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ONCE UPON A VILLAGE
EK THA GAON
SRISHTI LAKHERA
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ONCE UPON A VILLAGE
EK THA GAON
SRISHTI LAKHERA
Country
INDIA
language
GARHWALI, HINDI
2021 year
61 Minutes

SCHEDULE

03.03.2024 / 10:15 AM/ Audi 6 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

In the Himalayan foothills, an 80-year-old woman and a 19-year-old girl are two of the seven remaining inhabitants of an abandoned village. The two women struggle with the choice to leave for alienating city life or continue living in a lonely village.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Srishti Lakhera, Bhamati Sivapalan
Screenplay: NA
Director of Photography: Amith Surendran, Kai Tillman
Editor: Bhamati Sivapalan
Music: Jerald Sagar
Sound: Nithin Lukose
Cast: Leela Devi & Golu
Awards - Winner: 69th National Awards (Best Non-Feature Film, Best Audiography), All Living Things - Environment FF (Best Documentary), Chennai IDSFF (Jury Award), IDSFFK (Jury Award), Seoul Eco Film Festival (Audience Choice Award)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Official Selection at MAMI - Mumbai Academy of Moving Image, Dharamshala IFF, Melbourne IFF, Kolkata People's FF, Philadelphia Asian American FF
Director's Biography
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SRISHTI LAKHERA

Srishti Lakhera is an ethnographic documentary filmmaker, and her decade-long career as a filmmaker and media trainer has seen many accolades. Srishti has recently directed her debut feature documentary, Ek Tha Gaon(Once Upon a Village), which has won nine awards, including two National awards and the prestigious John Abraham award. In recent years, Srishti has found herself drawn towards accounts of digital anthropology and has started to dabble with interactive storytelling tools.