‘Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret’ wins at a South Asian festival

The Ajoka Theatre documentary is based on the Lahore Museum

Ajoka Theatre’s acclaimed documentary Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret: Lahore Museum has won an award at the Indus Valley International Film Festival stated a press release.

The documentary also received a Jury’s Special Mention Award. Its screening was followed by a question and answer session conducted by the festival’s curator Harsh Narayan with the documentary’s director Shahid Nadeem.

Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret is produced in collaboration with Samosa Media UK. It follows the narration of the Lahore Museum’s director Sumaira Samad as she visits the Museum’s galleries. The film has been widely screened at educational institutions and museums across the UK, including the All Souls College of Oxford University in October, 2019.

It was also screened at the Pakistan High Commission in London in October while simultaneously being premiered at the Birkbeck University and Lahore’s Institute of Art and Culture in May 2019.

By now the film’s Facebook viewership has crossed the 2 million mark.

Ajoka’s Chairperson Zara Salman has also congratulated the Ajoka team for its achievements and said the film has helped increase awareness about the Lahore Museum and Pakistan’s rich cultural heritage.

The Indus Valley international Film Festival, on the other hand, was organised by the South Asian Forum for Culture and Creative Heritage. It screened various other documentaries from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Iran and the Maldives.

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