![]() ![]() ![]() This is an aesthetic tour de force that confidently and successfully reinvents the contours of Indian experimental cinema. Each face portrayed in the film carries the signs of persistent trauma. The director deploys an inventive storytelling form where sound, space and body operate distinctly to frame the experience of a fragile existence. its haunting portrayal of the lives of people in a village as they battle with the reality of large scale industrial development. The award consisted of 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and a cash prize of ₹250,000 (US$3,100)/. It also won three National Awards in India, including National Film Award for Best Direction and National Film Award for Best Cinematography’ at the 59th National Film Awards presented on. ![]() It won the 'Special Jury Award' at Abu Dhabi Film Festival, and the 'Golden Peacock' for Best Film at the International Film Festival of India, Goa, in 2012. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and screened at various festivals including Rotterdam, Busan, London, Munich, etc., besides releasing at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. The film, based on the novel of the same name by well-known Punjabi writer Gurdial Singh, dealt with the angst and distress of the marginalised lower caste in Punjab. He directed his first fiction feature in Punjabi, Anhe Ghore Da Daan (English: Alms for a Blind Horse) in 2011. His first short film Pala was a documentary based on one of the Punjabi folk singers and was sponsored by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA). His latest film is 'Infiltrator' starring Veer Rajwant Singh which is a 15-minute short story in an international omnibus called 'In the same garden' He translated and published a book of conversations of Udayan Vajpeyi with Mani Kaul, titled 'Uncloven Space'. ![]() In 2005 he was invited by avant-garde Indian filmmaker Mani Kaul to be his teaching assistant for a master-class at FTII, which led to a close association with the filmmaker who became his mentor. He continued to make short experimental works and documenting arts/artists for the next few years. He travelled extensively through Punjab between 20, living and traveling with folk itinerants, documenting folk ballads and oral narratives. Gurvinder is an alumnus of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune from where he studied film-making and graduated in 2001. He is best known for his Punjabi language films Anhe Ghore Da Daan, and Chauthi Koot ( The Fourth Direction) which premiered at Venice and Cannes Film Festival respectively. Gurvinder Singh is an Indian film director. Gurvinder Singh at the Belgrade Auteur Film Festival, 2017 ![]()
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