Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy , the two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker, has come aboard as executive producer on Afia Nathaniel’s short film “Don’t Be Late, Myra,” boosting the project’s profile as it campaigns for the 98th Academy Awards.

The short, which secured Oscar qualification after a strong festival circuit run, reunites Nathaniel with Pakistani storytelling a decade after her feature debut “Dukhtar” premiered at Toronto in 2014.

Nathaniel’s latest work centers on young Myra (Innayah Umer), a 10-year-old navigating Lahore’s streets alone after missing her ride to school. The film tracks her increasingly dangerous walk home, capturing the threats children face in public spaces. Drawing from her own experiences as a survivor, Nathaniel tackles the often-unspoken issue of child harassment he

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