Areeba Naveed

Areeba Naveed is a writer and director based in Lahore. She graduated from National College of Arts with a distinction in 2019. In the course of four years she has written and directed two short films and a music video, while working on more than 6 short films in different capacities. Upon graduation, she made her third short film ‘A Coup’ which was selected at various international film festivals. The following year she co-directed a documentary for BBC on the 1983 WAF protest in Lahore. She has also worked as an assistant director in various short films, music videos and commercials. Currently she’s working on a web series which is in post-production.

6:15 - 6:45 PM WOW Films and Q & A

Friday 5th March

A Coup

When a young girl comes out to her biased psychiatrist in 1983, he calls her parents for an intervention to cure her.