueplex Cinemas), Ms Ronak Lakhani
(Chairperson SOP), Ms Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (Oscar winning director/producer)
and Ms. Sayeeda Leghari (Managing Director/Chairperson, Pepsi Sukkur Beverages
(Pvt Ltd.). The primary goal of Karachi Film Society is to improve access of
the people in innovation and excellence in different categories and genres of
cinema and films to highlight the unique scope of this mass medium.
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