Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy accept the Oscar for the Best Documentary Short Subject for their film ‘Saving Face’ at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 26, 2012. In her acceptance speech, Chinoy dedicated the award to “all the heroes working on the ground in Pakistan” including British … Read more
As expected last year, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became Pakistan’s first woman Oscar nominee for her documentary, Saving Face. She is a Pakistani journalist, Co-Founder Citizens Archive of Pakistan and documentarian & the first Pakistani to win an Emmy award, which she won for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in … Read more
Pakistani journalist and documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s latest venture Saving Face has been shortlisted for Oscar nominations under the category ‘Best Documentary, Short Subject’. Recipient of Emmy award for her documentary Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in 2010, Obaid is now hoping to make it to the Oscar nominations list which … Read more