ISLAMABAD: The British Council will launch a short film in collaboration with Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Films during August 2017 in connection with the 70th independence anniversary of Pakistan. The film intends to explore migration between the United Kingdom and Pakistan since 1947, said a news release issued here. It will focus on telling families’ stories and will examine how understandings of the period of Partition and Independence affect subsequent generations’ cultural understandings and identities. This project will explore the rich and complex relationship between the UK and Pakistan through personal narratives. The film will also explore how family histories of migration affect peoples’ relationships to their ancestor’s “home” countries and to their own countries — in this case, how grandparents’ or parents’ experiences of migration from Pakistan to the UK around 1947 are perceived and internalised. The film will explore several distinct family stories — it willaim to feature several diverse stories, including stories of families who migrated to the UK but who have since returned to Pakistan. Iranian films to be screened: The Pakistani cinemas are all set to screen Iranian films after a ban on Indian content in the country. The move came in a bid to save the declining Pakistan film industry and restore its glory. The industry was previously functional with screening of Indian movies but after the imposition of the ban it is somewhat facing difficulties, IRNA reported. Pakistan Film Distributors have initiated formal contacts in Iran and Turkey for the import of their movies. The public has also welcomed the decision. They are of the view that along with entertainment, there will also be employment benefits. Earlier, the Executive Director of Pakistan National Institute for Folk and Traditional Heritage (the Lok Virsa), Fouzia Saeed, talking to IRNA said that Iranian movies which are culturally very close to Pakistani society, ought to be screened in Pakistani cinemas. “Iranian movies are being appreciated globally and their screening in Pakistan must be encouraged,” she added. Mohsin Yaseen, General Manager Marketing of Pakistan’s Cinepax Cinema also told IRNA that they would love to experiment with Iranian movies as movies were the best way of cultural exchanges. “From your platform, we would like to request The cultural department of the Iranian consulate, if they can help us under the exchange of cultural programme and help us to reach producers of Iranian movies to release movies in Pakistan,” he said.