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A Day at the School / 2006

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Jasmine Kaur and Avinash Roy
Film & Television Institute of India
IN INDIA
Synopsis: State of Madhya Pradesh, India 2006. Aziz has never been to school, Ranjeet has no hopes of clearing his exams this year while Nida wants to study and become a teacher. Through these and other stories, the film tries to explore the opportunities and the environment that is being provided to the children today. How well equipped are these children to realise their own true potential and how well prepared are they to face the challenges of tomorrow?

Adil / 2009

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Sakshi Gulati
Alliance of Civilizations / PLURAL +
IN INDIA
Synopsis: A group of young people interview another young person about a range of socio political issues regarding growing up in an area with a history of violent conflict.

Aftershocks :The Rough Guide to Democracy / 2002

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Rakesh Sharma
Rakesh Sharma
IN INDIA
Synopsis: Afterschocks :The Rough Guide to Democracy is about the transformation of the welfare state into an instrument of Corporate governance. It examines the aquisition and displacement of two quake-effected villages for lignite mining and power generation. It probes microcosm in the nature of study " from below" of globalization.

ALL THE WORLD’S STAGE / 2008

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ALL THE WORLD’S STAGE
The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
IN INDIA
Synopsis: They left in dhows and returned on a plane. But the journey back, took over 700 years. Along the way; they lost their language and the knowledge of their native land, but retained their music and their dance – the most telling clue to their history. A film on the Sufi Sidis of Gujarat.

APNA ALOO BAZAAR BECHA / 2008

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PANKAJ H. GUPTA
The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
IN INDIA
Synopsis: What happens when remote, isolated mountain communities come face to face with globalization? Jardhar gaon, a village in the Hemval valley of Garhwal, led an isolated, egalitarian existence until a series of events forced it, into joining the market economy. This short documentary, based entirely on local perspectives, reflects on the process of change – what triggers the shift to modernisation and what impact it has on the personal, social and environmental spaces. Golden Deer Award, 1st Prize in Short Length Film, 8th Ecofilms Festival, Rodos, Greece

A Silent Killer / 2003

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Dhananjoy Mandal
Dhananjoy Mandal
IN INDIA
Synopsis: Arsenic poison in drinking water drawn through the pipelines into the block houses in West Bengal is one of the most toll taking menaces in this society, for people are exposed to this peril inadvertently. Although some measures have been taken to mitigate the problem, the actions taken are insufficient. Despite of acknowledging the imminent danger of exposure to arsenic, people continue consuming arsenic contaminated water – but for how long?

AUTUMN IN THE HIMALAYAS / 2008

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MALGORZATA SKIBA
The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
IN INDIA
Synopsis: The film brings to light the story of a group of elderly Buddhist nuns from Ladakh, who represent the last generation of unordained and uneducated women in robes. They have led quiet lives in isolated high mountains working as domestic helps and road construction labourers. Neglected by religious and social systems for centuries, the new Nyerma nunnery is their last call for dignity, enhancement and purification of their religious status.

Becoming Salma / 2006

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Anjali Monteiro & K.P. Jayasankar
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
IN INDIA
Synopsis: Becoming Salma explores the life and work of Rokaiyya Malik (pen name Salma) who negotiates subversive expression within the tightly circumscribed space alloted to a woman in the small town of Thuvarankurichi in Tamil Nadu. She is able to defy and transcend family proscriptions on writing to become a significant poetic voice questioning patriarchal mores in a powerful yet gentle way. Her empowerment is enhanced as she stands for elections and becomes the Panchayat (local council) President.

But It Never Rained / 2002

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Ningthouja Lancha
Ningthouja Lancha
IN INDIA
Synopsis: The film attempts to explore the inner world of the protagonists, a group of people which is not favoured by history, setting the Naga and Kuki ethnic conflict of 1990's as the backdrop. The epistemology and sentimentality that envisions the subject, space and objects in this film are all shaped by the repercussion of this reality. The story tries to sketch the rythm and life pattern of a Kuki community that survives by felling bamboos in a period when history becomes ruthless.

Children of Tsunami -The Journey Continues / 2005

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Satya Sivaramam-Joe Yaggi-Suren de Silva-Pipope Panitchpakdi
TVE Asia Pacific
IN INDIA
Synopsis: As they cope with the many challenges of rebuilding their shattered lives and livelihoods, the Children of Tsunami tell us the personal stories of anguish and survival, courage and resilience. These testimonies are a mirror that reflects the long and arduous journey for millions of Asians affected by one of the worst natural disasters of all time. TVE ASia Pacific commissioned locally based film makers in each country to keep revisiting these families every month in 2005.