A variety of short, documentary and feature films were screened on the second day of the first Lyari Film Festival in the Rangoonwala Hall in Karachi yesterday.
The first film of the day was the 45-minuite-long Balochi feature titled ‘Shamaath’. Directed by Wali Raees, ‘Shamaath’ tells the tale of an underprivileged but full of confidence young boy who fights against all odds and eventually achieves success.
The second film was S. Kumail Rizvi’s five-minute effort, ‘Dead End That Lives’. The film is about Karachi’s volatile nature
Then there was a documentary titled ‘Need Fire Wings Towards New Light’.
The film begins with a young man witnessing an act of targeted killing. It disturbs him and as he tries to find solace at the Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum, the spirit of the Quaid comes and urges him to do something before things go out of hand.
Some of the other films lined up for the day were: ‘Rahgeer’, Eikh thaa Mitthu, ‘Disordered’, ‘Khalif’ and ‘Hope’.
