Sarmad Khoosat's film 'Zindagi Tamasha' drops out of Oscars race
'Zindagi Tamasha' by Sarmad Khoosat was Pakistan's official entry to the Oscars this year
February 12, 2021
Pakistani director Sarmad Khoosat's film Zindagi Tamasha is no longer an Oscar contender.
On February 5, The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences released the shortlisted films for each category.
Unfortunately, Khoosat’s directorial was not selected to go forth through the first phase of voting by the committee.
Initially, the film was chosen for the International Feature Film Award category in 93rd Academy Awards.
The Pakistani Oscar committee for 2020 that selected the film was chaired by Oscar and Emmy award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Apart from her, the committee consisted of big names from the industry such as Faisal Kapadia, Asad-ul-Haq, Hamza Bangash, Syed Muhammad Ahmed, Mehwish Hayat, Hasan Shehreyar Yasin, Asim Abbasi, Arshad Mahmud, and Jamal Shah.
Zindagi Tamasha was not released in the country, despite being filmed in Lahore.
Meanwhile, the final winners of 2021 will be announced in Oscar Ceremony on April 25.
