Zarrar Kahn
Zarrar Kahn | |
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| Born | 1991 Karachi, Pakistan |
| Education | Queen's University (BA) Canadian Film Centre (Director's Lab) |
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Zarrar Kahn, also sometimes credited as Hamza Bangash, is a Pakistani-Canadian film director and screenwriter,[1] whose debut feature film In Flames premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival,[2] and was Pakistan's Official Oscar submission [3] for the 2023 Academy Awards.
Biography[edit]
Originally from Karachi, Pakistan,[4] he spent part of his childhood there before emigrating with his family to Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.[2] He has continued to live and work in both countries, with most of his films being Pakistani-Canadian co-productions.
His first short, Dia, won the Audience Award during the 2020 Locarno Film Festival Shorts Week [5] Stray Dogs Come Out at Night, his next short, was the first film from Pakistan [6] to be selected at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, followed by selections at BFI: London 2020 [7] and Palm Springs 2020 [8]
His filmography between the late 2010s and early 2020s, earned him a reputation as "One of the most exciting young filmmaking voices in Pakistan, intently capturing a nation in transformation," [9] before making In Flames.[4] His films typically centre on characters who are struggling against their status as outsiders in Pakistan's conservative religious society, such as women, people with physical or intellectual disabilities, LGBT people or members of religious minority groups.
Filmography[edit]
- Dia, 2018[10]
- 1978, 2020[11]
- Stray Dogs Come Out at Night, 2020[12]
- Brothers (Bhai), 2021[13]
- In Flames, 2023
References[edit]
- ^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Canada at Cannes: Zarrar Kahn looks to set the Croisette on fire with incendiary debut In Flames". The Globe and Mail, May 16, 2023.
- ^ https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/pakistan-oscar-in-flames-mannheim-heidelberg-prize-1235810646/
- ^ a b Namrata Joshi, "Another Pakistani film tackling patriarchy to premiere in France". Al Jazeera, April 19, 2023.
- ^ https://www.locarnofestival.ch/news/2020/03/Winner_Locarno_Shorts_Weeks.html#:~:text=The%20director%2C%20Hamza%20Bangash%3A%20%22Locarno%20is%20magical!%22&text=It's%20the%20third%20time%20for,event%20supported%20by%20Swiss%20Life.
- ^ https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/589035-hamza-bangashs-latest-short-to-premiere-at-clermont-ferrand-intl-short-film-festival
- ^ https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-stray-dogs-come-out-at-night-2020-online
- ^ https://www.psfilmfest.org/2020-shortfest-archive/2020-shortfest-film-finder-archive/stray-dogs-come-out-at-night
- ^ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/15/hamza-bangash-canadian-pakistani-filmmaker-karachi-cinema-short-films
- ^ Hala Syed, "Film Review: Dia by Hamza Bangash". Youlin Magazine, February 28, 2019.
- ^ Panos Kotzathanis, "Short Film Review: 1978 (2020) by Hamza Bangash". Asian Movie Pulse, April 19, 2022.
- ^ Rob Munday, "Stray Dogs Come Out at Night". Short of the Week, November 4, 2021.
- ^ "Pakistani short film Bhai makes it to prestigious Toronto International Film Festival". Dawn, August 16, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Zarrar Kahn at IMDb
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Pakistani male writers
- Canadian male screenwriters
- Film directors from Ontario
- Film directors from Karachi
- Pakistani screenwriters
- Pakistani emigrants to Canada
- Writers from Karachi
- Writers from Mississauga
- Living people
- Asian-Canadian filmmakers