Saving Face (documentary)
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German title | Saving Face |
Original title | Saving Face |
Country of production | United States of America , Pakistan |
original language | English , Urdu |
Publishing year | 2011 |
length | 40 minutes |
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Director | Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy |
production | Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Davis Coombe, Alison Greenberg, Sabiha Sumar |
music | Gunnard Doboze |
Saving Face is an American / Pakistani documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge . The subject of the documentary is acid attacks on women in Pakistan. The film won the Oscar in 2012 for Best Documentary Short Film , which made director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy the first person from Pakistan to be nominated for and won the award. Saving Face first aired on HBO on March 8, 2012 .
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The documentary Saving Face follows London-based Pakistani plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad, who is returning to his homeland to help victims of acid attacks. The film deals with the cases of two women, both disfigured by acid attacks, and their struggle for justice and healing. The Acid Survivors Foundation of Pakistan , which also appears in the film, documented 100 cases of acid attacks per year in Pakistan, whereby it is assumed that the number of unreported cases is far higher due to failure to report. Women are by far the largest proportion of victims.
Awards
Award | category | recipient |
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Academy Awards 2012 | Best documentary short film | Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dawn.com: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is Pakistan's first Oscar nominee , January 24, 2012, accessed January 31, 2012
- ↑ Fashioncentral.pk: Acclaimed Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and her film “Saving Face” officially nominated for Best Documentary, Short Subject for the prestigious Academy Awards , January 24, 2012, accessed January 31, 2012
- ↑ HBO: Saving Face , accessed January 31, 2012
- ^ Daily Times: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's 'Saving Face' sails to the Oscars ( October 16, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive ), October 15, 2011, accessed January 31, 2012