First Annual South Asia Film Festival

The First Annual South Asia Film Festival (SAFF) kicked off this week with the opening gala at Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. This festival is presenting a collection of feature films, short films, documentaries and animated films. Films will be playing in Vancouver, Surrey, and Abbotsford until Sunday, November 4th.

Veteran Indian actor Jaya Bachchan lit the SAFF festival lamp and officially declared the opening of SAFF Canada 2012.

Bachchan agreed to act as the patron of Vancouver’s new South Asian Film Festival Canada after a request from festival director Hannah Fisher.

This year has been lucky for Pakistanis filmmakers. The Pakistani feature film Lamha (Seedlings) — will have its Canadian Premiere in Vancouver at the South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) of Canada this week.

This film has already won the Best Picture Award at the New York City International Film Festival. Lamha, is set to fly high with its next stop in the Delhi International Film Festival in December.

Urdu film The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, A Torch for Peace, is also being featured as special presentation.

Film scenes at the end of the gallery are from The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan (2), Lamha, Himself He Cooks, and Bol (in that order).

-Text and Photos by Mohsin Abbas for Dawn.com

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Syed

Nov 02, 2012 12:53pm

Why is South Asia Film Festival held in Vancouver, Canada? Maybe Canadians will hold one of their festivals here in South Asia.

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Yusuf Alimohamd

Nov 04, 2012 06:08am

The English translation of Pakistani film Lamha, in the above article says 'Seedlings'. Can some one explain how the writer derived this ? Which dictionary did he use?

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Fauzi Mahmood

Nov 03, 2012 12:59pm

Do you think Pakistan can held any film festival, fashion show or cricket tourament in Pakistan? Wake up man, just keep complaining and wining is not the reality. World is not going to wait for you, people who left Pakistan has also anohter life other then beeing Pakistani.

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