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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge, Producers of Saving Face
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SAVING FACE WINS AN OSCAR! WE CONGRATULATE THE AMAZING FILM MAKERS
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge, Producers of Saving Face
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Saving Face, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge's
film about a plastic surgeon who travelled to Pakistan from the UK to help
victims of acid attacks, won the Documentary (Short Subject) Academy Award. The
documentary won Pakistan its first Oscar.
Dr Jawad & Daniel Junge @ 3rd TheWrap.com Pre-Oscar Party
Mingle
Media TV and Kristyn Burtt were invited to come out and cover the 3rd Annual
TheWrap.com Pre-Oscar party at the Culina Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel
and hosted by CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Sharon Waxman.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO DR JAWAD FOR HIS OSCAR WIN FOR DOCUMENTARY SHORT “SAVING FACE”.
DR JAWAD IS THE SURGEON THAT WAS ABLE TO GIVE KATIE PIPER A NEW FACE AND ALSO
HELPS VICTIMS OF ACID ATTACK INCLUDING IN HIS NATIVE PAKISTAN. IF
YOU REMEMBER WE RAISED MONEY FOR THE KATIE PIPER FOUNDATION IN CHELSEA, LONDON IN
AUGUST 2011.
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| Dr Jawad & Katie Piper (c) KPF |
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| Katie's tranformation through surgery (c) KPF |
MOHAMMAD
ALI JAWAD MBBS FRCSI (TEXT COPYRIGHT THE KATIE PIPER FOUNDATION)
Trustee
OF THE KATIE PIPER FOUNDATION
Mr Jawad is the leading burns and plastic surgeon who
performed Katie’s pioneering surgery. He enjoyed a long-standing and highly
successful NHS affiliation at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and is currently
devoted to his role as Lead Surgeon at his private practice in London, the Nip
Tuck Surgery. Mr Jawad also fulfils regular commitments to a number of
international centres across the globe including Scotland’s flagship NHS
facility, The Golden Jubilee Hospital and frequently travels to Pakistan where
he focuses on victims of acid attacks.
Katie’s surgeon, and KPF Trustee, Mr Jawad, has been
filmed recently undertaking his humanitarian work in a new documentary
following the personal stories of two acid attack victims whom he treats.
Saving Face has been nominated for an Oscar at the 84th Academy Awards®, to be
held this Sunday night, in the category of Documentary Short Subject.
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| Dr Jawad, Katie Piper with Prime Minister Gordon Brown (c) KPF |
Whether successful or not, the documentary will be
screened to invited guests at two private viewings in London 28-29 March at the
Human Rights Watch Film Festival – click on link below for details. From all at
the Foundation, congratulations on your Oscar nomination Mr Jawad! www.katiepiperfoundation.org.uk/events/documentary-saving-face/
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| Saving Faces, Dr Jawad with patient (acid victim) |
SAVING
FACE DOCUMENTARY
From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia (All rights reserved and copyright to owners)
Saving Face is a 2011 documentary film about acid attacks on
women. The film was directed by Sharmeen
Obaid Chinoy and Daniel Junge. The
film has been awarded the 2012
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject),
making it director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistan's first Oscar winner.
SYNOPSIS
The film follows London-based Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr. Mohammad Jawad, as he
journeys to Pakistan to perform reconstructive
surgery on survivors of acid violence.[6]
Saving Face also broaches the subject of the under-reporting of acid violence
due to cultural and structural
inequalities towards women. The film also features two women
attacked by acid and their struggle for justice and healing. The 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.
Obaid-Chinoy has also stated that the film is "a
positive story about Pakistan on two accounts: firstly, it portrays how a Pakistani-British doctor comes to treat
them and it also discusses, in great depth, the parliament’s
decision to pass a bill on acid violence". Obaid-Chinoy has also said that
the film assisted in the trial and conviction of one of the perpretrators of acid
violence on a female victim.
PRODUCTION
Obaid-Chinoy chose the subject of acid violence after
being contacted by Junge, who had already filmed portions of the documentary
prior to their discussion. Obaid-Chinoy commented to the Wall Street
Journal that "The subject matter immediately appealed to me:
Acid violence impacts women in southern Punjab and changes the lives of
hundreds of women each year." The documenters initially had some
difficulty contacting and gaining the trust of the survivors in the film as
well as connecting with the local community, but stated that "once we had
spent a considerable amount of time on the ground and had established
relationships, we did not experience any further obstacles.
AWARDS
Saving Face won the 84th Academy
Awards for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
