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title: "Pakistani short film qualifies for upcoming Oscars longlist"
description: "Most outlets reported that Kamran Faiq’s short film *The Last Glance* qualified for an upcoming Academy Awards longlist after winning an international film festival award. The Daily Times emphasized the 2027 Oscar eligibility and the Jury Award for Best Short, while ProPakistani mentioned the 2028 eligibility, reflecting a slight difference in the year cited. Both versions of the Daily Times headline and excerpt provided more specific details about the award and filmmaker."
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# Pakistani short film qualifies for upcoming Oscars longlist

entertainment · updated 24 Oct 2026, 4:42 PM PKT · 23–24 Oct 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets highlighted that Kamran Faiq’s short film *The Last Glance* qualified for the Academy Awards longlist after winning an international film festival award. The Daily Times named the specific award — the Jury Award for Best Short — while ProPakistani mentioned the qualification but did not specify the award. There was a minor discrepancy in the year cited, with Daily Times referring to 2027 and ProPakistani to 2028.

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### 24 Oct 2026 — Pakistani short film ‘The Last Glance’ qualifies for Oscars longlist (1 outlet)

- **24 News HD** — [Pakistani short film ‘The Last Glance’ qualifies for Oscars longlist](https://www.24newshd.tv/24-Oct-2026/pakistani-short-film-last-glance-qualifies-oscars-longlist) · 24 Oct 2026, 4:42 PM PKT
  > Pakistani filmmaker Kamran Faiq has achieved an international milestone as his short film The Last Glance qualifies for the 2028 Academy Awards longlist after winning the Jury Award for Best Short at the 21st Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle, USA.

### 23 Oct 2026 — Pakistani short film qualifies for upcoming Oscars longlist (2 outlets)

> Most outlets reported that Kamran Faiq’s short film *The Last Glance* qualified for an upcoming Academy Awards longlist after winning an international film festival award. The Daily Times emphasized the 2027 Oscar eligibility and the Jury Award for Best Short, while ProPakistani mentioned the 2028 eligibility, reflecting a slight difference in the year cited. Both versions of the Daily Times headline and excerpt provided more specific details about the award and filmmaker.

- **ProPakistani** — [Pakistani Short Film Qualifies for Oscars After Major International Win](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/23/pakistani-short-film-qualifies-for-oscars-after-major-international-win/) · 23 Oct 2026, 7:26 PM PKT
  > Pakistani filmmaker Kamran Faiq’s short film The Last Glance has qualified for the 2028 Academy Awards longlist after winning the… Read More
- **Daily Times** — [Pakistani short film qualifies for 2027 Oscars longlist](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1571225/pakistani-short-film-qualifies-for-2027-oscars-longlist/) · 23 Oct 2026, 5:49 PM PKT · 93% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Pakistani short film The Last Glance has qualified for the 2027 Academy Awards longlist after winning an international film festival award. Filmmaker Kamran Faiq’s project received the Jury Award for Best Short at the 21st Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle. The festival ran from October 13 to 18. Faiq told that his film was the […]

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4 articles from 3 outlets, 23–24 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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