Lamakaan invites you to two back-to-back documentary film screenings.
‘Young Voices in Non-Fiction Filmmaking”
GIRHEIN - Directed by Sakshi Gulati
About the film: Girhein is a journey with the filmmakers as they revisit their depressive phases, trying to understand their experiences and impulses. Weaving diary entries, letters, artwork, and poetry through a series of conversations, they reflect on the tools that helped them cope with depression and stay afloat. The Film emphasizes the therapeutic quality of engaging with art and the significance of social support in sailing through depression.
About Sakshi Gulati: Sakshi Gulati is an alumnus of the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) in Screenwriting & Direction. She has also studied film appreciation and mass communication and has worked with various non-profits on their rural employment initiatives. She has worked on Non-fiction films and media literacy initiatives and has documented folk cultures. I was the festival Director of the CHINH India KIDS Film Festival (2008-10). Her short films have been screened at various national & International platforms. Currently, she works in the Indian Film industry while simultaneously working on her feature-length documentary - 'The Last of Chalbadi.' https://vimeo.com/sakshigulati
FLOATING FISH - Directed by Vamsi Telugu
About the film: The documentary follows a day journey on a ferry which travels between two villages. It particularly focuses on daily travelers, where the ferry is their part of life on a day-to-day basis. It tries to capture the spirit of the travelers and life in general through their conversations as such in a poetic form.
About Vamsi T: Vamsi Telugu, is a Hyderabad based filmmaker and cinematographer. He is an alumnus of Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), in Direction and Screenplay Writing. Currently, he teaches Film Direction at Annapurna College of Film and Media, Hyderabad, Telangana. His documentary ‘Floating Fish’ was awarded Best Film (2020) by Toto Funds for Arts, Bangalore. He works with ‘Essay films’ and ‘Observational Cinema’ & has frequently shot for the Language and Culture Dept of Telangana.
Screening followed by Q & A with the Directors.
All are Welcome!!!