Oscars: Pakistan Picks ‘Hanging by a Wire’ for Best International Feature Film Race
Pakistan has selected the documentary 'Hanging by a Wire' as its official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2027 Oscars. The film chronicles a dramatic 2023 cable car rescue mission in northern Pakistan.
Why it matters
This marks a milestone for Pakistani cinema as the first documentary selected by the country to compete for an Academy Award.
Oscars: Pakistan Picks ‘Hanging by a Wire’ for Best International Feature Film Race Mohammed Ali Naqvi's Hanging by a Wire has been chosen as Pakistan's entry for best international feature film at the 2027 Oscars.
The documentary, the first selected by Pakistan to contend at the Oscars, revisits a dramatic August 2023 cable car emergency in Battagram in northern Pakistan. The film, which bowed at Sundance and is written and produced by Naqvi and Bilal Sami, captures in jaw-dropping detail how six schoolboys on their way to school were left suspended roughly 900 feet above a ravine after a cable snapped.
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