Benegal's New Cinema by Iram Ghufran
A documentary on the films of Shyam Benegal, that explores the time, ethos and concerns of the New Cinema Movement in India through his oeuvre. It is a foray into the mind of the great filmmaker and an attempt to understand his motivations and impulses for making cinema.
Colombo, Sri Lanka (Award)
New York, USA
Gansu, China
Edinburgh, Scotland
Madrid, Spain
Kabul, Afghanistan
Thrissur; Goa; Bhubaneswar; Auroville; India
Iram Ghufran is an award winning filmmaker whose work has been shown in several international art and cinematic contexts, including Berlin, Experimenta India, SAARC Film Festival and ISEA, among others. Iram pursued a practice based PhD at the University of Westminster, London.
- Cinematographers: Avijit Mukul Kishore, Amit Mahanti, Kashif Siddiqui, Kumal Deshpande, Sagar Shiriskar
- Sound Recordist: Christopher Burchell
- Editor: Iram Ghufran
- Project Partner: External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division
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