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Cinema Pure - Pakistan Cinema Pure - Pakistan (CPP) is an independent film-making venture. CPP films explore the human experience through the pure narrative power of the frame.

Our stories are told without expensive technological gimmickry or dramatic, theatrical acting. Recent Pakistani 'blockbusters' represent a spectacular advance in their use of film technology over the old Lollywood-style burlesque. However, they are years behind Hollywood (or even Bollywood) films because they do not have and may never have those budgets or that technological edge. Christopher Nola

n's 'Interstellar', for example, cost a $165,000,000 to make - it would be nonsense for a Pakistani film-maker to compete with it on its terms. But as a profound and simple story about the separation of a child from her parent, Interstellar can certainly be bettered here, in Pakistan, on a small budget. To ensure that we do not have to make creative compromises in CPP films, we strive to keep our production costs low and we rely on other work to make a living. CPP films are made in accordance with the following rules:

1. Only non-professional 'prosumer' cameras may be used.
2. No constructed sets or chroma key.
3. The story unfolds in the present or is period-neutral.
4. The use of embedded soundtracks or background scores (as a tool to motivate narrative) is avoided or minimized. Cinema Pure is Ahmed Arif, Sarmed Mirza, Yasir Khan, Malika Zafar, Faiz Zaidi and possibly others.
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"The allotted function of art is not to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, or to serve as example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good."
- Andrei Tarkovsky, 'Sculpting in Time' (1987)

. Village East Cinema, Dec. 2016181-189 2nd Ave, New York. /
05/11/2025

. Village East Cinema, Dec. 2016
181-189 2nd Ave, New York. /

RIP Robert Redford 🤍Aug 18, 1936 – Sept 16, 2025
16/09/2025

RIP Robert Redford 🤍
Aug 18, 1936 – Sept 16, 2025

Opening scene sees a gun-slinging card player accusing his opponent of cheating. Wonderfully written, directed and acted scene that perfectly sets the tone o...

11/09/2025

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau (1976)

28/06/2025

In stage-theatre, emotion is created by strong acting. But in cinema (when it is pure), emotion is created less by the actor, & more by cinematography, pacing & editing

Excerpt from Pride & Prejudice
Directed by Joe Wright (2005)

23/01/2025

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We are likely to see changes to USAID-funded films in Pakistan, as well as changes in the narrative coming out of Dawn, Lums, Habib University, and the IBA, inter alia. This statement by Trump would be a sign of wider changes.
— Excerpt from Donald Trump's speech at Davos, at the World Economic Forum:
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💯 As an exception to the rubbish normally found on Netflix, Laura Mora and Alex García López's 2024 adaptation of Gabrie...
11/01/2025

💯 As an exception to the rubbish normally found on Netflix, Laura Mora and Alex García López's 2024 adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Maquez's masterpiece, "100 Years of Solitude" (1967) is worth watching. Sumptuously shot, the series is perfectly paced for the magical realist epic—pacing being the hardest thing to get right in film.

Eight episodes released; 8 more to come. In Spanish with subtitles.

The literary masterpiece by Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez comes to Netflix. ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ is the story of the Buendía f...

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