KARACHI, July 6: A three-day international film festival kicked off at the Arts Council here on Friday with the screening of US documentary Whose Children Are These?, based on the harrowing experience of three American Muslim teenagers in the post-9/11 security situation.

A Pakistani feature film, Khamosh Pani, a documentary, Islam in Europe, and an

Iraqi documentary, On Common Ground, were the other presentations to the packed audience.

On Saturday, a US documentary, American Ramadan, a UK film, Wasteland, an Iraqi film, The Blood of My Brother, and Ahlaam (produced in Iraq, UK and the Netherlands), will be screened.

According to the organizers, the entry to the film exhibition is free.

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