City of Smiles (2020)
February 29, 2020Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Rasti Farooq
Protagonist / Mother / Additional Voices (voice) / Writer / Producer
Shah Fahad
Imtiaz / Additional Voices (voice)
Sana Jafri
Female Announcer (voice)
Huzaifa Akbar
Muskaan Bot (voice)
Shumyle Haider
Additional Voices (voice) / Graphic Designer / Art Department Assistant
Haseeb Rehman
Additional Voices (voice) / Editor / Lead Animator
Omair Rana
Old Man (voice)
Fatima Anwar
Writer
Shahrukh Aslam
Writer / Sound Mix Technician
Muhammad Rafay
Writer
Ayesha Iftikhar
Writer
Arafat Mazhar
Writer / Producer / Music / Director
Mustafa Kamal
Digital Compositor
Hassaan Mahmood
Digital Compositor
Waleed Zafar
Digital Compositor
Zahra Aamer
Animation
Sanabil Hasan
Animation
Salman Karim
Animation
Aman Asif Lone
Animation Production Assistant
Haaris Mansoor
Animation
Syed Falak
Location Manager
Abeer Sheikh
Sound Mix Technician
Iqra Fazli
Art Department Assistant
Lalain Iqbal
Art Department Assistant
Itrat Jabeen
Art Department Assistant
Moosa Saeed
Art Department Assistant
Hira Shukhaib
Art Department Assistant
Tehreem Zafar
Art Department Assistant
Isma Gul Hasan
Creative Director
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Release DateFebruary 29, 2020
Original NameShehr e Tabassum
StatusReleased
Running Time9m
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Shehr e Tabassum (Urdu: شہر تبسم), officially translated as City of Smiles, is a 2020 Pakistani Urdu-language animated short film directed by Arafat Mazhar and produced by Puffball Studios. It features an animated depiction of Pakistan set in a dystopian future of 2071, where crime and violent disagreements have been minimized by using technology to force everyone to constantly smile and not show negative emotions under threat of death.
The first trailer for Shehr e Tabassum was released in February 2019, and the final version was uploaded to YouTube on February 29, 2020. The film's creators have noted that other works—including science fiction films like Blade Runner and Akira, and such novels as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four—were the primary inspirations for the setting in the film.