Kara Film Festival
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Location | Karachi, Pakistan |
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Language | International |
Website | karafilmfest |
The Karachi International Film Festival, simply known as the Kara Film Festival (Urdu: کارا فلم فیسٹیول or کارا فلم)
The stated goal of the festival was to "promote an appreciation of the art and craft of filmmaking among a wide population as well as to encourage creativity and high standards among filmmakers". The Kara Film Festival was reportedly founded to aid the revival of Pakistani cinema.
The festival featured a variety of independent films, including documentaries, narrative features, and shorts. From the 6th festival onwards, there was also a family-friendly section of children's animated movies. At each festival, a jury would celebrate emerging and renowned filmmakers by awarding their works. One distinctive feature of the festival was that it would also showcase talent from Pakistani artists and musicians.[2]
Awards
A jury awarded films they deemed the best in every category at the closing ceremony of each festival.[3] These categories are:
- Best Documentary
- Best Live Action Short Film
- Best Animated Short Film
- Best Telefilm
- Best Feature Film
- Best Direction
- Best Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Best Female Actor in a Leading Role
- Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Best Screenplay
- Best Editing
- Best Cinematography
- Best Musical Score
- Special Jury Award
- Special Jury Award for Acting
See also
- Cineaste One Student Film Festival
- Cinema in Karachi
- Cinema of Pakistan
- Festivals in Karachi
References
- ^ About us Archived 25 May 2012 at archive.today Official website.
- ^ http://www.karafilmfest.com/KaraFilm2006/currentkara_2006.htm
- ^ http://www.karafilmfest.com/KaraFilm2009/awards09.htm
External links
- Official website
- Sixth KaraFilm Festival (7-17 December 2006) - Dawn Review
- Kara Shorts - A Review by Bollywood Movie Review
- Ayers Baxter on Kara Film Festival 2004