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A look at contemporary Indian crafts, plagued by extreme vulnerability, and the fashion industry striving to create a space for itself. Award winner at Delhi and screened at Ithaca and Jaipur.
Directed by Soniya Kirpalani | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Winner of several prestigious international awards, Soniya Kirpalani has earned accolades as one of the top 25 Asian Achievers from Dubai for her exemplary work across all media platforms. In 2009, she launched Sprocket Science Films to syncopate the visual sensitivities of Asia, Arabia and Africa, working committedly using media to raise awareness on challenging issues and affect change. From her first film Dobuy on, her films have earned her over 43 nominations and over 19 international awards, including National Awards in UAE and India, MipDoc CoFund Award, IDFA-Bertha Investigative Journalism Award.
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
Co-Directors, Cinematographers: Aditi Sharma, Saurabh Vishwakarma
Editor: Yasha Ramchandani
Post Producer: Kiran Channar
Orignal Score: Mango Jam
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
A look at contemporary Indian crafts, plagued by extreme vulnerability, and the fashion industry striving to create a space for itself. Award winner at Delhi and screened at Ithaca and Jaipur.
Directed by Soniya Kirpalani | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Winner of several prestigious international awards, Soniya Kirpalani has earned accolades as one of the top 25 Asian Achievers from Dubai for her exemplary work across all media platforms. In 2009, she launched Sprocket Science Films to syncopate the visual sensitivities of Asia, Arabia and Africa, working committedly using media to raise awareness on challenging issues and affect change. From her first film Dobuy on, her films have earned her over 43 nominations and over 19 international awards, including National Awards in UAE and India, MipDoc CoFund Award, IDFA-Bertha Investigative Journalism Award.
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
Co-Directors, Cinematographers: Aditi Sharma, Saurabh Vishwakarma
Editor: Yasha Ramchandani
Post Producer: Kiran Channar
Orignal Score: Mango Jam
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
