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Shabnam Virmani

Shabnam Virmani is a documentary film maker. She has also been an artist-in-residence at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore since 2002. A co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights Collective, Virmani has directed several documentaries, some of which have won awards. She's also a composer and festivities participant.[1]

Shabnam Virmani
EducationTimes Research Foundation School for Journalism, New Delhi
Cornell University,USA
Alma materTimes Research Foundation School for Journalism, Cornell University, US
OccupationDocumentary film maker
Known forCo-founder of the Drishti Media Collective
Artist-in-Residence at the Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore
Director – Kabir Project
Documentary Films
Journalism

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, a documentary film by Virmani on the poet-saint part, won the Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards in June 2011.[2]

The award was granted in acknowledgement of the film's power to expose the nuances of, and remedial suggestions to, the Kabir community.[3]

Awards and nominations

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Had-Anhad (Bounded-Boundless)

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Journeys with Ram and Kabir

Chalo Hamara Des (Come to My Country)

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Journeys with Kabir and Friends

  • One Billion Eyes Documentary Film Festival, August 2008, Chennai, India
  • World Performing Arts Festival, Nov 2008, Lahore, Pakistan
  • International Festival of Sacred Arts, Feb 2009 Delhi, India
  • VIBGYOR International Film Festival, Feb 2009, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Koi Sunta Hai (Someone Listens)

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Journeys with Kumar and Kabir

  • One Billion Eyes Documentary Film Festival, August 2008, Chennai, India
  • World Performing Arts Festival, Nov 2008, Lahore, Pakistan
  • VIBGYOR International Film Festival, Feb 2009, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein (In the Market Stands Kabir)

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Journeys with Kabir and Friends

  • Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards, India, June 2011.

When Women Unite:The Story of an Uprising/Aadavallu Ekamaite

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  • Grand Prize, 6th Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival, 1997.
  • Chingari Video Festival, Conference on South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 1996
  • Margaret Mead International Film Festival, New York City, 1997
  • Margaret Mead Travelling Film and Video Festival, 1997–98
  • Film South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1997
  • 5th Mumbai International Film Festival, 1998
  • Sakshi Film Festival, Bangalore, 1998
  • Prakriti Film Festival, Pune, 1999
  • New Delhi Video Festival, 1999

Tu Zinda Hai!/You Are Alive!

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  • Awarded Best Film in the Society & Development Category, International Video Festival (IVFEST), Thiruvananthapuram, 1995
  • Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan, 1997
  • Chingari Video Festival, Conference of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 1997
  • Film South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1997
  • Prakriti Film Festival, Hyderabad, 1997
  • Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 1998

Umati Umang ni Damri/Hopes Soaring High

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Kunjal Paanje Kutch Ji (Sarus Crane of our Kutch)

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Radio production

  • Chameli Devi Jain Award for Women in Journalism, March 2001

Notes

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  1. ^ "About Us | the kabir project". web.archive.org. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ Margins are great places to be in
  3. ^ Filmmaker moved by Godhra riots bags national award
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