SAN FRANCISCO, CA and CANNES, FRANCE -- 10/07/08 --
Precept Productions'
Shoieb
Yunus, Managing Director and Filmmaker, and Jawad Qureshi, Executive
Producer, of their newest film, "Streets of Karachi," will attend
MIPCOM in Cannes, France next
week to promote their film. To set a meeting with them, please email
bizdev@preceptglobalaccess.com.
"Our film, 'Street of Karachi' is ready for worldwide distribution, and we
are meeting with distribution companies and DVD producers from all over the
world at MIPCOM," remarked Shoieb Yunus.
Precept Executive Producer, Jawad Qureshi, added, "The connections we make
at this show will help us promote and target our future film, TV and
entertainment projects."
MIPCOM is the global content
event for creating, co-producing, buying, selling, financing and
distributing entertainment content across all platforms. It provides key
decision-makers in the TV, film, digital and audiovisual content,
production and distribution industry with the only market conference and
networking forum to discover future trends and trade content rights on a
global level. The event MIPCOM is being held October 13-17, 2008, at the
Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.
About the "Streets of Karachi" Film
The concept and storyline were developed by Mr. Yunus, and the screenplay
was written by Shoieb Yunus, M. Dilawar Khan and Abdul Salam Naz. Jawad
Qureshi is the executive producer.
The male lead is played by Adil Murad, the female lead is played by actress
and model Nadia Hussain and the lead character is played by veteran actor
Munnawar Saeed. The film was shot in Precept's studio and on location in
Karachi. To see some pre-production photos and production photos, please
visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/28311367@N03/.
"Streets of Karachi" is a drama about a man, who has achieved success in
the United States, but realizes that his success and the possession of
material things are not making him happy. He visits his ancestral hometown
of Karachi, explores the city, sees immense contrast on the streets, and
realizes Karachi is a vibrant city as well as the backbone of his country,
where people from all over Pakistan come to fulfill their dreams. And, then
events take a turn.
The film premiere was held this summer in the USA in Palo Alto, California.
About Mr. Yunus
Mr. Yunus' career has taken him from Silicon Valley technologist to film
producer. He is now starting work on his next films for worldwide
audiences: an English feature film, "Two Mothers," a special interest film,
"Cemetery of the Lost Tribe," and a thriller to be shot in Thailand with
the working title "Seventh Sky."
A LinkedIn profile for Mr. Yunus is at
http://www.linkedin.com/in/shoiebyunus. To date, he has produced 100 hours
of entertainment programming for television, and has been the CEO and
Managing Director of Precept since its inception in 2005.
About Precept Productions
Precept Productions
focuses on producing high quality entertainment content for television and
film for the Southeast Asian Market. Precept is working with independent
producers and directors who have the vision and talent to bring filmmaking
techniques to the television format.
Precept Global Access North American headquarters are located at 1313 North
Milpitas Blvd., Suite 145B, Milpitas, CA 95035, USA. For more information,
please visit www.preceptglobalaccess.com, or Email
bizdev@preceptglobalaccess.com
Precept Global Access (Pvt) Limited headquarters are located at D-95/1,
Block 5, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan.
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