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Finding one’s roots in a distant land, led by dreams. Winner of four awards at Mumbai, Trivandum and Kolkata and screened at festivals across Brive, Brussels, Dharamsala, Hamburg, Herat, Seoul and Thimpu.
Directed by Aditi Chitre | 2010
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Aditi Chitre is an animation filmmaker. Her debut film, The Mall on Top of My House, screened at many festivals and was awarded the Tokyo Broadcasting System-DigiCon6+3 Territorial Award in recognition of effort in animation in India. She freelances as a book designer, teaches and writes on art practices.
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
Editor: Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Sound Mixer: Pritam Das
Animator: Aditi Chitre
Sound Designers: Aditi Chitre, Pritam Das
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: June 2020
Finding one’s roots in a distant land, led by dreams. Winner of four awards at Mumbai, Trivandum and Kolkata and screened at festivals across Brive, Brussels, Dharamsala, Hamburg, Herat, Seoul and Thimpu.
Directed by Aditi Chitre | 2010
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Aditi Chitre is an animation filmmaker. Her debut film, The Mall on Top of My House, screened at many festivals and was awarded the Tokyo Broadcasting System-DigiCon6+3 Territorial Award in recognition of effort in animation in India. She freelances as a book designer, teaches and writes on art practices.
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
Editor: Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Sound Mixer: Pritam Das
Animator: Aditi Chitre
Sound Designers: Aditi Chitre, Pritam Das
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: June 2020
