Syed Noor talking on the opening ceremony of Dekho Movie Pageant. Picture: NNI
LAHORE:
The 2-day Dekho Movie Pageant opened on the Lahore Arts Council Alhamra on Wednesday, bringing collectively filmmakers, lecturers, college students and cultural practitioners for a wide-ranging engagement with cinema, youth creativity and the evolving discourse round Pakistan’s movie business.
Organised collectively by Alhamra and the Division of Movie and Broadcasting on the College of the Punjab, the competition goals to offer a devoted platform for rising filmmakers and researchers to showcase work, change concepts and critically interact with cinematic traditions and modern challenges.
The opening ceremony, held at Alhamra on The Mall, was attended by distinguished figures together with veteran movie director Syed Noor, Punjab College Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Muhammad Ali Shah, filmmaker Rafiq Shehzad, playwright Amna Mufti, senior producer Safdar Malik and different distinguished friends from the cultural and educational spheres.
Welcoming members, Dr Lubna Zaheer of the Division of Movie and Broadcasting acknowledged the institutional assist prolonged by Alhamra Government Director Muhammad Nawaz Gondal, describing the collaboration as very important for nurturing younger expertise and strengthening hyperlinks between academia and the inventive industries.
In the course of the ceremony, Syed Noor introduced a money award of Rs200,000 for a future competition participant who secures a distinguished place, stressing the significance of sustained encouragement for younger filmmakers and deeper educational engagement with movie research.
Punjab College Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Muhammad Ali Shah mentioned the award can be instituted because the ‘Syed Noor Award’, whereas commending Dr Lubna Zaheer and her workforce for his or her constant efforts in selling movie training and significant cinematic dialogue.
Alhamra Government Director Muhammad Nawaz Gondal mentioned the Dekho Movie Pageant mirrored Alhamra’s long-standing dedication to sharpening and selling younger creatives, including that such initiatives had been important for making certain a viable and forward-looking future for Pakistani cinema.
Playwright Amna Mufti suggested younger creatives to stay truthful and socially aware of their work, whereas Chairman Pakistan Movie Producers Affiliation Rafiq Shehzad mentioned investing in youth was, in the end, an funding within the nation’s cultural and inventive future.
The primary day of the competition featured music performances and a particular session on the historical past of Pakistani cinema, tracing its journey from 1948’s ‘Teri Yaad’, via the golden a long time of the Nineteen Sixties and Nineteen Seventies, to the business’s gradual revival.
A panel dialogue titled ‘Pakistani Cinema’ adopted screenings of chosen brief movies, with Syed Noor, Rafiq Shehzad, Amna Mufti and Kanwal Khosat sharing insights on evolution, challenges and future prospects, moderated by media skilled Fareeha Idrees.
Greater than 150 movies had been submitted for the aggressive section, with 30 chosen for screening throughout the 2 days. The programme additionally consists of documentaries and music movies, providing audiences a various and thought-provoking cinematic expertise.
The second day will characteristic a screenwriting workshop by Faseeh Bari Khan, alongside an appearing workshop at Alhamra Corridor No 3 carried out by actor Iftikhar Ahmed Usmani, specializing in sensible methods {and professional} improvement.
Screenings will proceed all through the day, adopted by a particular session moderated by Maisam Abbas and Sania Ishaq, earlier than the closing ceremony attended by Chairman Lahore Arts Council Razi Ahmed and CEO Uncover Pakistan Dr Qaiser Rafiq.
The competition will conclude with a grand Mushaira, presided over by poet Farhat Abbas Shah and hosted by Ahmed Hamad, mixing cinema, literature and cultural concord via poetry by main modern voices.
