OSLO – Pakistani-Norwegian filmmaker Iram Haq’s directorial ‘What WillPeople Say’ has been chosen as an entry from Norway for the category fromwhich Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy had previously bagged two Oscars for Pakistan.
While this comes as a massive feat for the director, she considers tellinga moving story to a wide audience, a bigger achievement than an award.
“When I started making the film, the most important thing for me was totell a story in an utmost honest manner. And as an individual, I stronglybelieve that art is never a competition,” she states.[image: an image]
“Of course, it is a big honour for me that my film has been chosen but Iwant to say that it is not possible to compete in art. Reaching out topeople with a story is important,” she adds.
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The film centers on the life of a young girl who encounters the numeroussocio-cultural dissimilarities along her journey while also enduring a grimrelationship with her parents.
