Pakistani filmmaker Umair Bilal's debut feature documentary, As Light As Air, to premiere at Locarno
The movie will screen as part of Semaine de la Critique during the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in August.
Sounds like Fawad Chaudhry has been busy behind the curtains.
The Federal Minister of Science and Technology announced via Twitter that a Pakistani version of Netflix was in the pipeline.
"We are all set to launch Pakistan’s first OTT TV (Pak version of #Netflix). Technology part is complete, have asked PEMRA to prepare a guideline on content and we will be all set to launch in PPP mode, it'll be just another humble contribution," he wrote,
While it sounds like a great idea in theory, Twitter had some reservations:
Some were hopeful though:
We for one are anxiously waiting to see what Chaudhry has up his sleeve; never a dull day.