Saving Face

Daniel Junge is an Oscar-winning (2-time nominated) and Emmy-winning (6-time nominated) documentary filmmaker.

Junge’s films include Oscar-winner SAVING FACE, Sundance-premiere BEING EVEL, Toronto-premiere IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA, Netflix-broadcast FIGHT CHURCH, Tribeca-premiere A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY, Tribeca-winner CHIEFS, Oscar-nominee THE LAST CAMPAIGN OF GOVERNOR BOOTH GARDNER and Oscar-short-listed THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY.  Junge also served as showrunner and director on the AMC series SECRET HISTORY OF COMICS, and, most recently, the Emmy-nominated CHALLENGER: THE FINAL FLIGHT, for Netflix. His latest film, I WAS BORN THIS WAY, co-directed with Sam Pollard, is currently being completed.

Junge has taught documentary filmmaking at USC, UCLA, Loyola Marymount, among other institutions. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a Karachi-based journalist and filmmaker whose reports led to legislative changes in Pakistan.

Her documentaries, which have won two Oscars, tackle abuse of women and children. Her “Frontline” documentary, “Children of the Taliban,” told of Pakistani boys who were groomed in Taliban-run schools to carry out attacks against civilians.

“Saving Face” focused on acid attacks on women. The film prompted Pakistan's most populous province to process these cases through anti-terrorism courts to ensure speedier justice.

"A Girl in the River" explored an attempted “honor killing” of a young woman who married a man her family had not chosen. The film drew attention to a loophole which allowed these murders to go unpunished. Pakistan’s parliament then passed a law criminalizing honor killings.

Obaid-Chinoy also helped found the Citizens Archive of Pakistan, a nonprofit, volunteer organization that fosters and promotes community-wide interest in the culture and history of Pakistan. Citizens Archive works with thousands of children, teaching critical thinking skills and instilling a sense of pride about their history and identity.