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Details about every film screened at the 3rd KaraFilm Festival is now available. Click on the text links above to view film details in each category or simply scroll below to see the order in which they were shown.

Saturday, 13th December

11.00am – 1.00pm: The Speaking Hand
Documentary; The Rhythms of Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain

1.00 pm – 1.45 pm : Lunch Break

1.45pm – 2.15pm: A Few Things I Know About Her
Documentary; The Search for Mirabai in Rajasthan

2.30pm – 3.15pm: Sub Kuch Bikta Hai
Short Feature; In Karachi, Everyone is for Sale

3.30pm – 4.30pm: Ragoun Mein Siyahee
Short Feature; Boyz ‘n the Hood Cram for Exams

4.45pm – 6.15pm: Shooting Rhymes, Cutting Verses
Short Shorts; British Shorts Inspired by Poetry

Prime Time I: 6.30pm – 8.30pm: Matir Moina (The Clay Bird)
Feature; Winner of International Critics’ Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Prime Time II: 9.00pm – 11.00pm: Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters)
Feature; Grand Prize Winner at Locarno Film Festival

Sunday, 14th December

11.15am – 11.45am: New Empire
Documentary; Irani Hotel Makes Way for McDonald’s

11.45am – 12.45pm: A Narmada Diary
Documentary; Retrospective: The Struggle Against Big Dams

1.00pm – 2.30pm: Koyaanisqatsi
Feature; Special Programme: Life Out Of Balance, The Original Music Video Inspiration

2.45pm – 4.15pm: Laatoo
Documentary; The State of Dance in Pakistan

4.30pm – 6.30pm: Zinda Laash (The Living Corpse)
Feature; Dracula in Pakistan: Restored Version of 1967 Cult Horror Classic

Prime Time I: 6.45pm – 8.45pm: Matir Moina (The Clay Bird)
Feature; Winner of International Critics’ Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Prime Time II: 9.00pm – 11.30pm: 3 Deewarein (3 Wallls)
Feature; 3 Prisoners, One Reporter

Monday, 15th December

11.00am – 11.30am: Aas
Short Feature; Transposed Souls, Unrequited Love

11.45am – 1.00pm: Aamakaar - The Turtle People
Documentary; A Fishing Community Struggles To Save Its Way of Life

1.00 pm – 1.45 pm : Lunch Break

1.45pm – 2.45pm: Mat (The Vote)
Documentary; On The Campaign Trail in UP

3.00pm – 4.15pm: Saibaan
Short Feature; A Woman Confronts the Horrors of Rape

4.30pm – 5.30pm: Jawaz
Short Feature; There Is No Honour in Honour Killing

5.45pm – 7.00pm: In Memory of Friends
Documentary; Retrospective: The Insurgency In East Punjab

7.15pm – 8.45pm: Ghar Ki Talaash
Feature; The Quest for Respectability, Based on a Rajinder Singh Bedi Story

Prime Time: 9.00pm – 12.00am: War and Peace
Documentary; Can Nukes Bring Peace? Critically Acclaimed Film 3 Years In The Making

Cineplex Showing: 9.00pm – 12.00am: Badnaam (1966)
Feature; Retrospective: Kahan Se Aaye Yeh Jhumkay?

Tuesday, 16th December

11.00am – 11.30am: Paradise On A River of Hell
Documentary; Kashmir Burning

11.30am – 12.45pm: Aftershocks
Documentary; The Rough Guide To Democracy

12.45pm – 1.15pm: On My Own
Documentary; Single Women Living Alone

1.15 pm – 2.00 pm : Lunch Break

2.00pm – 3.00pm: Hawamahal
Documentary; The Magic of the Radio

3.00pm – 4.30pm: Genius
Feature; A Love Story With A Difference

4.30pm – 5.30pm: Shorts I: Bijli; Desperate Measures; Just Talk; Oranges and Lemons; Piano; Sein-Seeti, Sein-Seerhi; Two By Two; Up In Smoke
Short Shorts;

5.45pm – 8.45pm: Daira
Feature; Lust, Longing and Love in Lahore, Based on International Bestseller ‘Moth Smoke’

Prime Time: 9.00pm – 12.00am: Zakhm (Wound)
Feature; Retrospective: The Past Can Haunt You

Cineplex Showing: 9.00pm – 12.00am: Rukhsati
Feature; Retrospective: Shahzad Rafiq’s Meera starrer
Wednesday, 17th December

11.00am – 11.30am: Made In India
Documentary; Symbols Take Over

11.30 – 1.00: Kal
Feature; What’s the Hope for Tomorrow When Relationships are in a Triangle?

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm : Lunch Break

2.00pm – 3.00pm: Shorts II: Wrong Language (Bitte Sprechen Sie Deutsch); Fast Moving Train - FMT; Music Box; Nadah; Room 708; What You See In The Mirror!
Short Shorts;

3.00pm – 4.00pm: Majma
Documentary; The Male Marketplace

4.15pm – 6.30pm: Mohabbat Ki Pehli Kahani
Feature; A Writer Struggles With Writer’s Block And More

Prime Time I: 6.45pm – 8.45pm: Naqoyqatsi
Feature; Special Programme: Life As War, The Medium Is The Message

Prime Time II: 9.00pm – 12.00am: Laaj
Feature; Love and Honour Under Colonial Rule

Cineplex Showing: 9.00pm – 12.00am: Neend (1959)
Feature; Retrospective: Nur Jehan and Aslam Pervaiz in Hasan Tariq’s Social Realism Phase
Thursday, 18th December

11.00am – 11.50am: Bilaunwaan
Short Feature; Are Natural Parents the Best Parents?

11.50am – 1.00pm: Safaid Raat
Short Feature; Do Faith Healers Really Have Faith?

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm : Lunch Break

2.00pm – 3.00pm: The People Vs. Lyari Expressway
Documentary; The Struggle for Rights in Karachi

3.00pm – 3.45pm: Doobti Jheelein
Documentary; Sinking Hopes in Chhotiari Sindh

3.45pm – 5.45pm: Mad Dogs
Feature; Only One Man Can Save London From Turning Rabid

Prime Time: 9.00pm – 12.00am: Leela
Feature; A Woman Rediscovers Herself

Cineplex Showing: 9.00pm – 12.00am: Saheli (1960)
Feature; Retrospective: Shamim Ara Blockbuster
Friday, 19th December

11.00am – 11.40am: On An Express Highway
Documentary; Why Does A Woman Decide To Become A Nun?

11.40am – 1.00pm: A Night of Prophecy
Documentary; Musings On Poetry and Lands

1.00 pm – 3.00 pm : Lunch Break

3.00pm – 4.30pm: Becoming Muslim in America
Documentary; Why Are So Many Americans Converting?

4.30pm – 6.00pm: UnLimited Girls
Documentary; Feminism Debated

6.00pm – 7.45pm: Powwaqatsi
Feature; Special Programme: The Sequel to Koyaanisqatsi, Life Closer to Nature

Prime Time I: 8.00pm – 9.45pm: Let’s Talk
Feature; The First Digital Film To Find Commercial Release In India

Prime Time II: 10.00pm – 12.00am: In This World
Feature; Two Afghan Refugees Trek From Pakistan To London

Saturday, 20th December

10.45am – 12.00pm: Godhra Tak-The Terror Trail
Documentary; Retracing What Really Happened in Godhra

12.00pm – 1.00pm: Terror’s Children
Documentary; Discovery Channel Film on the Refugee Life in Pakistan

1.00 pm – 1.45 pm : Lunch Break

1.45pm – 2.45pm: Search For Freedom
Documentary; 4 Women Of Substance

3.00pm – 4.30pm: Ram Ke Naam
Documentary; Retrospective: The Struggle for the Soul of India in Ayodhya

4.45pm – 6.50pm: Bowling for Columbine
Documentary; Oscar Winning Film by Michael Moore

Prime Time I: 7.00pm – 8.45pm: Khamosh Pani
Feature; Winner of the Grand Prize at Locarno Film Festival

Prime Time II: 9.00pm – 11.30pm: Paap
Feature; World Premiere

Sunday, 21st December

10.45am – 11.30am: Da Zhowand Mairman (Swara)
Documentary; On the Custom called 'swara' in which girls are given away in marriage to the enemy as compensation for the crime commited by their father, brother or uncle.

11.45am – 12.30pm: Doctor
Short Feature; Even Healers Have No Answer to Bullets

12.45pm – 2.00pm: Shooting Rhymes, Cutting Verses
Short Shorts; British Shorts Inspired by Poetry

Prime Time I: 2.00pm – 3.45pm: In This World
Feature; Two Afghan Refugees Trek From Pakistan To London

Prime Time II: 4.00pm – 6.15pm: Bowling for Columbine
Documentary; Oscar Winning Film by Michael Moore