The 20-minute film The Other Side was awarded the Best Audience Award at the National Film Festival For Talented Youth held in Seattle.
The short film was written and directed by Danish Ali along with five other team members.
The film revolves around the idea of assessing social, psychological and economical effects of the US drone strikes on the people in the northwest tribal areas of Pakistan. It identifies the problems faced by families who have become victims of missiles fired by the drones.
However, the filmmakers were unable to attend the award ceremony as their visa applications were rejected. "If we had got the visa then it would have been easy for us to frame our point of view in front of the other selected youth filmmakers," Ali said.
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