Pakistani films to be showcased in international summit.

ISLAMABAD -- After winning top honours in the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation Film Competition (2022) in Los Angeles earlier this month, selected films by Pakistani filmmakers will now be showcased at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) summit in Washington DC at the end of this month.

The film titled Together We Grow, Together We Empower by Peshawar-based Fatima Nazish was awarded the grand prize in the competition. Together We Go Farther by Samantha Javed (Rawalpindi) was the first runner-up and Darkness to Digital Lights by Shahzad Naveed from Swat was the second runner-up. The grand prize winner received a cash prize.

The film Together We Grow, Together We Empower showcased the true story of Bushra Rahim, a Muslim businesswoman in Peshawar, who welcomed women of different faiths to her centre and trained them to become entrepreneurs. One of these women, Raveena was Hindu, and unable to find work because of this until Bushra intervened.

In the film Together We Go Farther, a young entrepreneur opened the doors of her parlour to both Muslim and Hindu women despite the social challenges and left a lasting impact of interfaith harmony in her community.

The film From Darkness to Digital Lights, chronicled the courage and innovation of an 18-year-old girl who ran a software academy and business in Swat, where educating girls was banned during the Taliban era.

According to the president of Religious Freedom and Business Foundation (RFBF) Brian Grim, 'the foundation was so pleased to once again be collaborating with Empower Women Media for the annual Religious Freedom and Business film...