Anima State

Anima State (2013)

Pakistan - present day, a Stranger in a bandaged mask embarks upon a random killing spree with a gun. After shooting eight people dead, he realizes that nobody seems to care about what he is doing. So he gets onto a TV show with a plan to kill himself live on air. A Filmmaker emerges from this dream, with no mask, gun or dead people. Just a camera in his hand. Then his real troubles begin. Persecuted, paranoid and on the run, the filmmaker becomes confused whether he is still trapped in his dream, or whether Pakistan itself might have lost grip on reality.

Date of release
2013-12-05
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Hammad Khan

Casting

Interesting facts

Anima State is a Pakistani satirical thriller film directed by Hammed Khan and produced by Atif Ghani in 2013. It is one of the emerging groundbreaking works being created by the reborn Pakistani film industry It has been banned by the government and hence did not play in any major cinemas in the country. It contains themes of an irresponsible media, apathetic youths, political stagnation and class struggle. It has played in various film festivals and shows a very different side of Pakistan.

Production

The film cost approximately 100,000 dollars to make and was shot entirely in Pakistan. The head of the production management team was Aisha Linnea Akhtar. The entire film was shot in Islamabad using various famous landmarks and popular locations to make the movie feel as personal as possible. Some of the popular locations were The Lime Tree Cafe, Kuch Khaas, Ali Medical Centre, Moti Mahal Cinema, The Hot Spot Cafe, Aghan TV Studios and USEFP.

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