CSE 2022

Writing With Fire

Khabar Lahariya is a unique Indian news source. With smart phones in hand, these determined journalists confront the traditions of traditional media, tackling the hottest topics in Indian news while reworking their own identity as Dalits. 

SYNOPSIS

In the midst of a male-dominated system, Khabar Lahariya remains a unique Indian news source. With smart phones in hand, chief reporter Meera and her team of determined women confront the traditions of the mainstream media, tackling the hottest topics in Indian news while reworking their own identities as Dalits (women considered out of caste). Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, winners of two awards at the last Sundance Film Festival, deliver a necessary and absolutely inspiring portrait of women claiming their own power, one story at a time.

Theme(s): , Democracy, Feminism, Politics, Social struggle, Technology

DETAILS

Director | , Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
Year | , 2021
Country | , India
Duration | 93 minutes
Original language | , Hindi
Subtitles | , French
Image | Karan Thapliyal, Sushmit Ghosh
Sound design | Janne Laine, Susmit Bob Nath
Music | Tajdar Junaid
Editing | Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
Producer | John Webster, Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh, Tone Grøttjord

DIRECTOR

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Rintu Thomas

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Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh are award-winning Indian director-producers whose work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Tribeca Institute, Doc Society, SFF Film Fund, IDFA, The Bertha Foundation, Sorfond and the Finnish Film Foundation, among others. Rintu and Sushmit are also Sundance Fellows and enjoy producing films with the power to create transformative social impact. In 2009, they founded Black Ticket Films, a production company that focuses on the power of non-fiction storytelling. Black Ticket Films' award-winning films, which focus on social justice, continue to be used as tools for advocacy, impact and education by institutions around the world. Rintu and Sushmit were awarded a President's Medal for their film work in 2012, the highest honor given to filmmakers in India. The result of five years of work, "Writing with Fire" is their first feature-length documentary film.

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Sushmit Ghosh

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Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh are award-winning Indian director-producers whose work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Tribeca Institute, Doc Society, SFF Film Fund, IDFA, The Bertha Foundation, Sorfond and the Finnish Film Foundation, among others. Rintu and Sushmit are also Sundance Fellows and enjoy producing films with the power to create transformative social impact. In 2009, they founded Black Ticket Films, a production company that focuses on the power of non-fiction storytelling. Black Ticket Films' award-winning films, which focus on social justice, continue to be used as tools for advocacy, impact and education by institutions around the world. Rintu and Sushmit were awarded a President's Medal for their film work in 2012, the highest honor given to filmmakers in India. The result of five years of work, "Writing with Fire" is their first feature-length documentary film.

CAREER

Sundance · CPH:DOX · Krakow IFF · Hot Docs · DOK.fest München · Encounters South African IDF · International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) · Yamagata IDF · Guadalajara IFF · DOC NYC, Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) · Festival dei Popoli · FIPADOC

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SCREENING 1

15 July 2022 at 21h00

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