Pakistani journalist and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy documentary has been nominated for Academy Award (Oscars) in the ‘best documentary (short subject)’ category. Saving Face was the latest documentary of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy which has been nominated. The documentary will be released in the US on 8th March, 2012 and then in Britain and Pakistan.
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has received an Emmy award for her documentary Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in 2010.
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has written on her twitter account that ‘For everyone v curious abt what I’m wearing 2 the oscars- let me say it’s traditional Pakistani! And same to the nominee luncheon next week’.