Sharmeen Chinoy crystal Award

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy honored by World Economic Forum

Academy award and Emmy Award winning Pakistani film-maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has made us proud yet again. On Tuesday, she was given the prestigious Crystal Award in recognition for her efforts in promoting human rights and women’s issues through her films at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. The Crystal … Read more

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wearing Bunto kazmi at Oscars Main Event

Pakistani Fashion Designers at the Oscars

It doesn’t come off as a surprise that Obaid-Chinoy chose to wear female designers, from her clothes and her jewellery: “I am wearing Bunto Kazmi for the ceremony and will be wearing Sana Safinaz and Saniya Maskatiya for Oscar-related events. My jewellery will be done by Kiran Aman of Kiran … Read more

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary wins Oscar for ‘Best Documentary, Short Subject’

Sharmeen Chinoy’s documentary wins Oscar for Pakistan

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

Sharmeen Chinoy Oscar Nominee

Sharmeen Chinoy grabs first Oscar Nomination for Pakistan

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

Oscar nomination Sharmeen keeps her fingers crossed

Sharmeen Chinoy can bring Oscar to Pakistan ?

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