The Pakistani Academy Selection Committee has invited Pakistani filmmakers to submit their films for Oscar consideration in the ‘Foreign Language Film Award category for the 87th Academy Awards. The deadline for submission is August 25, 2014, at 5 pm (PST).
In 2013, the Pakistani Academy Selection Committee selected Zinda Bhaag as the first Pakistani film in over fifty years to be submitted for Oscar consideration in the ‘Foreign Language Film Award category. Three other films, including Chambeli, Josh, and Lamha (Seedlings), were also submitted to the 2013 committee for Oscar consideration.
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy chairs the 2014 committee. It includes veteran Pakistani film-maker Mehreen Jabbar, Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid, actor and singer Ali Zafar, Pakistani film director and producer Iram Parveen Bilal, actor-model-singer Meesha Shafi, Samina Peerzada, and actor Nadia Jamil, and other prominent figures associated with the industry.
The Pakistani Academy Selection Committee will choose one film as Pakistan’s official submission for the, ‘Foreign Language Film Award.’ A foreign language film is a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.
