Images of cast and crew in attendance at the World Premiere of ‘Slackistan‘ at the Raindance Film Festival, Apollo Cinema in London on Thursday 7th October 2010.
Photos : Zana Aslam Khan
Tag: Khalid Saeed
By Shabnam Mahmood
BBC Asian Network
Islamabad is the setting for British director Hammad Khan’s first film Slackistan, a low budget independent feature looking at Pakistan’s young and privileged as they drift around in a world of dating, drinking and parties despite the terror attacks on their city.
“On a personal trip to the country I realised this was a story right under our noses to tell about young people out there,” says Khan.
Khan’s wife Shandana Ayub, from north London, has co-written and produced the movie.
“For someone who doesn’t know Pakistan at all, the images they’ll see on TV is of bombs and bad people – but that’s not the kind of Pakistan we know,” she says.
Artist: Mole
Song: Pink Moving Objects
Mole is
Faizan Riedinger – Guitar, vocals, synth.
Danial Hyatt – Vocals, guitar, synth.
Sshahalam Khatri – Drums.
Amman Mushtaq – Smax synth.
Ziyad Habib – bass, MC.
Slackistan: A new look at Islamabad,
indie music and individuality
Instep Today speaks to Hammad Khan,
the director of the upcoming film Slackistan
Saba Imtiaz
The Slackistan trailer has been discussed and dissected widely. The story of young adults trying to discover themselves in a rapidly changing Islamabad has garnered a lot of interest in Pakistan and abroad. Directed by the London-based Pakistani filmmaker Hammad Khan, Slackistan may just be the most relevant film for young people who find themselves searching for their identity in the socio-political climate. Instep Today speaks with the filmmaker…
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Aisha Akhtar (Aisha) and Shahbaz Shigri (Hasan)
Ali Rehman (Sheryar) and Shahbaz Shigri (Hasan)
Aisha Akhtar (Aisha) and Shahana Khalil (Zara)
Aisha Akhtar (Aisha) and Shahbaz Shigri (Hasan)
Adnan Malik (Owais) and Shahbaz Shigri (Hasan)
Osman Butt (Saad) and Shahbaz Shigri (Hasan)
By Riazat Butt
A few hundred miles from Pakistan’s Badlands, Islamabad is the setting for Hammad Khan’s new low-budget indie flick. So why does it feel like smalltown America?
Visitors to Islamabad, the small but perfectly formed capital of Pakistan, could be forgiven for thinking that the only things to rock the place were terrorist attacks.
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‘Slackistan’ is an independent feature film by Hammad Khan about a group of twentysomething friends desperately stuck in angst and confusion in their hometown of Islamabad.
The sensation of Islamabad, Uzair Jaswal and the only internationally recognized Pakistani rapper Adil Omar are teaming up for the soundtrack of the film.
The film is being directed by the award-winning filmmaker Hammad Khan, whose short films have been screened, nominated and awarded at film festivals around the world.
Slackistan stars some of the freshest, most talented and downright cool personalities you could expect to be introduced to namely:
Shahbaz Hamid Shigri
Ali Rehman Khan
Shahana Khan Khalil
Osman Khalid Butt
Aisha Linnea Akhtar
For more details on the film, see the Facebook group.