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In 2018, Pakistani-American actor/comedian Kumail Nanjiani became the first Pakistani nominee for a writing award, nominated alongside Emily V. Gordon for their screenplay for The Big Sick. In 2022, British-Pakistani actor/rapper Riz Ahmed became the first Muslim to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Pakistan for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
On January 15, 2015, Virunga got an Academy Award nomination in the Documentary Feature category, being the second time Netflix streamed a film nominated for an Academy Award. [10] Days later, Kevin Spacey and Uzo Aduba won at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards , for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding ...
The Pakistani Academy Selection Committee (PASC) is a non-governmental selection committee of Pakistani film director, producers, writers, actors, distributors and exhibitors, headquartered in Karachi and Lahore. [1] The PASC selects the Pakistani Official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film each year. [2]
Cake is a 2018 Pakistani comedy drama film which is directed by Asim Abbasi. [3] The film is produced by Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari (Zulfi Bukhari) and is a joint production by Asim Abbasi's United Kingdom-based production company Indus Talkies, [4] and a Pakistani film production company ZAB Films.
This is a list of Academy Award–winning films. If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture , its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Competitive Oscars are separated from non-competitive Oscars (i.e. Honorary Award, Special Achievement Award, Juvenile Award); as such, any films that were awarded a non ...
Obaid-Chinoy has won six Emmy Awards, including two in the International Emmy Award for Current Affairs Documentary category for the films Pakistan's Taliban Generation [17] and Saving Face. [18] Her Academy Award win for Saving Face made her the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award, [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] and she is one of only 11 female ...
This is a list of Pakistani films to be released in 2020. [1] This year was greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic , and numerous films originally scheduled for 2020 were postponed to 2021 as a result.