Beenish Sarfaraz is a multimedia artist from Karachi, Pakistan. She works at the intersection of socially-engaged art, cultural and heritage stories, music and well-being. Currently, she is a faculty member at the Film & Design Department at Visual Studies, Karachi University. She also has experience working with Coke Studio (2018), Geo TV Network, Centre of Arts-based Methodologies and Wellbeing, British Council, State Bank Museum Pakistan and Manchester Museum. She is currently working on her craft as a writer/filmmaker to create moving stories.
Films shown in Divvy Film Festival 2023
Sinf-e-Taal, 2022, Amna Maqbool Hussain & Beenish Sarfaraz
Xhighini is an endangered folk instrument of Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan. Young Asiya is one of the few players of Xhighini. She hopes to preserve and protect the intangible heritage of her land in a community supportive of women for generations to come.