The Documentary Affiliation of Pakistan (DAP) is an initiative by and for documentary filmmakers to construct audiences, strengthen neighborhood, and to supply mentorship and coaching to documentary filmmakers.
DAP has been working to supply entry to Pakistani and Worldwide Documentary movies by organizing movie screenings since 2016. DAP additionally works intently with documentary filmmakers to supply them with networking and coaching alternatives by organizing filmmaker meet-ups, coaching workshops, entry to world boards, and movie growth labs.
The ‘Chalta Phirta Documentary Pageant’ is our travelling documentary movie pageant that can present thought-provoking movies in 5 cities for its 4th version in Karachi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Islamabad, and Quetta. By means of Chalta Phirta Documentary Pageant, DAP’s intention is to broaden audiences for impartial documentary movies and outreach of filmmakers to cities which can be incessantly ignored on the subject of the supply of thriving cultural and social occasions.
The pageant showcases the very best of latest works from Pakistani Documentary filmmakers and important movies from the area and the globe, specializing in Pakistani premieres of award profitable movies. The pageant is filmmaker targeted, with an intentional invite-only curation each version. This 12 months, this system will showcase 4 function documentaries and eight shorts. International locations represented this 12 months are Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Palestine, France, Iran and Sudan.
This 12 months’s pageant is made doable by the volunteer efforts of the DAP Group and the beneficiant help of Motion pictures That Matter, and the Embassy of France in Islamabad, with extra cooperation generously offered by The Studying Hub School (TLHC) in Gujranwala, Quetta Ebook Cafe in Quetta and Alliance Francaise in Lahore and Nani Ghar in Karachi. Extra venue companions are Sardar Hasan Musa School in Quetta and The Black Gap in Islamabad.
