{"id":8119,"date":"2023-04-04T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp26.cmswebdeveloper.com\/asian-news\/in-video-asim-abbasis-barzakh-at-series-mania\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T12:08:00","slug":"in-video-asim-abbasis-barzakh-at-series-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp26.cmswebdeveloper.com\/asian-news\/in-video-asim-abbasis-barzakh-at-series-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"In Video: Asim Abbasi\u2019s &#8216;Barzakh&#8217; At Series Mania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filmmaker&nbsp;Asim Abbasi\u2019s <strong><em>Barzakh,<\/em><\/strong> starring&nbsp;Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed and produced by Shailja Kejriwal, had its <strong>World Premiere <\/strong>at <strong>UGC Cin\u00e9 Cit\u00e9<\/strong>, <strong>Lille <\/strong>on <strong>Saturday 19<sup>th<\/sup> March <\/strong>as part of this year\u2019s <strong>Series Mania Festival.<\/strong> In attendance were writer and director, <strong>Asim Abbasi;<\/strong> actors, <strong>Sanam Saeed<\/strong> and <strong>Franco Giusti;<\/strong> producer, <strong>Shailja Kejriwal;<\/strong> and production designer, <strong>Aarij Hashimi.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Barzakh<\/em> was the only selection from South Asia at the festival this year. The web series premiered as part of the International Panorama line-up. A day prior to the premiere, the <em>Barzakh <\/em>team walked the Red Carpet at the Series Mania Opening Ceremony, which took place at Nouveau Siecle, Lille. The series poster was also unveiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held annually in Lille, France, the Series Mania festival, since its inception in 2010, has been instrumental in&nbsp;recognising&nbsp;and curating the best series across the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filmmaker&nbsp;Asim Abbasi\u2019s Barzakh, starring&nbsp;Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed and produced by Shailja Kejriwal, had its World Premiere at UGC Cin\u00e9 Cit\u00e9, Lille on Saturday 19th March as part of this year\u2019s Series Mania Festival. 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