Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s recently released documentary – A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness – has been shortlisted for Oscars nominations in the category of Best Documentary – Short Subject.
The film is among ten documentaries which have been shortlisted in this category — five of which will be later nominated for the Oscar.
The documentary is about an eighteen-year-old girl who is a rare survivor of an honour killing attempt.
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness is a film that resonates with me deeply. It’s a film about the kinds of choices we women have in the world and how our lives are impacted by the decisions taken by others,” said Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Tina Brown, acclaimed journalist and Sheila Nevins, renowned documentary producer are the Executive Producers of the film.
Sharmeen is the first Pakistani to win an Oscar for her documentary Saving Face in 2012.
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness is set to air on HBO in 2016.
