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The story of Achoubi and her love for the threatened Manipuri ponies. Selected at festivals in Ithaca, Kathmandu, Thrissur and Trivandrum.
Directed by Meena Lonjam | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Meena Longjam is an award winning independent filmmaker and the first woman filmmaker from Manipur to bag the National Award for her documentary Autodriver, based on the life of a woman driver in conflict-ridden Imphal. In 2015, she launched Airameen Media to produce films related to women’s lives and publish books related to media and the arts. Meena is a single parent of two doting kids.
Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Mehrotra).
PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, civilsocietyonline.com/cinema/psbt-story-630-films-230-awards-400-filmmakers/, psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/OnGlobalScreens-Article.pdf, thehindu.com/features/cinema/in-the-channels-of-trust/article3942019.ece, psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PSBT-Real-Films-on-Real-India.jpg)
PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.
Credits
Script Writers: Oinam Doren, Meena Longjam
Cinematographer: Oinam Doren
Sound Recordists: Meena Longjam, Sunny Sarungbam, Biju Raju, Soibam Pibaren Meitei
Sound Designer: Sunil Loitongbam
Editor: Chaoba Thiyam
Music Composer: Heisnam Tomba
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
psbt.org/; ddindia.gov.in
For festival and screening queries, please write to us at distribution@psbt.org
Last updated: August 2020
The story of Achoubi and her love for the threatened Manipuri ponies. Selected at festivals in Ithaca, Kathmandu, Thrissur and Trivandrum.
Directed by Meena Lonjam | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Meena Longjam is an award winning independent filmmaker and the first woman filmmaker from Manipur to bag the National Award for her documentary Autodriver, based on the life of a woman driver in conflict-ridden Imphal. In 2015, she launched Airameen Media to produce films related to women’s lives and publish books related to media and the arts. Meena is a single parent of two doting kids.
Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Mehrotra).
PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, civilsocietyonline.com/cinema/psbt-story-630-films-230-awards-400-filmmakers/, psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/OnGlobalScreens-Article.pdf, thehindu.com/features/cinema/in-the-channels-of-trust/article3942019.ece, psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PSBT-Real-Films-on-Real-India.jpg)
PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.
Credits
Script Writers: Oinam Doren, Meena Longjam
Cinematographer: Oinam Doren
Sound Recordists: Meena Longjam, Sunny Sarungbam, Biju Raju, Soibam Pibaren Meitei
Sound Designer: Sunil Loitongbam
Editor: Chaoba Thiyam
Music Composer: Heisnam Tomba
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
psbt.org/; ddindia.gov.in
For festival and screening queries, please write to us at distribution@psbt.org
Last updated: August 2020
