A still from My Name is Salt
My Name is Salt, directed by Farida Pacha, won the Firebird award in Documentary competition at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival that concludes today.
A Jury consisting of Japanese documentary filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro; Lee Daw-Ming, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Filmmaking, Taipei National University of the Arts; and Hong Kong based filmmaker Angie Chen awarded the Firebird award of Usd 3,000.
My Name is Salt had also won the First Appearance award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2013. The India/Switzerland co-production revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
The other Indian films that screened...
My Name is Salt, directed by Farida Pacha, won the Firebird award in Documentary competition at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival that concludes today.
A Jury consisting of Japanese documentary filmmaker Soda Kazuhiro; Lee Daw-Ming, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Filmmaking, Taipei National University of the Arts; and Hong Kong based filmmaker Angie Chen awarded the Firebird award of Usd 3,000.
My Name is Salt had also won the First Appearance award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2013. The India/Switzerland co-production revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
The other Indian films that screened...
- 4/7/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Siddharth at Hkiff
The 38th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will screen four Indian films- Monsoon Shootout, Siddharth, My Name is Salt and His New Hands. The festival is scheduled to take place from 27 March- 4 April, 2014.
Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout has traveled to several film festivals following its world premiere at Cannes last year. The film is an existential thriller. Guru, a rookie cop, has Shiva, a suspected gangster, in his line of fire. Guru has a moment of reckoning. Should he shoot a man whose guilt he is uncertain of? The film presents three scenarios, all departing from the decision that Guru makes.
Richie Mehta’s Indo-Canadian feature Siddharth is about Mahendra, a south Delhi street vendor barely eking out a living repairing zippers who finds himself stuck in a nightmare when his 12-year-old son goes missing. He embarks on a trek to find his son,...
The 38th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will screen four Indian films- Monsoon Shootout, Siddharth, My Name is Salt and His New Hands. The festival is scheduled to take place from 27 March- 4 April, 2014.
Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout has traveled to several film festivals following its world premiere at Cannes last year. The film is an existential thriller. Guru, a rookie cop, has Shiva, a suspected gangster, in his line of fire. Guru has a moment of reckoning. Should he shoot a man whose guilt he is uncertain of? The film presents three scenarios, all departing from the decision that Guru makes.
Richie Mehta’s Indo-Canadian feature Siddharth is about Mahendra, a south Delhi street vendor barely eking out a living repairing zippers who finds himself stuck in a nightmare when his 12-year-old son goes missing. He embarks on a trek to find his son,...
- 3/1/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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