Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is Pakistan’s first Oscar nominee
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first Pakistani to receive an Oscar nomination. —Photos courtesy Sharmeen Obaid Films
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became the first Pakistani filmmaker to earn an Oscar nomination with her film Saving face, which was nominated in the “Documentary, short film” category as the Oscar nominations were released on Tuesday.
Obaid, who has directed several documentary films, won an Emmy award in 2010 for her documentary Pakistan: Children of the Taliban.
Saving face, which the Karachi-based filmmaker has co-directed with Daniel Junge, depicts the life of a British Pakistani plastic surgeon who donates his time to heal acid victims in Pakistan.
The film is set to be released in March this year, while the Oscars will be held on February 26.
great acheivement.
I'm so proud, not only is she Pakistan's first oscar nominee, but she is a WOMAN! Mashallah! Such a role model for females everywhere!
thats really good.. its been a pleasure for every pakistani.. nice!!!!!
It looked 2012 could be a very good year for Pakistan, Hi Sharmeen you surprised all of us with your good work, keep up. Pakistan cricket looked in great shape. Salam won Nobel Award, Pakistan developed Nuclear Technology
Sharmeen, you make us feel proud for taking up this important subject in your documentary.Hope all those who are responsible for this cruelty will be ashamed of themselves and the concerned authorities will bring them to book efficiently.The perpetrators of such heinous crimes deserve maximum punishment.
Hurray for Pakistani Smith Alums! So proud of you!
Great. It is so nice of you that you made us proud. your success proves that we Pakistani are competent and ready to meet current challenges. Pakistani female can do every thing like women of other societies.
Sharmeen its great to know that you got the nomination for Oscar. It shows how much Pakistani are competent and ambitious. Arfa is one who make Pakistani proud and we all work hard for our country. May be will do something for our country because our politicians damage our country name a lot. its our time and May Allah help us.
It's good to rise high. Do bring out your best. We need to highlight the hidden facts as they are, not only to make our society realize the problem areas but also to address these. Congrats…!!!
Ahmed@i am agree with you.This is fact that european only highlight the negative things which is in our country and also they blame us on muslims so we should be think about why they are giving oscar award,wht was the story behind it.
I am so proud of you for highlighting this issue. It is disgusting that we as a nation have allowed men who commit these atrocities to get away with it for so long. They deserve the strictest punishments and their victims, our complete support and sympathy. As for those who think this will show Pakistan in a negative light, I say, Yes, it will and it needs to so that the powers that be and the general apathetic public wake ups and speaks out against it . You wouldn't be considering its impact on the western mind if your sister , daughter or mother was the victim of such an attack
thks, u gave a positive msg to the world about v pakistani's. all prayers for u.
Well Done,You have brought a honour to the country
Great job. I read little about your film story. You are pointing really a hot topic in Pakistan (Acid Face).
Well done, every Pakistani is proud of you!