Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa’s Mandwa Film Club will screen an American classic film “Out of Africa” on Saturday.

The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book “Out of Africa” written by Isak Dinesen, which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen’s book “Shadows on the Grass” and other sources. “Out of Africa” is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep.

This film received 28 film awards, including seven Academy Awards. An official of the Lok Virsa said that the Executive Director, Lok Virsa, Dr. Fouzia Saeed and a good number of people from different walks of life, would attend the film screening.

Weekly book bazaar starts: A two-day weekly book bazaar started at the premises of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) here on Friday.

The publishers and book-sellers of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have set up their stalls at the weekly book bazaar. The bazaar will be opened at 9 am and conclude at 7 pm in the evening for two-days an official said.

Books on various subjects are available at the bazaar on discount rates. The Academy is making efforts to promote book reading culture in the country he added.