My Pure Land | |
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Directed by | Sarmad Masud |
Written by | Sarmad Masud |
Produced by | Bill Kenwright |
Starring | Suhaee Abro Salman Ahmed Khan Razia Malik Tayyab Ifzal Eman Fatima |
Cinematography | Haider Zafar |
Edited by | Olly Stothert |
Music by | Tristan Cassel-Delavois |
Distributed by | Bill Kenwright Films |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Urdu |
Box office | $17,157[1][2] |
My Pure Land is a 2017 Urdu-language British drama film directed by British Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad Masud.[3] It was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[4] It was the first time the United Kingdom had submitted an Urdu-language film.[5]
The U.K. has picked My Pure Land, an Urdu-language feature from first-time director Sarmad Masud, as its submission for consideration for the 2018 Oscars in the foreign-language film category. This marks the first time Britain has submitted an Urdu-language title to be its Oscar hopeful.