KALA PUL - THE BLACK BRIDGE

Kala Pul - Short listed for First Asian film festival

2009-11-19T03:07:25Z

Greetings from AFFF 2009. Congratulations! The nomination for your film has been finalised for the 5th Asian Festival of 1st Films (AFFF) to be held in Singapore. Please find attached the formal press release that has been sent out to media i...

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Kala Pul - Best Short at NJ Cinefest 2009

2009-10-21T01:50:23Z

NEW JERSEY INDEPENDENT SOUTH ASIAN CINE FEST (NJISACF), 2009 AWARD Recipients Category Winner Best Short film Kala Pul / Black Bridge directed by Saqib Mausoof Jury members: Andrew Cohen, Kanchana Mudalige, Alolik...

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Gina Hotta R.I.P

2009-10-06T22:04:43Z

I met Gina at the Third I film festival mixer back in 2003. I found her activism to be inspirational and enjoyed her deep knowledge on world music, politics and Asian-American experience. She was as supportive of Film & Arts as she was of crafting...

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Kala Pul Playing at NJ Cinefest 2009

2009-09-25T18:22:40Z

Kala Pul- The Black Bridge is playing at the NJ Cinefest 2009. Kala pul plays on Saturday October 10, 2009 at 9:30 pm at Loree Hall in Douglass Campus, Rutgers University's Film Co-op in New Brunswick, NJ. Complete schedule is here NJ Cinefest...

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Kala Pul at 7th Kara Film festival

2009-02-24T22:30:36Z

Kala Pul played to an enthusiastic crowd at the 7th International Kara film festival in Karachi on Feb 14th, 2009. 300 or so people, or so I am told. Some pictures of Actor Mairaj-Ul-Haque with Mahesh Bhatt and Nandita Das who attended Kara as hig...

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Kala Pul at Third I Film Festival

2008-12-30T00:09:49Z

Its been a while, but I completed Kala Pul in Nov 2008. It premiered at the SF International South Asian Film Festival organized by Third I. Other films included the excellent Ramchand Pakistani by Mehree Jabbar. A good review of Kala Pul on Hyph...

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SF Intl festival vip party

2007-05-11T19:52:32Z

Enjoy exotic sips, scrumptious nibbles and hot music at this historic venue where warehouse minimalism meets sophisticated sound technology. Stood in line to realize that our tickets were no good, we were told $50 cash only and please don't wast...

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Home town coverage - Karachi and San Francisco

2007-05-10T18:58:51Z

Experiences of the shoot got published in Film Arts Release Print magazine May/June edition as part of the First Person Singular. Good to have this kind of coverage. Read pdf here. Also featured in Good Times magazine out of Karachi. "Reel actio...

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Iron Eyes

2007-04-23T23:34:08Z

I had a major disaster. My G-tech Raid drive had a crash and I lost my edits as well as raw footage. My brother is visiting from Kentucky, I take him to to City Light bookstore and find a corner to shed some silent tears. I see a book, called Ir...

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Shoot Blog and transparency

2007-04-06T18:10:04Z

Today I finally finished my shoot blog. You can read it here on the second page. It has been nearly three months since the end of my shoot, but I had edit my thoughts and think about how much I need to share. However, as this months Wired mag...

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