Saving Face (2012 film)

Saving Face
Film poster
Directed bySharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Daniel Junge
Produced by
StarringDr Mohammad Jawad
Cinematography
Edited byMilkhaus
Music byGunnard Doboze
Production
company
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)
Running time
40 min
CountryUS/Pakistan
LanguagesEnglish, Urdu

Saving Face is a 2012 documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge about acid attacks on women in Pakistan. The film won an Emmy Award and the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, making its director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistan's first Oscar winner.[1][2] The film was inspired from the life of acid victim Fakhra Younus, who died by suicide in 2012.