SOC Films revealed a new documentary titled Across Every Doorway on 24 October to commemorate World Polio Day. The production follows four women dedicated to eradicating polio in Karachi, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, and Islamabad.
Fouzia Ahmed serves as an area supervisor for the World Health Organisation's Polio Programme in Karachi. In Rawalpindi, Dr Shumaila Akbar works as an area coordinator, while Laiba Ijaz operates as a community health worker in Peshawar.
Dr Riqba Akhtar contributes to the effort as a virology and immunology laboratory scientist based in Islamabad. Across Every Doorway is set for release in November 2026.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who won two Academy Awards and seven Emmy Awards, stated, "Behind every door is a family, a conversation, and a child whose future deserves to be protected." Obaid-Chinoy became the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award and the first female film director to secure two such awards by the age of 37.
The Government of Pakistan awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz to the filmmaker in 2012.
