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