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Prantik Narayan Basu

Sakhisona

Logline
Near Mogulmari in West Bengal (India) lies a mound known locally as Sakhisona. The stories about it are still sung by local musicians. A dig nearby recently uncovered the remains of a monastery as well as some objects dating back to the 6th-century. The film shows the objects unearthed and re-enacts the folklore in fragments.
Talent
Prantik Narayan Basu
Role of participant
Director
Director
Prantik Narayan Basu
Producer
Film and Television Institute of India
Screenwriter
Prantik Narayan Basu
Status
finished
Year of production
2017
Running time
26 min
Genre
Historical / Period
Country of Production
India
Production Company
Film and Television Institute of India
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still / picture for Sakhisona
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Festivals and Awards

Tiger Award for Best Short Film, International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2017
Brakhage Center Symposium, University of Colorado Boulder, 2017
BFI London Film Festival, Experimenta, 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2017
Indielisboa, 2017
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, 2017
Curtocircuito, Santiago De Compostela 2017
Festival L’Âge d’or, Brussels, 2017
FICSUR, Argentina, 2017
Filmcaravan, Italy, 2017
Filmadrid, 2017
Kerala International Short and Documentary Film Festival, 2017 (Opening film)
Best Short Film at FICSUR, Argentina, 2017
Best Short Film at Mumbai International Film Festival, 2018
Image Forum, Japan, 2018
Nomadica, 2018
Rai Film Festival, Royal Anthropological Institute, UK, 2019
Golden Durian Prize at the Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival, 2019
Timeless Tales, Kundura Cinema, Turkey, 2020
Grand Jury Prize for Sakhisona, Castrovillari Film Festival, Italy, 2020
Growing Like A Tree II, Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE, 2021