The Woods are Calling by Teenaa Kaur
The Film narrates how tribal hunters in Khonoma, Nagaland has given up their traditional occupation of hunting to save the forests and its wildlife. A story of conservation efforts by indigenous people against awry development.
California, USA
Yerevan, Armenia
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Guwahati, India
Teenaa Kaur is an independent director-producer and screenwriter with a range of experience in various documentary formats. She has worked with various organisations inlcuding National Geographic, Fox History, Doordarshan and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Her debut independent documentary -1984, When the Sun didn’t Rise, is a recipient of the AND Fund from Busan International Film Festival and has been selected at DOC WOK, Doc Leipzig International Festival, Germany. Her creative documentary The Deer, Tree and Me has screened at SiGNS, Kochi, and Kolkata and received critical acclaim.
- Cinematographer: Nishant Gala
- Location Sound Recordist and Editor: Teenaa Kaur
- Associate Editor, Researcher, Script Writer: Pooja Madhavan
- Sound Designer and Mixer: Rachit Passi
- Music Composer: Kevin
- Project Partner: Doordarshan
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