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"Amidst the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a gifted child makes an extraordinary effort for his people." ___ HEAL is a recipient of more than 20 awards, including winning at the Comic-Con Int'l - IFF and receiving the 'Frank Capra Award' in the US. The film originally premiered online for the 'People' on July 6th 2012. In August 2020 a remastered HD version of the film was released for the first time Review/Rate HEAL: Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/heal/ IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt1523296/ Follow HEAL on Facebook: www.facebook.com/heal.film Official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pyVijrugqw AWARDS WINNER, Best Short Film, Delhi International Film Festival 2012 WINNER, Best Science Fiction / Fantasy Film, Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2011 WINNER, Frank Capra Award, Fallbrook Film Festival 2011 HEAL won in 3 categories at the 2011 Silent River Film Festival. Awards received include: - River Rock Award for "Best Child Actor" (Ameer Zhowandai) - River Pearl Award for "Best Child Actress" (Hannah Sher) - River Admiration Award for "Outstanding Short Film" WINNER, Best Student Film, Victoria Film Festival 2011 WINNER, Audience Award (Student Film), Sacramento Film & Music Festival 2011 WINNER, Jesse Epstein Humanitarian Award, Cleveland International Film Festival 2010 WINNER, Audience Award, The 9th International Film & Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy 2010 WINNER, Best Subject, International Festival of Cameramen "Golden Eye" 2010 WINNER, Outstanding Filmmaker (Overall Directing), HATCHfest 2010 WINNER, Best Cinematography, HATCHfest 2010 WINNER, Jury Prize for Best International Shorts (Special Mention), Fantasia International Film Festival 2010 WINNER, Best of Festival, Lake Arrowhead Film Festival 2010 (while in competition against short films, feature films and documentaries. HEAL is the first short film to have ever received this award) WINNER, Best Student Film, Lake Arrowhead Film Festival 2010 HEAL was nominated in five categories at Chapman University’s annual CECIL Awards ceremony, winning in four, including BEST PICTURE. List of awards won include: - Best Picture - Excellence in Producing - Best Cinematography - Best Production Design Leo Freedman Award, presented by the Leo Freedman Foundation Award from The Caucus Foundation for Producers, Writers & Directors SCREENINGS Comic-Con Museum - Winning Films Showcase 2024, USA (June 8th) Divvy Film Festival 2020, Pakistan Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2020, Pakistan - Special Online Screening (August) Comic-Con International IFF 2011, USA (July) Tiburon International Film Festival 2011, USA (April 7th - 15th) Fallbrook Film Festival 2011, USA (April 8th - 10th) Reynolda Film Festival 2011, USA (March 30th - April 2nd) Victoria Film Festival 2011, Canada (February 14th - 13th) Sacramento Film & Music Festival WinterFEST 2011, USA (January 15th - 17th) Foyle Film Festival 2010, Northern Ireland, U.K (November 19th – November 27th). Qualifying film festival for the Academy Awards 9th International Film & Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy 2010, China (November 9th – 11th) Third Eye Asian Film Festival 2010, India (October 28th – November 4th) San Diego Asian Film Festival 2010, USA (October 21st – October 28th) UN Association (O.C) Human Rights Film Festival 2010, USA (October 24th) BendFilm Festival 2010, USA (October 7th – October 10th) HATCHfest 2010, USA (September 22nd – September 26th) Big Bear Film Festival 2010, USA (September 17th – 19th) Rhode Island International Film Festival 2010, USA (August 10th – 15th). Qualifying film festival for the Academy Awards Fantasia International Film Festival 2010, Canada (July 8th – 28th) Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2010, Japan (June 10th – August 31st). Qualifying film festival for the Academy Awards Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival 2010, France (May 12th – 22nd) Lake Arrowhead Film Festival 2010, USA (April 22nd – 25th) Gulf Film Festival 2010, United Arab Emirates (April 8th – 14th) 34th Cleveland International Film Festival 2010, USA (March 18th – 28th). Qualifying film festival for the Academy Awards All rights reserved with Mian Adnan Ahmad / M.A.A.K Pictures
"Amidst the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a gifted child makes an extraordinary effort for his people."
