2015 Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund
LIST For our Collective ConscienceCategory | BIFF Mecenat Fund |
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Project | For our Collective Conscience |
Director | Anurag SINGH, Antariksh JAIN |
Country | India |
Director's Profile |
Anurag Singh is a documentary filmmaker with over 25 years’ experience. He has been commissioned by organizations like the United Nations Development Programme, Google, Norwegian Church Aid and Skoll Foundation and has worked in countries like Gambia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Mali and Afghanistan. In India he worked on projects with the central government and local governments of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar in addition to peoples’ movements such as Narmada Bachao Andolan. His films, most notably Kaise Jeebo Re (1997), Right to Information (1999), Ordinary Heroes of Afghanistan (2005) have won awards internationally at festivals such as IDFA Netherlands and Yamagata ? Japan. Antariksh Jain is a design graduate from Symbiosis, Pune and has been exploring various aspects of the media industry in the last 3 years. He has worked as a camera person, editor and photographer on several commercial projects. He has directed two documentary films - the latest being an hour-long experimental docudrama on the lives of the “Baiga” adivasis of Madhya Pradesh. The film is presently scheduled to be screened at several film festivals. |