Release Date March 8th, 2012
Genre Documentary short
Studio HBO
Plot Outline The film also features two women attacked by acid and their struggle for justice and healing. It is the first film shot in Pakistan and directed by a Pakistani to win an Oscar. Acid Survivors Foundation of Pakistan, which is featured in the film, had documented over 100 acid attacks a year in Pakistan but estimates far more due to lack of reporting. The majority of victims are women. Saving Face will air on HBO on March 8th.
Awards Won Academy Award for 2012 Best Documentary Short
Directed By Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Produced By Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Davis Coombe, Alison Greenberg
Saving Face
Directed by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy,
Daniel Junge
Produced by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Daniel Junge
Davis Coombe
Alison Greenberg
Sabiha Sumar
Starring Dr Mohammad Jawad
Music by Gunnard Doboze
Editing by Milkhaus
Distributed by HBO
Release date(s) March 8, 2012[1]
Country US/Pakistan
2012 Academy Award Nominee For Documentary (Short Subject)
Directed by Oscar and Emmy nominated filmmaker Daniel Junge and Emmy winning Pakistan director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy.
Every year in Pakistan, there are at least 100 people attacked with acid -- the majority women. Many more go unreported. The new documentary SAVING FACE is the story of two survivors of such attacks -- their battle for justice and their journey of healing.
Credits
Directed by
Daniel Junge
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Produced by
Davis Coombe
Daniel Junge
Alison Greenberg
Produced by
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Sabiha Sumar
Edited by
Davis Coombe
Hemal Trivedi
Original music
Gunnard Doboze
Featuring Original Vocals by
Kiran Ahluwalia
Co-Producers
Aaron Kopp
Fazeelat Aslam
Associate Producer
Asad Faruqi
Shahbaz Sumar
Cathy Trekloff
Camera
Asad Faruqi
Aaron Kopp
Daniel Junge
Martina Radwan
Additional Camera
Amsal Naeem
Nofil Naqvi
Julian Fouchet
Still Photography
Asad Farruqi
Location Sound
Wasif Arshad
Production Coordinator
Cathy Trekloff
Translation
Aaminah Qadir
Khubaib Latif
Sami Chhapra
Production Assistants
Anushka Jatoi
Wasif Arshad
Annie Eastman
Tanya Mirza
Assistant Editor
Aaron Kopp
Post Production
Milkhaus
Color Correction
Davis Coombe
Title Animation
James Duree
Audio Post
Coupe Studios
Re-recording Mixer
Ed Kaufman
Sound Edit
Jason McDaniel
Fiscal Sponsors
The Bridges Family Foundation
Denver Film Society
Legal Representation
Tyler Coombe
Ann Brigid Clark
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
The Song "Manzil-e-Sufi"
And "Lal Meri Pat Rakhivo Bhala Jhole Lalan"
Performed by Sanam Marvi
Appears Courtesy of Frequency Media
This Film Made with Support From:
Impact Partners
Dan Cogan
Abigail Disney
The Fledgling Fund
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Naked Edge Films
Thanks
Dr. Tariq Iqbal
PIMS Hospital
Indus Hospital
Ali Medical
Dr. Xerxes Ankelseria
Dr. Zara Yousufzai
Dr. Zafar Zaidi
Dr. Bari Khan
Dr. Sadaf Khan
Dr. Johan Morrison, OBE
Marvi Memon, MNA
Farahnaz ispahani MNA
Britta Erickson
Rashid Chugtai
Mohammad Naqv
Sital Kalantry
International Anaplastology Association
Beyond Our Borders
Special Thanks
Barbara Bridges
Eliza Woloson
Lynda Goldstein
Jim Butterworth
Constance Mortell
Diana Barrett
Julie Parker Benello
Scott and Justyn Shwayder
Billy and Alexis MacMillan
Dr. Sandra Surbrugg
Dr. Robert Prentice
Kamran Fazil
Daril Atkins
Ashwaq Hassan
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan
For More 4
Commissioning Editor
Anna Miralis
For Home Box Office
Senior Producer
Lisa Heller
Executive Producer
Sheila Nevins
Genre Documentary short
Studio HBO
Plot Outline The film also features two women attacked by acid and their struggle for justice and healing. It is the first film shot in Pakistan and directed by a Pakistani to win an Oscar. Acid Survivors Foundation of Pakistan, which is featured in the film, had documented over 100 acid attacks a year in Pakistan but estimates far more due to lack of reporting. The majority of victims are women. Saving Face will air on HBO on March 8th.
Awards Won Academy Award for 2012 Best Documentary Short
Directed By Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Produced By Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Davis Coombe, Alison Greenberg
Saving Face
Directed by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy,
Daniel Junge
Produced by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Daniel Junge
Davis Coombe
Alison Greenberg
Sabiha Sumar
Starring Dr Mohammad Jawad
Music by Gunnard Doboze
Editing by Milkhaus
Distributed by HBO
Release date(s) March 8, 2012[1]
Country US/Pakistan
2012 Academy Award Nominee For Documentary (Short Subject)
Directed by Oscar and Emmy nominated filmmaker Daniel Junge and Emmy winning Pakistan director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy.
Every year in Pakistan, there are at least 100 people attacked with acid -- the majority women. Many more go unreported. The new documentary SAVING FACE is the story of two survivors of such attacks -- their battle for justice and their journey of healing.
Credits
Directed by
Daniel Junge
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Produced by
Davis Coombe
Daniel Junge
Alison Greenberg
Produced by
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Sabiha Sumar
Edited by
Davis Coombe
Hemal Trivedi
Original music
Gunnard Doboze
Featuring Original Vocals by
Kiran Ahluwalia
Co-Producers
Aaron Kopp
Fazeelat Aslam
Associate Producer
Asad Faruqi
Shahbaz Sumar
Cathy Trekloff
Camera
Asad Faruqi
Aaron Kopp
Daniel Junge
Martina Radwan
Additional Camera
Amsal Naeem
Nofil Naqvi
Julian Fouchet
Still Photography
Asad Farruqi
Location Sound
Wasif Arshad
Production Coordinator
Cathy Trekloff
Translation
Aaminah Qadir
Khubaib Latif
Sami Chhapra
Production Assistants
Anushka Jatoi
Wasif Arshad
Annie Eastman
Tanya Mirza
Assistant Editor
Aaron Kopp
Post Production
Milkhaus
Color Correction
Davis Coombe
Title Animation
James Duree
Audio Post
Coupe Studios
Re-recording Mixer
Ed Kaufman
Sound Edit
Jason McDaniel
Fiscal Sponsors
The Bridges Family Foundation
Denver Film Society
Legal Representation
Tyler Coombe
Ann Brigid Clark
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
The Song "Manzil-e-Sufi"
And "Lal Meri Pat Rakhivo Bhala Jhole Lalan"
Performed by Sanam Marvi
Appears Courtesy of Frequency Media
This Film Made with Support From:
Impact Partners
Dan Cogan
Abigail Disney
The Fledgling Fund
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Naked Edge Films
Thanks
Dr. Tariq Iqbal
PIMS Hospital
Indus Hospital
Ali Medical
Dr. Xerxes Ankelseria
Dr. Zara Yousufzai
Dr. Zafar Zaidi
Dr. Bari Khan
Dr. Sadaf Khan
Dr. Johan Morrison, OBE
Marvi Memon, MNA
Farahnaz ispahani MNA
Britta Erickson
Rashid Chugtai
Mohammad Naqv
Sital Kalantry
International Anaplastology Association
Beyond Our Borders
Special Thanks
Barbara Bridges
Eliza Woloson
Lynda Goldstein
Jim Butterworth
Constance Mortell
Diana Barrett
Julie Parker Benello
Scott and Justyn Shwayder
Billy and Alexis MacMillan
Dr. Sandra Surbrugg
Dr. Robert Prentice
Kamran Fazil
Daril Atkins
Ashwaq Hassan
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan
For More 4
Commissioning Editor
Anna Miralis
For Home Box Office
Senior Producer
Lisa Heller
Executive Producer
Sheila Nevins
