No One Believes the Professor

Original Language:
ENGLISH, PUNJABI

Direction:
Farjad Nabi

1999. 25min.
Punjab/Pakistan .

AWARD : First Prize

For finding a metaphor in the person of the Professor that was both eccentrically imagined and real; For showing the life of a deeply individualistic man refusing the collectivity of his changing society; for a dramatic and poignant treatment of the real, unreal and surreal in a style.

No One Believes the Professor introduces Orpheus Augustus Marcks, a.k.a. Professor sahib: a poet, actor, philosopher, athlete, hopeful Oscar, Olympics and Nobel Prize winner who walks the line between genius and divine madness, drawing both jeers and admiration from his audience. The Professor is a man who lives in two worlds, bringing reassurance to those who surround him. A fantastic voyage with a man whose self-belief shocks even the most stubborn optimist, the film is a celebration of hope.

About the Director ...

Farjad Nabi is an independent filmmaker from Lahore. His first film, an experimental docudreama about the late mystic singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan entitled Nusrat Has Left the Building... But When?, premiered at the first Film South Asia '97 and won the Second Prize for Best Documentary. This is his second film.

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