Asim Abbasi’s next, Barzakh, starring Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed, makes International Premiere at Series Mania, Lille

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**A Zindagi original, Barzakh is the only selection from South-Asia this year at Series Mania festival in France**

Filmmaker Asim Abbasi’s next, Barzakh, starring Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed and produced by Shailja Kejriwal, had its World Premiere at UGC Ciné Cité, Lille on Saturday 19^th March as part of this year’s Series Mania Festival. In attendance were writer and director, Asim Abbasi; actors, Sanam Saeed and Franco Giusti; producer, Shailja Kejriwal; and production designer, Aarij Hashimi.

Barzakh is the only selection from South Asia at the festival this year. The web series premiered as part of the International Panorama line-up, a 12-title competitive section, and is also nominated in several categories such as Best Series, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor as well as the Student Jury award and the Audience award. Winners will be announced at the festival’s Closing Ceremony on 24^th March.

Held annually in Lille, France, the Series Mania festival, since its inception in 2010, has been instrumental in recognising and curating the best series across the world. The festival brings together the best screenwriters, directors and artistes together under one roof.

A day prior to the premiere, on Friday 17^th March, the Barzakh team walked the Red Carpet at the Series Mania Opening Ceremony, which took place at Nouveau Siecle, Lille. The series poster was also unveiled.

Barzakh, which features a stellar ensemble cast, sees Fawad Khan playing the role of a single parent, charming but ridden with guilt for what he has lost. Sanam plays the central female character who is mysterious as well as compassionate. Shot in picturesque Hunza Valley in Pakistan, Barzakh blends together magical realism and supernatural fantasy within a family reunion setting, and deals with themes of love, loss and reconciliation.

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A wealthy 76-year-old man, running a resort in the quaint and magical Land of Nowhere – known for its mythical history and shamanic roots – invites his children for his “Third and Final Wedding.” But this event will awaken the anger of the locals, and bring back past grievances.

An Indian-Pakistani co-production shot in Karachi and the magnificent Hunza Valley. A blend of realism and fantasy, it is a family saga unfolding like a tale, in which ghosts mingle with the living and a family reunion is marked by the crazy decision of a patriarch who has never come to terms with the loss of his first love.

The series is a family drama centered around an elderly man’s quest for love. It explores intergenerational trauma between fathers and sons. The narrative is framed within a fantastical world of supernatural beings and otherworldly events that reveal the chasms between life, death and rebirth.