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 |
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] The film won awards for the best film from Film SouthAsia, [10] Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, [11] Sole Luna Doc-Film Festival [12] and others. His Second feature film, Discount Workers, had world premiere at One World Film Festival [13] and opened a film festival in Kolkata [14]
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]