EE British Academy Film Awards(BAFTA) has nominated He Named Me Malala, a documentary on Malala Yousafzai(18) in the upcoming awards Documentary category for 2016.
About Film: It is an intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai who is the passionate Pakistani advocate of girls’ education who who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Swat Valley in 2012 and shows how Malala, her father Ziauddin, and her family are committed to fighting for education for all girls worldwide.
Directed by: American filmmaker Davis Guggenheim
Other nominations by BAFTAs: Amy, Cartel Land, Listen to Me and Sherpa.
About Malala: Born in Mingora,Pakistan, Residence: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Malala Day: 12 July 2013
Awards
- Nobel Peace Prize(2014)
- Sakharov Prize(2013)
- Simone de Beauvoir Prize(2013)
- Honorary Canadian citizenship(2014)
- National Youth Peace Prize(2011)
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