Film screenings: Lyari’s Hidden Diamonds record best football saga
Around 25 young film-makers of Youth Café identify eight real-life stories.
This screenshot from one of the films made by young filmmakers on Lyari shows children playing football on the streets of Lyari.
KARACHI:
“If I don’t get the support to move forward, I will also be joining one of the Lyari gangs,” said a young footballer of Lyari in a documentary, titled ‘Hidden Diamonds of Lyari’, compiled by Ehsan Shah and Bakhtawar Imtiaz.
The documentary won the first prize at a screening of eight documentaries at the Beach Luxury hotel on Wednesday. The event, titled ‘Stories of Lyari’, was organised by ARM Child and Youth Welfare Organisation with support from the Karachi Youth Initiative (KYI).
Around 25 young film-makers of the Youth Café in Lyari identified eight stories of courage, audacity, self-esteem, positive attitude and legitimate income and told each story in a 10-minute documentary.
Hidden Diamonds is a documentary about two footballers. Sixteen-year-old Imran Baloch dreams of becoming an international footballer after playing the sport for five years.
The remaining seven documentaries were also shown.
The panel of judges included Faheem Siddiqui, Saher Baloch, Abdur Rauf and Nabeel Sheikh. The experts announced the result after judging the documentaries on the basis of their camera work, script, sound quality and editing.
“We are very pleased to see the efforts of everyone. We will be making several more documentaries on Lyari to portray its positive image and also participate in national and international film festivals,” said Shah.
KYI spokesperson Farhan Iqbal said that after the organisation identified the talent in Lyari, they requested a professional film-maker, Haya Fatima Iqbal, to train the young film-makers.
“The best thing about the film-makers is that they don’t hesitate to talk to anyone or leave until their questions are answered. Sometimes they can be a headache,” Haya joked.
Youth Café CEO Sohail Rahi said that the screenings meant to depict a positive outlook of Lyari. “The image showed in the media is the bad aspect of Lyari but the positive side should also be shown.”
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2014.
“If I don’t get the support to move forward, I will also be joining one of the Lyari gangs,” said a young footballer of Lyari in a documentary, titled ‘Hidden Diamonds of Lyari’, compiled by Ehsan Shah and Bakhtawar Imtiaz.
The documentary won the first prize at a screening of eight documentaries at the Beach Luxury hotel on Wednesday. The event, titled ‘Stories of Lyari’, was organised by ARM Child and Youth Welfare Organisation with support from the Karachi Youth Initiative (KYI).
Around 25 young film-makers of the Youth Café in Lyari identified eight stories of courage, audacity, self-esteem, positive attitude and legitimate income and told each story in a 10-minute documentary.
Hidden Diamonds is a documentary about two footballers. Sixteen-year-old Imran Baloch dreams of becoming an international footballer after playing the sport for five years.
The remaining seven documentaries were also shown.
The panel of judges included Faheem Siddiqui, Saher Baloch, Abdur Rauf and Nabeel Sheikh. The experts announced the result after judging the documentaries on the basis of their camera work, script, sound quality and editing.
“We are very pleased to see the efforts of everyone. We will be making several more documentaries on Lyari to portray its positive image and also participate in national and international film festivals,” said Shah.
KYI spokesperson Farhan Iqbal said that after the organisation identified the talent in Lyari, they requested a professional film-maker, Haya Fatima Iqbal, to train the young film-makers.
“The best thing about the film-makers is that they don’t hesitate to talk to anyone or leave until their questions are answered. Sometimes they can be a headache,” Haya joked.
Youth Café CEO Sohail Rahi said that the screenings meant to depict a positive outlook of Lyari. “The image showed in the media is the bad aspect of Lyari but the positive side should also be shown.”
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2014.