The Pakistani Woman Winning At International Film Festivals Ft. Halimah Tariq | EP28

Who is Halimah Tariq and how is she winning multiple awards for her films on an international level? Find out in this episode of How Does It Work, as Halimah and Shayan talk about her journey from becoming a lawyer to pursuing film to promote stories of women and girls through her work, and winning at international film festivals this year. Halimah’s documentary ‘A Life In Silence’ has won and been nominated at multiple film festivals including Los Angeles Film Awards 2022, Prague International Indie Film Festival 2022, Vancouver South Asian Film Festival 2022 and Atlanta's Women Film Festival 2022 to name a few!

How did Halimah get into filmmaking? What was her journey like? How did filmmaking make more of an impact than practicing law in terms of social issues? What is Halimah’s mission in her work? Which films has she worked on and how did she manage to make the film? What was the entire process she went through? What is her documentary ‘A Life In Silence’ about? How is her work making an impact on the lives of women and girls? How does she do her research on finding topics for films? What are the avenues and platforms that Pakistani filmmakers can explore? What are the issues for women while making films in Pakistan? What are the different directions that filmmakers can go in? How can films make an impact on someone’s life? What are Halimah’s inspirations in terms of women and film? What does ConnectHER do and how do they make an impact?

Watch for an insightful conversation with a Pakistani woman filmmaker and her journey!

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00:00 Intro & Highlights
2:30 The Making of ‘A Life in Silence’
5:45 The Struggle Of Interviewing Women in Pakistan
7:00 Making A Film in Pakistan
9:30 Safety Issues for Women In Film
12:00 Where Does Your Passion Come From?
15:00 What’s The End Goal?
17:30 Does Film Have An Impact?
19:15 Inspirational Women & Favourite Films
21:45 The Mental Burden of Making Documentaries
23:45 Limitations to Filmmaking in Pakistan
25: 15 What Does ConnectHER Do?
28:25 Favourite Piece of Work
30:00 Is Recognition Important?

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