British-Pakistani director Sarmad Masud’s debut film My Pure Land has been announced as Britain’s selection for submission for an Academy Award in the category of Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, marking the first time an Urdu-language film has been Britain’s selection for the award.
My Pure Land tells the true story of a mother and her two daughters who survived a siege on their home by relatives in rural Pakistan, culminating in them having to defend their land from a militia of 200 bandits.
Check out the trailer for My Pure Land here…
My Pure Land is set for release in the UK on Friday, September 15th.
Originally published September 14, 2017. Updated April 17, 2018.
