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Siraj Syed is the India Correspondent for FilmFestivals.com and a member of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. He is a Film Festival Correspondent since 1976, Film-critic since 1969 and a Feature-writer since 1970. He is also an acting and dialogue coach. @SirajHSyed
MIFF 2018, III
MIFF 2018, III
Films in the National Competition section of the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) for Documentary, Short and Animation films have been categorised into Long Documentaries (above 60 minutes), Short Documentaries (up to 45 minutes), Short Fiction (up to 45 minutes) and Animation. Altogether, 43 films will be shown, varying in length from 6 minutes to 112 minutes.
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LIST OF FILMS SELECTED FOR NATIONAL COMPETITION SECTION IN MIFF-2018
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Sr. No.
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Title In English
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Duration in mins
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Category
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Director
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1
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Kali
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66
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Documentary Film (above 60 minutes)
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Subrata Sen
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2
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THE BOOKS WE MADE
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68
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Documentary Film (above 60 minutes)
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ANUPAMA CHANDRA & UMADEVI TANUKU
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3
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LUCKNOW 1920-1949
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66
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Documentary Film (above 60 minutes)
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UMA CHAKRAVARTI
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4
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ASK THE SEXPERT
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83
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Documentary Film (above 60 minutes)
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Vaishali Sinha
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5
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Santhal Family to Mill Re-call
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112
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Documentary Film (above 60 minutes)
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RV Ramani
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6
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Naachi Se Baanchi
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70
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Documentary Film (above 60 minutes)
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Biju Toppo, Meghnath
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7
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Living The Natural Way
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78
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Documentary Film (above 60 minutes)
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Sanjib Parasar
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8
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1984,When the Sun didn’t Rise
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57
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Teenaa Kaur
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9
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VEIL DONE
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30
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Juhi Bhatt
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10
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Withering House
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26
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Shreyas Dasharathe
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11
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The Loss of Western Ghats
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23
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Biju Pankaj
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12
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WORK OF FIRE
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52
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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K R Manoj
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13
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For Susan
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25
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Arunima Tenzin Tara
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14
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Ima Sabitri
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57
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Bobo Khuraijam
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15
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In the Shade of Fallen Chinar
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17
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Fazil NC & Shawn Sebastian
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16
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SOME STORIES AROUND WITCHES
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53
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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LIPIKA SINGH DARAI
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17
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Thankamma
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14
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Ramabhadran B
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18
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I am Jeeja
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28
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Swati Chakraborty
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19
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Chasing Tails
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49
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Tangella Madhavi
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20
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The Eyes of Darkness
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54
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Amitabh Parashar
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21
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Vanishing Glacier
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52
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Documentary Film (up to 60 minutes)
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Raja Shabir Khan
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22
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Khidkee
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30
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Rohan Parshuram Kanawade
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23
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Beloved
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18
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Ranjan Chandel
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24
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Sopanam
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12
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Sharan Venugopal
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25
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Nest
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28
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Saurav Rai
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26
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Post Mortem
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25
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Vinod Kamble
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27
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Conversation
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22
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Harshal Wadkar
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28
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Paro
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26
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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VIjay Kumar
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29
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VAISHALI
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9
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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PRACHI SHARMA
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30
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Aaki
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14
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Harshwardhan Bhalerao
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31
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Sakhisona
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26
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Prantik Basu
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32
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Catharsis
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34
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Indira P
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33
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InstaStories
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25
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Kislay
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34
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Pressure Cooker
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16
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Heena Dsouza
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35
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Mazhabi Laddu
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25
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Saurabh Tyagi
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36
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SCARECROW
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15
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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MAINAK GUHA
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37
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TASTE ALTERNATE
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10
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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THEERTHA MYTHRY
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38
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TERRORIST
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6
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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ASHUTOSH JHA
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39
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The Waterfall
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20
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Lipika Singh Darai
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40
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DUALITY
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15
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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VISHAL VASANT AHIRE
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41
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The Threshold
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30
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Short Fiction Film (up to 45 mins.)
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Nishant Roy Bombarde
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42
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Come back WOOL E (This is the correct spelling)
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10
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Animation Film
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Sumanta Ghosh
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43
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Tokri (The Basket)
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15
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Animation Film
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Suresh Eriyat
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About Siraj Syed
 Syed Siraj
(Siraj Associates)
Siraj Syed is a film-critic since 1970 and a Former President of the Freelance Film Journalists' Combine of India.
He is the India Correspondent of FilmFestivals.com and a member of FIPRESCI, the international Federation of Film Critics, Munich, Germany
Siraj Syed has contributed over 1,015 articles on cinema, international film festivals, conventions, exhibitions, etc., most recently, at IFFI (Goa), MIFF (Mumbai), MFF/MAMI (Mumbai) and CommunicAsia (Singapore). He often edits film festival daily bulletins.
He is also an actor and a dubbing artiste. Further, he has been teaching media, acting and dubbing at over 30 institutes in India and Singapore, since 1984.
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