About the film

Natari (“anchor” in Sindhi) tells a story of survival and displacement in the endangered Indus Delta. On the sinking island of Kharo Chan, Ayoub Sehto, a fisherman, artist, and activist, and his family grapple with a vanishing way of life. With freshwater gone, fish stocks depleted by illegal bullho nets, and river flows choked by upstream damming, the community faces an impossible choice: remain anchored to their home or leave in search of survival.

Haroon Riaz

Haroon is a creative director and independent filmmaker based in Islamabad, Pakistan. His work balances aesthetic imagery with narrative resonance, ranging from the sensory ethnography of The Kalasha Tapestry and the glaciers in the Karakoram region to climate migration in the Indus Delta. Haroon is known for his award-winning feature directorial debut “Natari (2021),” which won the Best Picture Immigration Category Award at the Tulum World Environment Film Festival. Haroon has also written multi-award winning “Indus Blues (2018),” directed and produced by collaborating filmmaker Jawad Sharif. Haroon focuses on subjects like climate justice and anthropological exploration for reclaiming the narrative of the Global South through a sophisticated, modern lens.