LAHORE: Retired Justice Nasira Javed Iqbal presented the second ‘Coronologue Awards’ to the winners of Ajoka’s Coronologue Short Film Festival at an online ceremony on Friday.

The first prize of Rs75,000 was awarded to Sibte Hassan for his short film ‘Hero, while Moizah Jilani, of Karachi, won Rs50,000 for her ‘Distant Relations’ work. The winner of the third prize was Junaid Arif for his short film ‘Abbu’. Elsa Shabir (Lahore) and Mahnoor Samad (Peshawar) got special mentions. Justice Nasira congratulated the winners of the awards and appreciated Ajoka’s efforts to encourage young socially aware filmmakers. Sibte Hassan and Junaid were present at Ajoka office to receive their award while Moizah joined the ceremony digitally from Karachi.

The jury members present on the occasion included film scholar Aijazz Gul, playwright Asghar Nadeem Syed, actress Savera Nadeem, Ajoka Chairperson Zara Salman, Ajoka Executive Director Shahid Nadeem and Ajoka Institute Director Nirvaan Nadeem.

The prizes were sponsored by the Babar Ali Foundation and individual supporters included Javed Masud, Perin Boga, Fawzia Afzal Khan, Salman Cheema, Khawar Mumtaz and Shama Salman.

Shahid Nadeem said that Ajoka had held the second ‘Coronologue’ after the success of last year’s Coronologue Online Theatre Festival.

Published in Dawn, August 14th, 2021