GAME THEORY
Presents…
*Pakistan’s Official Entry Best International Films – The Academy Awards*
*Director’s Fortnight – 2023 Cannes Film Festival*
*Official Selection – 2023 Toronto International Film Festival*
*Winner of the Golden Yusr Award For Feature Film – 2023 Red Sea Film Festival*
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In Theaters This Friday!
A psychological thriller, In Flames is a ghostly parable about Pakistan’s
insidious patriarchal order.
In Flames was the first Pakistani film to play in Cannes Director’s
Fortnight in nearly half a century.
“A haunting tale of oppression.”
– Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter
“In Flames finely straddles the line between a bold genre exercise and a bruising portrait of contemporary Pakistan to deliver a welcome story about resistance and resilience.”
– Manuel Betancourt, Variety
Written & Directed by Zarrar Kahn
Starring Ramesha Nawal, Omar Javaid, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Adnan Shah Tipu,
Mohammad Ali Hashmi and Jibran Khan
Mariam lives with her younger brother and their mother, Fariha, in a tiny apartment in Karachi. When Mariam’s maternal grandfather passes, his brother tries to manipulate them into signing over their apartment to him, a common occurrence in Pakistan, where women’s property rights are fragile. Mariam’s mother, grieving and isolated, is easy to influence. Mariam, distraught by her mother’s foolishness, finds solace in a secret romance with a fellow student, Asad. When their relationship takes an unexpected turn, Mariam becomes consumed by nightmares. Meanwhile, her mother, caught between her coercive Uncle and a murky legal system, is oblivious to her daughter’s deteriorating mental state. Mariam’s nightmares begin to bleed into reality. Mother and daughter must come together if they hope to overcome the real and phantasmal forces that threaten to engulf them.
ABOUT DIRECTOR ZARRAR KAHN
Zarrar Kahn is an award-winning Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker whose film IN FLAMES premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival as part of the Director’s Fortnight.
His works have been screened and awarded in over 100+ film festivals, including TIFF, Locarno, and BFI London. In Flames, his feature directorial debut, has garnered critical acclaim and prizes worldwide – including the Golden Yusr for Best Picture at Red Sea FF and the Grand Prize – International Newcomer Award at Mannheim-Heidelberg FF.
Born in Karachi, and currently based out of Toronto, Kahn is committed to telling stories that amplify historically marginalized communities.
RT: 98 Minutes
