Snow Leopard Competition
Hanging by a Wire
Pakistan’s Submission for the 99th Academy Awards®
Followed by Q&A
77 min | Documentary | 2026 | U.S., U.K., Pakistan | English, Urdu, Pashto | English Subs
Synopsis:
A routine school commute turns terrifying when a cable car’s wire snaps, leaving eight passengers — including six schoolboys — dangling 900 feet above a ravine in the remote Himalayan foothills. With no margin for error and a cable that could fail at any moment, an unlikely alliance of rescuers must improvise under intense public scrutiny, racing against an invisible clock before disaster strikes live on television.
Schedule
Nov 17, 2026 @ 03:00 PM
Director
Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Kamila ANDINI born in 1986 and finished her study of Sociology and Media Arts in Deakin University, Melbourne. Her first feature film ‘The Mirror Never Lies’, traveled in more than 40 festivals around the world, including Berlinale and also Best Youth & Children Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Her second feature ‘The Seen and Unseen’ premiered at Toronto IFF 2018 and also got several awards Best Youth Feature Film, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2018, Grand Jury Prize, Tokyo Filmex 2018 and Grand Prix International Jury Prize, Berlinale Generation Kplus 2018, Kamila continues her impressive work with YUNI (2021) and become winner of the Platform Prize competition at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2022, BEFORE, NOW, & THEN had its world premiere at the Berlinale which won the Silver Bear Award for supporting actress in the festival. Her directional for NETFLIX Original Series CIGARETTE GIRL got successful global release. FOUR SEASONS IN JAVA 92026) is her fifth film that premiered in Toronto IFF 2026.
Credits
Director:
Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Producer:
Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Bilal Sami
Cinematography:
Brendan McGinty
Editing:
Will Grayburn
Screenwriters:
Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Bilal Sami
Composer:
Sven Faulconer
