Cinéaste One Student Film Festival
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| Location | Karachi, Pakistan |
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| Language | English, French, Urdu |
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Cinéaste One Student Film Festival is an annual indie student film festival held in Karachi, Pakistan which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from Karachi. Founded in 2012, as a small festival to showcase the films prepared by students of Cinéaste One workshops. It evolved into Pakistan's pioneer indie film festival by premiering student films from other institutes notably Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Iqra University, SAAMPT, SZABIST.
COSFF 2012
Cinéaste One organized a Cinema 101 Work Shop at AFK (Alliance Française Karachi). After the workshop was successfully completed, AFK agreed to publicly showcase the films coming out of the workshop. Cinéaste One Student Film Festival (COSFF) was produced; highlighting selected short films from workshop participants.
Featured Short Films
| Film | Maker | School | Blurb | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escape | Shahid A. Khan | Cinéaste One | Sometimes there's only one way out | |
| Poisonous Sunday | John A. Bazard | Cinéaste One | When boredom and irritation reach their climax, who has never felt that little Sunday afternoon urge? | |
| The Dark | Sumera Iqbal | Cinéaste One | Women bearing social stigma for bearing daughters | |
| The Dream | Nabeel Javed | Cinéaste One | A dream is not what you see in sleep, is the thing, which doesn’t let you, sleep. | |
| The Just and the Dust | John A. Bazard | Cinéaste One | A dream is not what you see in sleep, is the thing, which doesn’t let you, sleep. |
Reception
The first time filmmaker’s efforts were lauded and the affair was deemed a success.[1][2]
COSFF 2013
Cinéaste One decided to capitalize on the previous years success. With an eye on cultivating the film scene, a bigger event was launched the following year. Cinéaste One Student Film Festival 2013 (COSFF13) assimilated Karachi’s major film schools:SAAMPT, SZABIST, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Iqra University and Cinema 101 workshops, on a single platform, supporting upcoming filmmakers and fashioning a film culture. A film-rating system was developed and an external jury composed of foreign and local artists and filmmakers were assembled.[3][4]
An indie-rock band opened the event and COSFF13 marked a celebration rewarding the best coming out of Karachi’s film schools.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "COSFF12 - Alliance française de Karachi". Afkarachi.com. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ↑ "COSFF12 radio coverage". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ↑ "COSFF13 press release".
- ↑ "COSFF13 radio coverage". Soundcloud.com. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ↑ "Kurrachee wins best film at COSFF13". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 2013-05-17.