Three DocNomads films selected to Dharamshala, India
Coming Back to Life by Mantra Watsa, MUM by Siddhant Sarin and In Flanders Fields by Sachin were presented in the 13th edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival will be held from 7 to 10 November 2024 in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala.
Also, Dad’s Lullaby by Lesia Diak, Marching in the Dark by Kinshuk Surjan, and Agent of Happiness by Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó, alumni from DocNomads, presented their recent feature-length documentaries.
ET MOI, JE REVIS
By Mantra Watsa (India) • 20' • 2024
Synopsis:
This film explores a sex worker’s experiences of love, both within and beyond the realm of her job. It witnesses Shéhrazade as she tries to reclaim her body and mind from trauma. She plays with form, as she animates a world of thoughts and dreams that the director’s lens cannot capture.
in DIFF catalogue.
ਫਲੈਂਡਰਸ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਂ ਵਿੱਚ
By Sachin (India) • 15' • 2024
Synopsis:
While visiting Ypres, Sachin learns that 1.4 million Indians were conscripted by the British to fight on the Flanders fields during the First World War. Using audio recordings, letters, songs and archives, he brings his anonymous ancestors back to life, like ghosts inlaid in an immovable winter landscape.
in DIFF catalogue.
By Siddhant Sarin (India) • 19' • 2023
Synopsis:
Amidst the backdrop of her quiet Lisbon suburban life, Sandra, an immigrant from Mexico, and her Portuguese husband’s monotonous marriage reaches its climax. Hitting a definitive point of exhaustion, she attempts to break out of her normative duties of being a mother and a wife.
In DIFF catalogue