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Documentary film festival spotlights free expression at a time when it is under threat across South Asia. Film Southasia is held every two years, and in 2019 the theme of the festival of documentary films says it all: ‘Where the...

Jawad Sharif’s ‘Indus Blues’ begins with a Sarinda player and his son playing music outside a college only to be unceremoniously stopped and told to leave. Upon the movie crew’s insistence to let them film the last Sarinda player of...

A series of European premieres ended up on a high note for Indus Blues as it was screened at WOMEX on 24 October. It was a great honor for us to be presented at world top music festival. Tampere stretched...

Music is universal language and it was clearly evident at Indus Blues Spanish premiere last night at Festival Internacional de Cine Invisible “Film Sozialak” Bilbao. Despite of different culture and language, the soul of our folk music captured hearts of...

Jawad Sharif’s Indus Blues, a documentary that has won awards abroad – on the festival circuit – for its depiction of musical art-forms, fading with indigenous instruments, artists and craftsmen that once belonged to the region on their last leg....

Since making its debut last year, Indus Blues, executive produced by Arieb Azhar and directed by Jawad Sharif, has left a mark on those who have seen it, enough to either win or get a nomination – at the very...

Thank you Kcd Ongd (Cine Invisible Festival,Bilbao) for organizing such an amazing visit on cultural exchange. I am amazed to see the tremendous response of students and aspiring filmmakers. This was a great initiative to celebrate different cultures from around...

Representing South Asian films in festivals around the world, Indus Blues heads to Nepal now. We are pleased to announce that our film will be presented at the prestigious Film Southasia Festival (FSA 2019) as part of their main selection...

We are going international this month. Gearing up for another premiere, this October, Indus Blues is coming to Bilbao as official selection at Festival Internacional de Cine Invisible “Film Sozialak” Bilbao. We are honored to be part of the festival...