KARACHI, Dec 2: The fourth Kara Film Festival opens on Friday with feature films, documentaries and short films lined up for showing at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs Auditorium.
A number of delegates and international film-makers are in town to attend the 10-day festival that was formally initiated with Thursday's opening ceremony at the Hindu Gymkhana with a music concert featuring Abida Parveen.
These include Om Puri, Mahesh and Pooja Bhatt, Irfaan Khan, Iranian film maker Rakshan Bani-Etemad, Koel Purie, Rakesh Sharma, Vinta Nanda and Elahe Hiptoola. From Pakistan, Zia Mohyeddin, Meera, Shaan, Shehzad Rafique, Zara Sheikh, Nadeem, producers Satish Anand, Sajjad Gul and Samina Peerzada, and music outfits Junoon, Fuzon, Meekal Hasan Band, Farida Khanum and a number of television personalities are in attendance.
The following is a schedule of the films:
Dec 3: At 3pm Maqbool (India); at 6:30pm Dhoop (India); and at 9:30pm The Terminal (the USA).
Dec 4: At 11am City Gates and Sao Luiz Cemetery; at 11.45am "We're British But..." Part-I (the UK), Skin Deep, One Plus One, Brick Lane, Hong Kong Liverpool Penzance, Latifah and Himli's Nomadic Uncle, Wish, Sari, Trainers; at 1:45pm Re-inventing the Taliban (Pakistan); at 3pm Many People, Many Desires (India); at 4pm A Decent Samosa, Ya! (India); at 5pm "2:59am", A tribute to Yousif Machhi, Baig City, Ezula, Food for Thought, God Likes Watching TV, Lust, My Red Trainers, New Age, Noise, O Say Can You See Me, The Other Side, Self Portrait, Value Added Cricket, Your Beautiful World; at 7:30pm Rog (India); and at 10:15pm Dirty Pretty Things (the UK).
Dec 5: At 1pm Shrek 2 (the USA); at 2:45pm The Kiss, Light Me Up, Timor Loro-Sae, Ze and the Penguin, Clara has a Little Mouse; at 4pm A talk by Mahesh Bhatt on the future for co-productions and independent productions; at 5:30pm Crossing the Lines - Kashmir, Pakistan, India (Pakistan); at 7pm White Noise (the UK); and at 9:30pm Raghu Romeo (India).
Dec 6: At 11am Some Roots Grow Upwards (India); at 12 Noon Nee Enegy - Where are you? (India); at 3pm Satori (Pakistan); at 4:15pm A Certain Liberation (Bangladesh); at 5:30pm Hum (Pakistan); at 7pm Hyderabad Blues-2 (India); and at 9:30pm From Zero to Ten (Italy).
Dec 7: At 11am In the Eyes (the USA); at 11:45am Hunting for Conservation (Pakistan), Indus Dolphin Rescue (Pakistan); at 12:45pm The Garage School (Pakistan); at 1:15pm Born to Sing (India); at 2pm Cardboard Days (Argentina); at 3pm Chamber-8, Pariah, An Actor Prepares; at 4:15pm Rani Hindustani (India); at 5pm Disbelief (the USA-Russia); at 7pm In Othello (India); and at 9:30pm Zelary (Czech Republic-Slovakia-Austria)
Dec 8: At 11am Living in Colour (the USA); at 11:45am The Algebra of Water (India); at 12:45pm Words on Water (India); at 2:15pm Pani (Pakistan); at 3:45pm La Wakht'aich - Until When? (the USA-Palestine), 500 Dunams on the Moon (the USA-France-Palestine); at 6pm "We're British But..." Part-II (the UK), Raj or Radge?, Safar, A Portrait of Mr Pink, We've Lived Here All Our Lives, Dim Sum; at 8pm The Miracle (Italy); and at 10:15pm Girl With A Pearl Earring (the UK-Luxembourg).
Dec 9: At 11am Patriot Acts (the USA); at 12 Noon Out of Status (the USA); at 12:15pm Roz-i-Qaza - A True Story of a Hibakusha (Pakistan); at 1:15pm A Silent Killer (India); at 2pm Dhundala (Pakistan); at 3:15pm By the Way, Don't Touch Me When I Start to Feel Safe, Horroresque Retro Battle Fest, No Dowry No Date, Swan Song, The Tree Officer; at 5pm Our Times (Iran); at 7pm Let's Enjoy (India); and at 9:30pm The Soul's Haven (Italy).
Dec 10: At 3pm Ki Jana Mein Kaun (Pakistan); at 3:45pm Death in the Garden of Paradise, Little Big Head, Original Bob, Samovar, Separated by Light; at 5:30pm Javaid Shampoo (Pakistan); at 7:15pm The May Lady (Iran); and at 9:45pm Goodbye Lenin (Germany).
Dec 11:At 11pm Little Varju and Friendly Flute (India), Heda Hoda (India); at 1pm About Baghdad (Iraq-Baghdad); at 2:45pm Butterfly (India-Pakistan), Cuts in Conversations (Pakistan); at 3:45pm Final Solution (India); at 7pm Under the Skin of the City (Iran); and at 9:15pm Salakhein (Pakistan).
Dec 12: At 11pm Injustice (the UK); at 1:15pm Raqsan (Pakistan); at 2:15pm The Forgotten Song (Bhooli Hui Hoon Datsaan) (Pakistan); and at 4:45pm Yasmin (the UK).