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Malala Yousafzai, youngest ever Nobel laureate, said that the entire nation was proud of Sharmeen Obaid and grateful to her for raising voice for women rights. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness, based on honour killings, won the Best Short Documentary Oscar
Malala said 'I am stronger than fear' and for #Neerja 'fear gave her courage! Thank you #MalalaYousafzai for attending a private screening of #Neerja in London. I'm so glad you liked the film," Sonam Kapoor wrote on Instagram
Amy beat Cartel Land, He Named Me Malala, Listen to Me Marlon and Sherpa to win the honour. Amy is a documentary on late British singer Amy Winehouse. "We really fell in love with her when making the film and our aim and mission was really to try and tell the truth about her," said the director
The documentary has been nominated for an award alongside filmmaker Asif Kapadia's Amy, Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land, Marlon Stevan Riley's Listen to Me and Jennifer Peedom's Sherpa, read a statement on the official site of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)