General Information
Completed On: 07 Jan, 2021
Duration: 18 min 47 sec
Genres: Documentary
Language: Bengali
Country: India
Submitted By: Raktim Mondal
Festival Rating
Sundarbans is the Cyclone Capital Of India, It is under the threat from both natural and human-made causes. Man's power in front of nature is very little, but man's ace power is strong. Every year thousands of people become homeless, People dream of living anew even in adverse circumstances but where does one go? There is no escape. Yet the desperate dream to live relentlessly follows.
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Director / ProducerRaktim Mondal
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CinematographerRaktim Mondal
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ColouristAnirban Dutta
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EditorEshan Sil
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SoundKinkini Deb
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Film TypeDocumentary
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GenresGlobal warming effect on human life, livelihood
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Runtime18 minutes 47 seconds
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Completion Date07 Jan, 2021
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Production Budget2400 USD
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Country of OriginIndia
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Country of FilmingIndia
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Film LanguageBengali
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Shooting FormatHEVC 4k
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Aspect Ratio16:9
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerYes
9th Kolkata people’s Film Festival
India
Kolkata
01/23/2023
Kolkata
Official selection
28th Kolkata International Film Festival
India
Kolkata
12/17/2022
Indian
Nominated for Gonden Royal Bengal Tiger Trophy
Director's Biography
This is my first documentary film as a director/producer. It’s a self-funded independent film I studied Motion Picture Photography (PG) at the prestigious Satyajit ray film & television institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, India, in 2000. I trained to shoot on celluloid but was an early adopter of digital video technology, which has become so prevalent today, since then I am working in the Indian film industry along with many International collaborations ( BBC, NHK-Japan, CCTV-China, Film Division, NFDC, etc). I shot movies, commercials, and documentaries around the world and with very unique Indian directors like Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Ketan Mehta, Sujit Sircar, and R Balki.
I got a nomination for best cinematography in documentary films at, Madrid international film festival 2015.
I received the 6th Assam state film award 2015 – best cinematography.
Director's Statement
In life, I learn from everyone and cinema gives me that courage.
