Bani Abidi

Bani ABIDI (1971, Pakistan) is an artist and filmmaker working from Berlin and Karachi. She studied visual art at the National College of Arts in Lahore, and completed her master’s degree at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999. Her work has been shown around the world, including the Berlin Biennale and The Guggenheim in New York.
Filmography
Mangoes (1999, short), …so he starts singing (2000, short), Anthems (2000, short), The News (2001, instal), Shan Pipe Band Learns the Star Spangled Banner (2004, instal), RESERVED (2006, instal), The Distance from Here (2009, short), Death at a 30 Degree Angle (2012, instal), ‘Funland’ (Karachi Series II) (2014, instal), An Unforeseen Situation (2015, instal), Searching for stars amongst all the crescents (2015, short), The Lost Procession (2019, short doc)
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Bani Abidi
Wikipedia, Bani Abidi
Bani Abidi at IFFR
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The Lost Procession
Bani Abidi emphatically presents scenes from the daily lives of the Hazara community in Quetta, Pakistan, alongside narratives of persecution and e