Ammar Aziz
Ammar Aziz is a Pakistani documentary filmmaker and poet . He's a recipient of the International Federation of Film Critics Award.. His debut feature length film A Walnut Tree had its world premiere at IDFA. and North American premiere at Hot Docs The film won awards for the best film from Film SouthAsia, Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, Sole Luna Doc-Film Festival and others.
He's a former left-wing activist. As a filmmaker, he was initially known for his work about the working class of Pakistan. A graduate of Lahore's National College of Arts, he was the only filmmaker from Pakistan to be selected in 2012 for the Talent Campus of the Berlin International Film Festival. He was selected for his documentary about the power-loom workers of Faisalabad which was also screened at the Solidar Silver Rose Award 2011 in Brussels. His documentary about the home-based women workers of Hyderabad has been screened at several labour film festivals in the United States and Europe.
