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#EquallyLoud - Teens Sharing Gender Experiences Through Film
The Little Art launched ‘Equally Loud’ project whereby young people from vulnerable and low-income communities are able to express and share their experiences through creative mediums, transforming the narrative of Pakistani women and girls from a purely rights-based discussion to a more personal and impactful dialogue.
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The films made by young people in these workshops will be screened in Lahore International Children's Film Festival 2019, through events in Lahore, Karachi, Jamshoro, Faisalabad and Bhakkar.
The films will also be released online later this year as well.
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APS & Azam Garrison School for Girls, Lahore
The workshop aimed at overcoming gender-based roles and learning to break through social expectations. 34 students also learned the art of filmmaking and made short films at the end of the workshop.
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Umul Madaris, Faisalabad
Conducted from 4th to 8th March, 2019, the Filmmaking Workshop at Umul Madaris acted as a catalyst to the children's dreams and desires. Their interest in making films and expressing themselves through the lens came out as a realization of how important it is to have arts education in schools.
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The Trust School (Thokar Campus), Lahore
Filmmaking Workshop at The Trust School, Thokar Campus, Lahore was conducted from 11th to 15th March, 2019. Children produced very creative and thought-provoking content for films which will be released soon.
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Dar-e-Arqam School, Faisalabad
A highly enthusiastic bunch of students shared their gender experiences which were later shot in the form of short films by them.
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The Trust School, Wapda and Green Town, Lahore
The filmmaking workshop conducted at The Trust School Wapda town (Girls Campus), and joined by students from The Trust School Green town branch (Boys campus), was an interesting experience. Children learnt story structuring, camera angles, basic shots to make short films.
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St. Catherine's School, Faisalabad
Located at the heart of Warispura, the school welcomed us with open heart, and we were eyed by exciting faces waiting to know the reason of our presence. The students made amazing films, that completely moved us with their stories.
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The Trust School, Amir Town Boys Campus, Lahore
An experience full of enthusiasm, strong ideas and expressions, and was filled with a whole new energy level. The boys shared some very inspiring stories and showed a higher level of understanding in structuring stories for the films.
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The Trust School, Amir Town Girls Campus, Lahore
The girls were very excited to share their experiences and came up with very interesting and strong stories for the films. Sehyr Mirza conducted different gender exercises with the students and it was quite intriguing to see the responses of the girls.
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Dreamland School Shahdra, Lahore
Filmmaking workshop at Dreamland School was held in April and was attended by 30 students in total. Consisting of boys and girls, who participated in the workshop, were equally excited to learn and create films.
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Garrison Academy for Cambridge Studies, Lahore
Diversity in terms of students was greatly seen in this particular filmmaking workshop held at Garrison Academy for Cambridge Studies. From creating stories, to sharing experiences and shooting them, the workshop was a learning experience for not just the students but their teachers who were a part of it too.
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"I always loved cooking", Awais
“I love watching my mother cook. It always has intrigued me. I want to become a chef, but I don't have my family's support. My group has made a film and I hope that once it is seen by my parents, they will support me."
Awais from Umul Madaris School, Faisalabad
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"There is no such thing as a boy's or girl's work." Meerab
"My father says that if I get you a motorbike, the entire family will be searching for you and your bike all day. I want to play cricket because it is my passion. It was unimaginable for me to even think of it, but after attending filmmaking workshops, I strongly believe that there is no such thing as a boy’s or a girl’s work. I can pursue my passion and nothing is going to stop me but myself.”
Meerab from Umul Madaris School, Faisalabad
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Project Team and Trainers
Equally Loud is run by dynamic team of The Little Art, along with trainers and mentors who work with us for this project specially.
Please see the team details here and profile of the key trainer below.
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Shoaib Iqbal, Founder & Director, The Little Art
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Shoaib Iqbal is an arts manager who has worked as curator, director and arts educator of arts projects since 2000. He founded The Little Art, a non-profit arts education organization that uses art to promote positive social values through innovative learning opportunities among children and young adults, especially marginalised. Shoaib also founded the Lahore International Children’s Film Festival which has been organised annually in various cities since 2008. Shoaib post-graduated from DeVos Institute of Arts Management (Kennedy Centre, Washington D.C.), holds a diploma in International Development from East Side Institute NY and 2013 Asia21 fellow with Asia Society, an Acumen 2015 fellow, 2015 ArtThink South Asia fellow and 2019 EHF Fellow. Shoaib worked with British Council as Head of Arts, Pakistan and currently pursuing an M.A. in Arts and Cultural Management from Leuphana University, Germany.
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Nida M. Esapzai, Gender Specialist
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Nida is a feminist, gender rights activist and advocate from Pakistan. She has more than 10 years of experience working with human rights advocacy and development organizations such as Rutgers WPF, Save the Children, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) in Malaysia and UNICEF in Sri Lanka. Nida is also the founder “Feminist Collective”.
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Ammar Aziz, Filmmaker & Trainer
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Ammar Aziz is a FIRPRESCI winning and IDFA nominated documentary filmmaker. His debut feature film ‘A Walnut Tree’ has been screened in over 70 international film festivals. He served as jury for IDFA’s Oxfam Global Justice Award in 2015. Ammar is also the co-founder of SAMAAJ, a non-profit organization using art and culture for rights awareness in Pakistan.
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Fazal Ahmad, Filmmaker & Trainer
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Fazal Ahmad is a filmmaker and director of Thinair films. He has worked as an assistant director in Shoaib Mansoor’s 'Bol' and in Jami’’s 'Moor' and 'Downward Dog' .He has also won best cinematographer for the telefilm 'Taweez' at Filums 2016 . Recently, Fazal has shot a feature film 'Ready Steady No!' which released in the mid of 2019.
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Sehyr Mirza, Gender Specialist, Trainer
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Sehyr Mirza is a gender specialist and an independent journalist. Her work has appeared in media outlets such as DAWN, The News International, Viewpoint, The News on Sunday, The Wire, BBC and Outlook India. Sehyr is also the co-founder of Social Awareness Media and Art Junction (SAMAAJ), a development communication organization that works in various traditional and contemporary mediums of arts and communications.
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