Pakistan’s lone Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has kept the ball rolling as her recently released documentary bags yet another singular honor.
Her film A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness has been shortlisted for Oscars nominations in the Best Documentary – Short Subject category.
The film is among ten documentaries shortlisted in this category — five of which will be nominated for the Oscar.
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Sharmeen’s documentary follows the story of an eighteen-year-old girl, a rare survivor of an honor killing attempt, who falls in love and lives to tell the tale.
Every year more than 1000 women are killed in the name of honor in Pakistan. The vast majority of victims are women attacked by family members.
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness is a film that resonates with me deeply. It’s a film about the kinds of choices we women have in the world decisions taken by others impact our lives by others,” said Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Acclaimed journalist Tina Brown and renowned documentary producer Sheila Nevins have served as the Executive Producers.
Sharmeen is the first Pakistani to win an Oscar for her documentary Saving Face in 2012.
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness will air on HBO in 2016.
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