Borun Thokchom's "I Rise" on L Sarita wins best documentary at MSIFF 2020
- December 07 2020 : Mumbai Short International Film Festival -
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A scene from 'I Rise' :: Pix Courtesy - Borun Thokchom
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TSE News - December 08th 2020 edition
The 52-minute long documentary film - I Rise on ace boxer Laishram Sarita Devi directed and cinematographed by National award winning film maker Borun Thokchom won the Best Documentary in the documentary category of the 9th Mumbai Short International Film Festival 2020 which was announced yesterday in Mumbai.
The film produced by the Films Division tells the ups and downs of the life of Laishram Sarita Devi, an eight-time Asian Championship medalist. The film was selected the best from among 19 documentary films which made the official selection for the competition.
The 19 films consisted of four films each from India and Spain, three from United States, two each from Germany and France, one each from Croatia, Brazil, Hungary and Poland.
A total of 392 films from more than 55 countries took part in the festival this year to vie for the awards in different categories.
Earlier, I Rise bagged the Best Film on Women Outstanding Achievement Award in the Tagore International Film Festival 2020 in West Bengal.
A scene from 'I Rise' :: Pix Courtesy - Borun Thokchom
The Mumbai Short International Film Festival, a progressive cinema movement started in 2012 with the consultation of senior industry members to highlight the short films.
The 2013 to 2019 editions witnessed the great participation and enthusiasm from filmmakers and industry professionals from India and abroad. The festival objective is to contribute towards the development of upcoming filmmakers and to create short films culture in India.
The festival aims to feature great cinema of filmmakers from across the world in a big way and at the same time provide professional networking & introducing current trends of cinema to the participants.
* This news was published at The Sangai Express on December 04th 2020
This was posted on December 08th 2020
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