Jawad Sharif

Jawad Sharif is a Pakistani filmmaker, producer, and activist, who directed the documentary film Indus Blues (2018).

[2] At the 11th Jaipur International Film Festival, it was declared the Best Documentary Feature and also bagged the award for Best Cinematography.

Natari was part of the official selection of the Climate Crisis Film Festival 2021, which was held in line with the COP26 in Glasgow, UK.

In February 2024 he also attended the annual National Geographic Storytellers Summit which was held in Los Angeles, California.

It is a feature documentary film that captures the plight of folk artists and their struggles to keep the fading art forms and the dying indigenous musical instruments alive.

Indus Blues won several national and international awards and has brought the artists and their instruments into the mainstream through its screenings around the world.

He has directed and produced the documentary film Natari (2021) which revolves around the issue of climate migration in the shrinking Kharo Chan Island in the Indus Delta.

[17] Bhashaili (2023), a film by Jawad Sharif, was screened in May 2023 at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS).