UoS announces to set up campus cinema

SARGODHA, Feb 20 (APP):The University of Sargodha (UoS) in collaboration with the Asia Peace Film Festival (APFF) announced to establish a state-of-the-art campus cinema.Students and participants greeted Vice Chancellor Dr Ishtiaq Ahmad on his landmark declaration which will promote filmmaking and art. The VC announced that Jinnah Hall would be refurbished to host the cinema.

The concept of launching ceremony of campus cinema was
jointly organised by the Department of Communication and Media
Studies and Institute of Art and Design, UoS and the Asia
Peace Film Festival (APFF).
The campus cinema was an initiative of the APFF engaging
young and emerging filmmakers currently studying in different
universities and colleges in Pakistan, said a press release
issued here on Wednesday.
The core objective of the campus cinema was to create a
learning opportunity for filmmakers, writers, directors,
producers and actors so that they could enrich their skills
and content for a competitive production to the media and film
industry, explained Executive Director of APFF Yasir Qureshi.
The project of campus cinema would be aimed at screening of
selected works across Asia, holding tutorial sessions, giving
briefings on inter-university film competition and
facilitating multi-country certification of the course, he
addeed Chairman APFF Amjad Bhatti said the APFF was a travelling
festival inspired by tradition of art, craft and creativity
striving to bring filmmaking and peace building communities
together.
Later, a special screening session was held on students
works from different countries of Asia, including Pakistan,
Indonesia, Japan, Iran, China, Syria and Korea.
Addressing the ceremony, Dr Wang Shan, a Chinese scholar on
film and culture, expressed her happiness in interacting with
zealous audience.
Head of PTV World Masood Baig, in his address,announced
the biggest National Film Festival to be held as part of the
Pakistan Day celebrations and asked students to submit their
entries. He encouraged students to participate in competitions
and to showcase their talent by story-telling of daily
activities through films.
Filmmaker from Sindh Kainat Thaibo, representative of Higher
Education Commission Fatima Shah, Ashraf Kakar, Hasnain Ghayur
and others also attended the event.