{"id":24128,"date":"2022-01-23T09:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T09:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/pakistan-pavilion-at-expo-2020-dubai-has-launched-a-week-long-film-festival\/"},"modified":"2022-01-23T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T09:56:55","slug":"pakistan-pavilion-at-expo-2020-dubai-has-launched-a-week-long-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=24128","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai has launched a week-long film festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan has launched a week-long film festival at its pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Eleven films will be screened at the festival with the aim to showcase Pakistani film industry&#8217;s versatility and talent at the world&#8217;s largest fair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Pakistan Pavilion presents Pakistan Film Week! Join us every Friday and Saturday, 6pm onwards at the Multipurpose Room for a screening where we will showcase films with contrast genres that have made Pakistani cinema one to keep an eye out for!&#8221; read the official announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Pakistan Pavilion presents Pakistan Film Week! Join us every Friday and Saturday, 6pm onwards at the Multipurpose Room for a screening where we will showcase films with contrast genres that have made Pakistani cinema one to keep an eye out for! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3xfmMn5DN3\">pic.twitter.com\/3xfmMn5DN3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka (@Pakatworldexpo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pakatworldexpo\/status\/1484848731791179789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The inauguration was held on Friday, January 21 and was attended by Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan&#8217;s Minister of Information and Broadcasting, as well as Afzaal Mahmood, Pakistan&#8217;s ambassador to the UAE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Pakistan Pavilion was happy to have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fawadchaudhry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fawadchaudhry<\/a> &#8211; Federal Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MoIB_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@moib_official<\/a>, H.E. Afzaal Mahmood &#8211; Ambassador of Pakistan to the UAE, Mr. Hassan Daud Butt &#8211; CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/InvestinKP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@InvestinKP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AliZafarsays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AliZafarsays<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FarooqHareem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FarooqHareem<\/a>  for our first screening for Pakistan Film Week. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3I3m9zp6z5\">pic.twitter.com\/3I3m9zp6z5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka (@Pakatworldexpo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pakatworldexpo\/status\/1484875604671762437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In his address to the audience, Fawad spoke about the various improvements he and his team have made to bring Pakistani entertainment to the forefront and ensure the country has a chance to tell its stories to the world.<\/p>\n<p>He also invited the UAE community to produce films in Pakistan and collaborate with Pakistani talent to create content for the global audience.<\/p>\n<p>Singer-actor Ali Zafar and producer-actress Hareem Farooq were also present at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Zafar, who performed at the world fair for a second time on Thursday, shared his gratitude. His film <em>Teefa in Trouble<\/em>, which was directed by Ahsan Rahim was the first to be screened at the festival.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honoured that \u201cTeefa in Trouble\u201d was selected to open the Pakistan film festival,&#8221; he shared on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honoured that \u201cTeefa in Trouble\u201d was selected to open the Pakistan film festival at the @expo2020dubai <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1cOA1dBybT\">https:\/\/t.co\/1cOA1dBybT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AliZafarsays\/status\/1484808106257395715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The film schedule at the pavilion is as follows:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Teefa in Trouble: January 21, 6-9 pm (screened at the opening of the festival)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Load Wedding: January 22, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Parey Hut Love: January 29, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Actor in Law: January 30, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Parwaz Hai Junoon: February 5, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bin Roye: February 6, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Heer Maan Ja: February 12, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Parchi: February 13, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chalawa: February 19, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Superstar: February 20, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sawan: February 26, 6-9 pm<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 Pakistani films will be screened at the Pakistan enclosure from January 21 to March 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,214],"tags":[939],"class_list":["post-24128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-featured","tag-actor-in-lawali-zafarchhalawaheer-maan-jaload-weddingpakistani-filmsparchiparey-hut-lovesaawansuperstarteefa-in-trouble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}