Arshad Khan (Canadian filmmaker)
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Arshad Khan (Urdu: ارشد خان) is a multiple-award-winning Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker, most noted for his 2017 feature documentary Abu.[1]
He studied at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] He has made a number of short films since graduating, including shorts Threadbare (2008), Brownie (2011), Doggoned (2012), Zen (2012) and Valery's Suitcase (2016).[2]
Abu is Khan's long feature directorial debut, in which he tackles his relationship with his family and his own sexual orientation, taking viewers through tense times particularly with his father ("abu" means father in Urdu). The film is also about clash of conservative and liberal values and about modernity versus familiarity and traditions. The film had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2017.[2]
Khan established "gray matter productions" in partnership with producer Miguel Jimenez. The company creates "cinematic content serving to uplift humanity".
He has also been the director of the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Aparita Bhandari, "In his feature debut, documentary filmmaker Arshad Khan opens his living room to the world". The Globe and Mail, March 29, 2018.
- ^ a b Kate Erbland, Abu Trailer - LGBTQ Documentary Explores One Man’s Quest to Understand His Devout Muslim Father". IndieWire, June 1, 2017.
- ^ "MISAFF: Best of South Asian cinema comes to city". Mississauga News, August 6, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Arshad Khan at IMDb
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