result) 2010 NYFA Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award 2006 Milos Forman Finishing Fund 2006 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Grant 2005 IFP Market Screenplay Award 2005 Ezra Litwak Award for Distinction in Screenwriting at the Columbia University Film School Student Film Festival 2005 HBO Development Award 2005 Finalist, Tribeca Connect, New York 2003 Nadah, Nominee Golden Reel Award, VC Filmfest Academic Awards/Fellowships/Grants 2004-6 World Studio Foundation Fellow 2003-4 AAUW International Fellow 2003-4 MMMF (James Wolfensohn) Fellow, World Bank 2003-4 WIL Fellow, International House, New York 2001-3 Dean's Fellow, School of Arts, Columbia University, New York 1994 Mangat Rai Gold Medal, Kinnaird College, Lahore, Pakistan Film festivals Nadah (Short Film) – Director, Producer, Editor International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2003 (World Premiere) Reel-World Film Festival, Toronto, 2003 (Canadian Premiere) Clermont-Ferrand Film Market 2003 19th VC FilmFest, Los Angeles, 2003 (Nominee Golden Reel Award) 9th International Film Festival Dortmund, Germany 2003 Anthology Film Archive, New York, 2003 Commonwealth International Film Festival 2003 (UK Premiere) 1st Asian Pacific Short-Film Festival 2003 Barcelona (Spain Premiere) 9th Asian Film Festival, 2003, Lyon (French Premiere) 3rd KaraFilmFestival, 2003, Karachi, Pakistan (Pakistan Premiere) Cinemasia, 2004, Netherlands Mateela Film Festival, 2004, Lahore, Pakistan (Lahore Premiere) Toba Tek Singh (Short Film) – Writer, director, producer, editor, Executive Producer New York Asian American International film festival 2005 (World Premiere) VC FilmFest 2006, Los Angeles, US (American Premiere) Long After... (Muntazir) (Short Film) – Writer, director, producer, editor, Executive Producer Montreal World Cinema Film Festival 2007 ReelWorld Film Festival, Toronto, 2008 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market 2008 Asian American International Film Festival, New York, 2008 New Jersey International Film Festival 2008 Butterfly (Short Film) – Writer Asia-Expo film festival, Lyon France (Winner Audience Choice Award) Napa Valley Wine Country Film Fest (Winner Best International Short Film) Black Maria Film Festival 2003 (Winner Honourable Mention) Ivy Film Festival 2003 (Winner best graduate student film) 19th VC Film Fest, LA, 2003 (Nominee Golden Reel Award) San Francisco International Film Festival 2003 Mumbai International Film Festival, 2003 Palm Springs Short Film Festival, 2003 Hawaii International Film Festival, 2003 Greenwich Film Festival, 2003 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2003 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, 2003 Vancouver Asian Film Festival, 2003 Cinema Paradiso Film Festival, 2003 ACV New York Asian American Film Festival, 2003 San Diego Asian Film Festival, 2003 DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, 2003 Dallas Asian American Film Festival, 2003 Awards & nominations References