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| Vanishing Wetlands |
| Film review: International Nature and Environment Film Review |
| Section: Short film category |
| Year of production: 2021 |
| Country of origin: Pakisztán |
| Country(ies) of filming: Pakistan |
| Duration: 28:45 perc |
| Language: Urdu |
| Director: Abdullah Khan |
| Producer: Andrew Tkach |
| Distributor: |
| English synopsis: The film profiles the stunning wetlands of the Indus River, both intact and desiccated, which support world class bird flyways, and rare crocodiles and deer species . Also covered are the ancient and threatened fishing communities on Lake Manchar and farmers dependent on the river, which itself gets 80% of its water from melting glaciers and snow. |
| English biography: Abdullah is a Producer & Director of factual documentaries. His journey to visual story telling started as a part time wildlife photographer. After graduation the part time photography turned into a career and since then he has worked as Science Communicator with Pakistan Wildlife Foundation, as Cameraman with Walkabout films and Director of Photography at ABD Media. |