The
fascination with Bollywood and Hollywood movies diminishes the space for
documentaries in India, said Stanzin Dorjai, who came to the 9th
IDSFFK with his long documentary Shepherdess
of the Glaciers. He was talking at the Meet the Press programme organized
at the 9th IDSFFK venue on Sunday.
The director
had portrayed the life of his own sister Tsering, who lives in the northern
mountain part of Ladakh which is geographically distant and different from other regions of India.
The issues
faced by transgenders were portrayed in Where
The Blue Lotus Blooms directed by a group of youngsters from TISS. “The
society has now started to notice their issues; With short films on their life
we can work towards a solution to their problems,” said three directors of this
group - Anand Gautham, Shreya Katyayini
and Saurabh Kumar – who attended the press meet.
With simple
themes and interesting images, we can convey a serious topic, said Archana
Chandrasekhar, a student from NIT, Ahmedabad whose debut documentary Dive was screened at the festival. Her film tells the life of a ten- year- boy
Manna and his romance with the river.
Directors
Hardik Mehta, Mayuri Walke, Kenrick Block, Subhajit Dasgupta and Nithin R also participated in the press
meet.
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