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So the film even though it focuses on Pakistan it also speaks to all these different people. And any person who watches the documentary can find resonance with the victim,&#8221;<\/em><\/span> Sharmeen.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmaker from Karachi who screened<span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong> &#8220;Saving Face&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> that she co-directed with Daniel Junge here late last evening says a network from India has approached her for telecast rights. Sharmeen shot the documentary to highlight the menace of acid violence that has shown to be a major crime against woman in the South Asian region.<\/p>\n<p>Annually, over <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>100 cases<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; majorly women &#8211; are known to be victimised by brutal acid attacks while countless others go unreported, the film shows. With little or no access to reconstructive surgery, survivors are physically and emotionally scarred.<\/p>\n<p>Many reported assailants, often a husband or someone else close to the victim, receive minimal if any punishment from the state. The situation is quite similar in India, say activists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>There are hardly any NGOs or safe houses for acid attack victims in India. For activists or social workers to get the number of cases of acid attack in India is like finding a needle in haystack. One cannot get the data as there is no particular IPC section under which this kind of criminal act fall under,&#8221;<\/em> <\/span>said <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Alok Dixit<\/strong><\/span>, a social activist working with victims of acid attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of increasing incidents of acid attacks, here are some filmmakers who are planning to spread awareness about this through films. 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