Film directed by MCRC students wins award at film festival
An AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (AJKMCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student film Dhaai Peher (Two and a Half Moments) directed by M.A. Mass Communication students Amal Devasiya, Danish Qazi, Jamshad Ali, Kashif Shakeel and Pankaj Rawat won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF) in the student category.
The film is about a set of events that unravel in the Punjab of the 1990s. The film was made during the Covid pandemic at a time when access to outdoor locations was limited and Punjab had to be created in and around Delhi.
The purpose of LIAFF is to develop a film culture that inspires and brings together cross-cultural innovations that enrich people lives with entertainment and services that inform, educate and entertain.