KARACHI: In a bid to showcase young talent and indie filmmakers, the Nueplex Film Festival opened on Friday at the Nueplex cinemas in Karachi.
The three-day film festival is showcasing 18 films of upcoming filmmakers, which according to the organisers, hopes to “create cinematic magic despite limited experience and resources”.
On the first day of the festival, nine films — Discarded, Circus, Cardiac Arrest, Barzakh, Shikray Ka Gudda, Reverie, Ticket to Paradise, Haibat and Sentinal Jet — were showcased. With the other nine films set to be showcased today.
Sharmeen Ali, the director of Reverie — a surreal contemporary film that deals with grief — views the festival as a great opportunity to meet talented filmmakers and directors of her age.