‘Our Film Festival’: Through the lens of kids living on the margins |DWAF|
‘Our Film Festival’: Through the lens of kids living on the margins
By Deaf Welfare Awareness FoundationAugust 28, 2022LAHORE: Screening of 15 short films by childrens with Disabilities and transgender was the first of its kind in the country, probably anywhere in the world.
‘Our Film Festival’ was organized jointly by ‘Deaf Welfare Awareness Foundation’ and ' Our Organization'. CP Five Star distributed food among children. The films screened at Alhamra Hall 3 on Thursday were novel as they were not only conceived and filmed by the children living on the margins, but the actors were also from slums, orphanages, and special children. It was all about their lives. The films depicted the lives of these very children.
The films were all upbeat, seen through children’s eyes. They highlighted many things such as the joy in playing together, pranks of a child to elicit response from a friend, fear of being left alone, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, and values such as kindness, caring, sharing–in short creativity in children.
This skit highlighted lack of empathy and intolerance in the society.
The festival was an amazing event where all the people seemed to know each other in a hall that was packed to capacity. It seemed like a big family that had hundreds of members but they are short of funds.
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