Ajoka Documentary at Indus Valley Festival

Ajoka ‘s acclaimed documentary on Lahore Museum, “ Pakistan’s Best-kept Secret” was screened at the Indus Valley International Film Festival organised by South Asian Forum for Arts and Creative Heritage. The festival, curated by Harsh Narayan, screened films from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Iran besides Pakistan. The online screening of Ajoka’s documentary on 4 August was followed by a questions and answers session by director of the film Shahid Nadeem. The documentary, co-produced with UK- based Samosa Media, is based on a conversation between Samosa’s Anwar Akhtar, Lahore Museum director Sumaira Samad and Ajoka’s Shahid Nadeem while visiting the historic Lahore Museum. The film was jointly premiered last year at Birkbeck University London and Institute for Art and Culture, Lahore. It has been screened at various British educational institutions and its Facebook viewership has passed the 2 million mark.

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