Movies: Pakistan

Documentary about K2 tragedy of 1986. On August 4, 1986, Diemberger and Julie Tullis reached the summit of K2 very late in the day. Shortly after starting their descent, Tullis fell and dragged Diemberger down with her. Fortunately, they somehow stop...

In the remote valleys of the Hindu Kush live the Kalash people, the smallest ethnic minority in Pakistan. With a distinct culture and polytheistic religion, they are said to be descendants of Alexander the Great’s troops. But modern life is reaching ...

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Presents an overview of Pakistan--its geographic and climatic features, its methods of agricultural and industrial production, and its modes of travel....

A dark-skinned, Pakistani, salesgirl sells fairness creams while struggling to meet her fiancé's expectations to be fair-skinned herself....

Lahore, Pakistan. During a whole day, we follow Agha, a little boy who, to survive, collects waste in the street without caring about the world which surrounds him. He makes us share his moods and his vision of the life....

Two boys are made to play a game of snakes and ladders that may cost them their lives...

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan....

In Pakistan, the public space is dominated by men. The confidence with which they walk the streets or weight train quickly disappears once they are confronted with female sexuality. Off-screen, several anonymous women talk about their sexuality. The ...

Against the backdrop of Partition, independent India’s first hockey team defeats England, their erstwhile coloniser, to win the Gold at the 1948 London Olympics. Six decades later, when Nandy Singh, a member of this iconic team suffers a stroke, his ...

A short film on famine that forms a part of a trilogy of short films (along with Agami by Morshedul Islam and Hooliya by Tanvir Mokammel) that kickstarted the Bangladesh Alternative Film Movement...

Thatta Kedona is a remarkable village in rural Pakistan. Since 1991 36 volunteers from Western countries have visited and coached the village people in a help to self help project. Dolls and tin toys reflecting regional cultures of Pakistan are produ...