Filmmaker Zarrar Khan’s feature film has been garnering critical acclaim from film festivals all over the world. The film was premiered at the prestigious Festival De Cannes in May and it was termed “Cannes Hidden Gem” by Hollywood Reporter. It was also the first Pakistani film in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 43 years since Jamil Dehlavi’s ‘The Blood of Hussain’ (1980).
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Later in September, the Pakistani-Canadian feature had its North American premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) where the producer of film, Anum Abbas, was awarded with Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer award at Canadian Producers Associations’ 2023 Indie Screen Awards. The film has also recently won ‘Best Feature’ at International South Asian Film Festival, Canada.
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Despite making rounds in multiple coveted international film festivals and garnering critical acclaim, the film couldn’t find a local distributer for its theatrical release in Pakistan. An official statement from the makers on film’s official page reads: “We want you to know that we are self-distributing the film. Despite being celebrated across the world we could not find a partner to help us bring the film to Pakistan. We are doing it ourselves. We are starting small- with one cinema for 7 days only.”
The makers are starting the limited theatrical release of film with Atrium cinema, Karachi. The film will be shown at the cinema from October 20 till October 31.
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Produced by Anam Abbas and executive produced by Shant Joshi, Todd Brown and Maxime Cottray, “In Flames” stars actors Rameesha Nawal, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Adnan Shah Tipu and Omair Javaid.
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