ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (APP): The budding star Moeez Ahmed, the youngest winner of National Amateur Short Film Festival (NASFF) 2022, Monday vowed to bring laurels for the country in film-making and production.
The 14 year-old 8th class student won the NASFF award in special category for making a 6-7 minutes short documentary on the Mughal era tomb of Ali Mardan Khan located in Lahore city.
“I cannot express my feelings in words for winning this award, which is an honour for me,” as ecstatic Moeez said while talking to APP after receiving the award from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who graced the NASFF 2022 awards distribution ceremony here at the Prime Minister Office as the chief guest.
NASFF is an initiative of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting which has been conceived to encourage the talented Pakistani youth, who have chosen film and TV production and mass media communication as their academic and professional careers.
As many as 15 young people won the NASFF 2022 awards in three categories— special, undergraduate and mobile. The award winners will be sent to the New York Film Academy in Australia for a film-making course which will be sponsored by the Dubai Port World – a collaborator in this year’s short film festival.
Moeez Ahmed, who is currently studying in a private school, said short film-making was his childhood passion and he wanted to opt it as a career in future. “I have a supportive family, who have been backing me fully since my childhood,” he added.
Similarly, Muhammad Adam Khan, who won the NASFF in another category for a short film on the ancient place of “Gor Khatri” in Peshawar, described his feelings as “amazing” because he had put a lot of efforts in making the documentary.
Adam Khan said he wanted to learn more skills at the film-making course in Australia so that he could play his role in uplifting Pakistan’s film industry.
In the undergraduate category, Syed Ijaz Raza Naqvi won the first position for his short film “Surfers of Silver Lining”, while a student of Iqra University Karachi Ahsan Khan stood second for her film “Brusheskey”and a student of Beacon House National University, Lahore Uzair Ahmed got the third position for his film.
A short film “Ankahi” made by a student of Kinnaird College for Women University Sahar Ejaz won 5th position in the same category, whereas Palwasha Khan from Sardar Buhadar Khan University Quetta clinched sixth position for making “Husne Mastoor” short film and the award for 6th and 7th positions went to Owais Munir and Adam Khan for short films “Wah-e-Guru” and “Gor Khatari”, respectively.
In the special film category awards, the short film “Rahaai” by Muhammad Bilal Imran won the first prize, while the second and third position awards went to Nadeem Kareemi and Muhammad Bilal Tariq for their short films “Secret Life” and “Yadghar”, respectively.
“The Beauty of Balochistan” by Muhammad Bilal, “Culinary Heritage of Lahore” by Rabia Shehzad, “The Hidden Village of Hindu Kush” by Muhammad Waseem and “Sikander Rikhsaw Wala” by Aiman Saleem won 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th positions, respectively for the special category.
Other than Moeez Ahmad, Muhammad Sheean also won the award in mobile phone category.
