\u201cPakistan\u2019s Taliban Generation\u201d<\/em> won in 2010 due to the sudden demise of her father, to whom she will dedicate the Emmy should Saving Face win this year.<\/p>\nThe nominations are also indicative of the quality of talent being produced by the local Film and Arts industry as another Pakistani, cameraman Asad Faruqi, cinematographer and director of production at SOC FIlms, joins Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy in securing an Emmy Award nomination excellence in cinematography in the category Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary and Long Form.<\/p>\n
Saving Face has achieved significant acclaim in the international film and arts community and has garnered many illustrious awards including the eminent Academy Award (Oscar), IDA Documentary Award, Juliane-Bartel Award, Germany, Abu Dhabi Film Festival Audience Choice Award, New York Indian Film Festival \u201cBest Documentary Film\u201d and the SAARC Film Award for \u201cBest Documentary\u201d.<\/p>\n
Saving Face chronicles the work of acclaimed British Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr Mohammad Jawad as he travelled to Pakistan and performed reconstructive surgery on survivors of acid violence. Acid violence, an extreme form of physical abuse, is systemically underreported in Pakistan; official figures state that 150 cases of acid violence are filed every year, though it is estimated that the actual figure is far greater. Saving Face is an account of such violence told by survivors through their personal journeys of endurance, recovery and reconciliation. The observational documentary was filmed entirely in Pakistan, primarily in the Seraiki belt in addition to Rawalpindi, Karachi and Islamabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[Pakistan: 13th July 2013]: Academy Award winning Pakistani film \u201cSaving Face\u201d has been nominated for five Emmy Awards including, Best Documentary, Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming, Outstanding Research, Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary and Long Form and Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form at the prestigious 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards organized by The National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[22,4320,352],"tags":[8734,6901,8730,6903,6900,6905,6904,8729,6902,8732,8733,8735,6899,770,6906,8736,6898,6897,6644,8731],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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