Documentary by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge.
Saving Face is a 2012 film about women in Pakistan being grotesquely and permanently disfigured by acid attacks. In some cases, the women claim to be victims for not accepting the man's advances. The film won an Emmy Award and the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, making its director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistan's first Oscar winner. The film was inspired from the life of acid victim Fakhra Younus, who committed suicide in 2012. A Paki doctor travels to his homeland to fix their unsightly faces. Acid attacks are also on the rise in the UK, France, Sweden, and Germany.
