
Abid Aziz Merchant
@abidazizmerchan
Co-Founder Sanat Initiative, Producer I’ll Meet You There, 1978, Wakhri, Mulaqat (Sandstorm), Madina and more 🤫
ID: 162002766
http://www.sanatinitiative.com 02-07-2010 10:24:06
1,1K Tweet
415 Followers
286 Following


Thrilled to share Panah Khana (Haven of Hope) selection for NFF+HBF. Seemab Gul & I would like to introduce co-producers Kepler Films (The Netherlands) and Les Films du Tambour (France) who have collaborated on the Project along with Sanat Initiative iffr.com/en/blog/seemab…

“Sandstorm, a short directed by the London-based film-maker Seemab Gul, originally from Karachi, was nominated for best short film at the Venice film festival and has garnered plenty of Oscar buzz.” Thank you fatima bhutto 🇵🇸🇱🇧 & The Guardian 😃 theguardian.com/culture/2022/d…




#restinpeace Qavi sb, will always regret that despite all our effort we couldn’t get CBFC to allow I’ll Meet You There (your performance of a lifetime) to screen in Pak. Requesting Marriyum Aurangzeb Shehbaz Sharif Salman Sufi to reverse the ban & celebrate your achievements with this film


A Lullaby of Yellow Roses (2023) Short Film Review – An important working class social parable that doubles up as a meditation on grief and closure highonfilms.com/a-lullaby-of-y… via High On Films

I’m delighted to share that our project Haven of Hope aka Panah Khana written & to be directed by Seemab Gul is now supported by visions sud est. HoH’s journey: Biennale College Cinema (Venice), Produire au Sud (Nantes), La Fabrique (Cannes) & supported by Hubert Bals Fund.










