In the 84 year history of 'Oscar Award', world's eminent award, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, a Pakistani director has won ‘Oscar Award’ for her documentary film 'Saving face'.
Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has won her first and Pakistan’s first Oscar. Her documentary film Saving Face, co-directed by US-based Daniel Junge, follows Pakistani plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad who preforms re-constructive surgery on acid attack survivors in Pakistan.
In her acceptance speech Chinoy said she hoped her film will resonate for others in Pakistan.
The documentary was based on a Pakistani women who suffered from the acid attacks on their faces.
“It is a story of hope with a powerful message for the Pakistani audience. I felt this would be a great way to show how Pakistanis can help other Pakistanis overcome their problems,” she said.
The documentary competed against "God Is the Bigger Elvis," a Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson film about a mid-century starlet who chose the church over Hollywood; "The Barber of Birmingham," a Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday film that follows the life of 85-year-old barber James Armstrong and the legacy of the civil rights movement; James Spione's war film "Incident in New Baghdad"; and "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom," a film by Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen that follows survivors of Japan's 2011 earthquake and their struggle to recover from the wave that crushed their homes and lives.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy - winner of Oscar Award 2012
Sharmeen Obaid is the first non-American to win the Livingston Award, She also won Emmy Award in 2010.
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