Saving Face (documentary)

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Movie
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
Rod
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
Academy Awards 2012 Best documentary short film Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dawn.com: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is Pakistan's first Oscar nominee , January 24, 2012, accessed January 31, 2012
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ HBO: Saving Face , accessed January 31, 2012
  4. ^ 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

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