3rd annual Karafilm Fest

This is the third year that Karafilm society has hosted the Karafilm Fest in Karachi, an International Film Festival hosted in Pakistan.

karafilmfest.com will be featuring details. The festival is still going on.

Here are a list of their films that will be shown during the festival.

Saturday, 13th December

The Speaking Hand
Documentary; The Rhythms of Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain

A Few Things I Know About Her
Documentary; The Search for Mirabai in Rajasthan

Sub Kuch Bikta Hai
Short Feature; In Karachi, Everyone is for Sale

Ragoun Mein Siyahee
Short Feature; Boyz ‘n the Hood Cram for Exams

Shooting Rhymes, Cutting Verses
Short Shorts; British Shorts Inspired by Poetry

Matir Moina (The Clay Bird)
Feature; Winner of International Critics’ Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters)
Feature; Grand Prize Winner at Locarno Film Festival

New Empire
Documentary; Irani Hotel Makes Way for McDonald’s

A Narmada Diary
Documentary; Retrospective: The Struggle Against Big Dams

Koyaanisqatsi
Feature; Special Programme: Life Out Of Balance, The Original Music Video Inspiration

Laatoo
Documentary; The State of Dance in Pakistan

Zinda Laash (The Living Corpse)
Feature; Dracula in Pakistan: Restored Version of 1967 Cult Horror Classic

Matir Moina (The Clay Bird)
Feature; Winner of International Critics’ Prize at Cannes Film Festival

3 Deewarein (3 Wallls)
Feature; 3 Prisoners, One Reporter

Aas
Short Feature; Transposed Souls, Unrequited Love

Aamakaar - The Turtle People
Documentary; A Fishing Community Struggles To Save Its Way of Life

Mat (The Vote)
Documentary; On The Campaign Trail in UP

Saibaan
Short Feature; A Woman Confronts the Horrors of Rape

Jawaz
Short Feature; There Is No Honour in Honour Killing

In Memory of Friends
Documentary; Retrospective: The Insurgency In East Punjab

Ghar Ki Talaash
Feature; The Quest for Respectability, Based on a Rajinder Singh Bedi Story

War and Peace
Documentary; Can Nukes Bring Peace? Critically Acclaimed Film 3 Years In The Making

Badnaam (1966)
Feature; Retrospective: Kahan Se Aaye Yeh Jhumkay?

Tuesday, 16th December

Paradise On A River of Hell
Documentary; Kashmir Burning

Aftershocks
Documentary; The Rough Guide To Democracy

On My Own
Documentary; Single Women Living Alone

Hawamahal
Documentary; The Magic of the Radio

Genius
Feature; A Love Story With A Difference

Shorts I: Bijli; Desperate Measures; Just Talk; Oranges and Lemons; Piano; Sein-Seeti, Sein-Seerhi; Two By Two; Up In Smoke
Short Shorts;

Daira
Feature; Lust, Longing and Love in Lahore, Based on International Bestseller ‘Moth Smoke’

Zakhm (Wound)
Feature; Retrospective: The Past Can Haunt You

Cineplex Showing: 9.00pm – 12.00am: Rukhsati
Feature; Retrospective: Shahzad Rafiq’s Meera starrer

Made In India
Documentary; Symbols Take Over

Kal
Feature; What’s the Hope for Tomorrow When Relationships are in a Triangle?

Shorts II: Wrong Language (Bitte Sprechen Sie Deutsch); Fast Moving Train - FMT; Music Box; Nadah; Room 708; What You See In The Mirror!
Short Shorts;

Majma
Documentary; The Male Marketplace

Mohabbat Ki Pehli Kahani
Feature; A Writer Struggles With Writer’s Block And More

Naqoyqatsi
Feature; Special Programme: Life As War, The Medium Is The Message

Laaj
Feature; Love and Honour Under Colonial Rule

Neend (1959)
Feature; Retrospective: Nur Jehan and Aslam Pervaiz in Hasan Tariq’s Social Realism Phase

Bilaunwaan
Short Feature; Are Natural Parents the Best Parents?

Safaid Raat
Short Feature; Do Faith Healers Really Have Faith?

The People Vs. Lyari Expressway
Documentary; The Struggle for Rights in Karachi

Doobti Jheelein
Documentary; Sinking Hopes in Chhotiari Sindh

Mad Dogs
Feature; Only One Man Can Save London From Turning Rabid

3rd KaraFilm Festival Seminar
Indo-Pakistan Collaborations: Possibilities, Prospects and Issues

Leela
Feature; A Woman Rediscovers Herself

Saheli (1960)
Feature; Retrospective: Shamim Ara Blockbuster

On An Express Highway
Documentary; Why Does A Woman Decide To Become A Nun?

A Night of Prophecy
Documentary; Musings On Poetry and Lands

Becoming Muslim in America
Documentary; Why Are So Many Americans Converting?

UnLimited Girls
Documentary; Feminism Debated

Powwaqatsi
Feature; Special Programme: The Sequel to Koyaanisqatsi, Life Closer to Nature

Let’s Talk
Feature; The First Digital Film To Find Commercial Release In India

In This World
Feature; Two Afghan Refugees Trek From Pakistan To London

Godhra Tak-The Terror Trail
Documentary; Retracing What Really Happened in Godhra

Terror’s Children
Documentary; Discovery Channel Film on the Refugee Life in Pakistan

Search For Freedom
Documentary; 4 Women Of Substance

Ram Ke Naam
Documentary; Retrospective: The Struggle for the Soul of India in Ayodhya

Bowling for Columbine
Documentary; Oscar Winning Film by Michael Moore

Khamosh Pani
Feature; Winner of the Grand Prize at Locarno Film Festival

Prime Time II: Paap
Feature; World Premiere

Da Zhowand Mairman (Swara)
Documentary; On the Custom called ‘swara’ in which girls are given away in marriage to the enemy as compensation for the crime commited by their father, brother or uncle.

Doctor
Short Feature; Even Healers Have No Answer to Bullets

Shooting Rhymes, Cutting Verses
Short Shorts; British Shorts Inspired by Poetry

In This World
Feature; Two Afghan Refugees Trek From Pakistan To London

Bowling for Columbine
Documentary; Oscar Winning Film by Michael Moore

I think all of us know that Pooja Bhatt's directoral debut movie featrues includes the song "Garaj Baras" by Junoon. But not many of are aware that the background score for the movie has been done by Shehzad Hassan who was with the Vital Signs. It has songs by Rafet ali khan [the inheritor of the Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan].

The Karafilm fest sound very interesting. I didn't kno such a thing existed. Thanx for posting.