Shehr-e-Tabassum
2D Animated Short
2020
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Shehr e Tabassum is a hand painted animated short film about Pakistan, made by a team of 20 passionate and talented Pakistani animators, storytellers, musicians and actors over 1.5 years. Written, drawn, animated, composed and acted, all under one roof, Puffball Studios, Shehr e Tabassum is our attempt at telling an important and truthful story rooted in the Pakistani landscape which, most importantly, is non-exclusive.
2D Animated Short
2020
Shehr e Tabassum is a hand painted animated short film about Pakistan, made by a team of 20 passionate and talented Pakistani animators, storytellers, musicians and actors over 1.5 years. Written, drawn, animated, composed and acted, all under one roof, Puffball Studios, Shehr e Tabassum is our attempt at telling an important and truthful story rooted in the Pakistani landscape which, most importantly, is non-exclusive.
Director Arafat Mazhar
Creative Director Isma Gul Hasan
Lead Animator Haseeb Rehman
Creative Director Isma Gul Hasan
Lead Animator Haseeb Rehman
It is the year 2071. There have been no reported instances of terrorism or violent crime in over 3 decades in Pakistan. The cost - the systematic subjugation of human emotion.
Welcome to Shehr e Tabassum.
Produced by Rasti Farooq and Arafat Mazhar at Puffball Studios