Ammar Aziz
Pakistani documentary filmmaker
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Ammar Aziz is a Pakistani documentary filmmaker[1][2][3] and poet.[4][5][6] He's a recipient of the International Federation of Film Critics Award.[7] His debut feature-length film A Walnut Tree had its world premiere at IDFA[8] and North American premiere at Hot Docs.[9] It won awards for the best film from Film SouthAsia,[10] Moscow International Documentary Film Festival,[11] and Sole Luna Doc-Film Festival.[12] His second feature film, Discount Workers, had its world premiere at One World Film Festival[13] and opened a film festival in Kolkata [14]
Ammar Aziz | |
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Ammar Aziz during a protest with veteran peace activist Concepcion Picciotto in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. | |
| Born | Makhdoom Ammar Aziz |
| Alma mater | National College of Arts |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2007–present |
He's a former left-wing activist.[15] In 2014, he started an online petition against Lawrence & Wishart for claiming the copyright to Marx/Engels Collected Works.[16][17][18][19]
As a filmmaker, he was initially known for his work about the working class of Pakistan.[20] A graduate of Lahore's National College of Arts,[21] he was the only [22][23] filmmaker from Pakistan to be selected in 2012 for the Talent Campus of the Berlin International Film Festival.[24] In 2022, he won the Berlinale Mastercard Enablement program [25] for his organisation SAMAAJ's work on Super Sohni,[26] an animated short series on child sexual abuse prevention in Pakistan.[27]