Asim Abbasi
Asim Abbasi | |
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Born | Asim Abbasi |
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Occupation(s) | Director, Writer, Producer |
Years active | 2012–present |
Website | www |
Asim Abbasi is a British-Pakistani film director, screenwriter and producer. He also has his own production company, Indus Talkies.
Career
In 2012, he made the short film Anathema. In 2013, he made two more short films, Once A Man & Whore. Two years later, he made his fourth short film named Little Red Roses. All four were shot in the United Kingdom.
In 2018, Abbasi's first feature film, Cake, was lauded by critics. The Guardian's Mike McCahill wrote "Uncommonly alert to small, telling details, while more expansive in its attitudes, the result proves far richer and worldlier than anything previously observed coming down the Khyber Pass." [1][2][3] Cake was also selected to be Pakistan's submission to the 91st Academy Awards for best Foreign Language Film.[4][5][6][7]
In 2020, Abbasi wrote & directed his first webseries, Churails, considered a groundbreaking feminist series empowering Pakistani women. Set in Karachi, Churails received widespread critical acclaim. Shaheera Anwar at The Express Tribune gave the series 4.5/5 stars, writing "Without compromising on the storytelling, Churails is a feminist masterpiece".[8]
Filmography
Films
Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
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2012 | Anathema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2013 | Once A Man | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
Whore | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
2015 | Little Red Roses | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2018 | Cake | Yes | Yes | Yes | Debut as film director |
2020 | Churails | Yes | Yes | Yes | Web series |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref(s) |
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2018 | London Asian Film Festival | Best Director | Cake | Won | [9][10] |
2019 | 18th Lux Style Awards | Nominated | [11] |
References
- ^ "'Cake' director Asim Abbasi back on set". gulfnews.com.
- ^ "Cake review – Karachi sister act ditches melodrama for real life | World cinema | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Asim Abbasi's new film Cake gives Pakistani cinema a boost". The National.
- ^ "Pakistan Chooses 'Cake' for the Oscars". Variety. September 18, 2018.
- ^ "Cake selected for Oscar nomination". The Nation. September 18, 2018.
- ^ "'Cake' representing Pakistan at the Oscars is an honour, says director Asim Abbasi | The Express Tribune".
- ^ "'Cake' drops out of the Oscar race". December 18, 2018.
- ^ "'Churails' review: Raw, real and radical; The Express Tribune".
- ^ "TheNews Weekly Magazine". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ Staff, Images (March 26, 2018). "Asim Abbasi wins Best Director award for Cake at UK Asian Film Festival". Images.
- ^ "The Lux Style Awards 2019: And the nominees are... | The Express Tribune".