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WAGAH ( 2009 )

Duration :    13 mins.
 

 

Wagah is manifesto against any wall the divides people. – Wim Wenders.
 

 

Synopsis : 

Every evening, only border crossing along the 3323 km frontier between and Pakistan becomes the site of an extraordinary event. Border guards on both sides orchestrate a parade to lower the flags. Thousands of people gather to witness the ritual and afterwards the masses move as close to the gate as possible to greet their former neighbors. The film looks through the eyes of three children who sell DVDs of the parade to the onlookers. With a dream of crossing the border they remain quite unmoved by all the ‘patriotic’ madness around them.

Produced by Detail Film Production, Germany
 

 

Awards : 

Berlin Today Award, Berlin Film Festival

Best Short Documentary, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Grand Prix, Bilbao International Film Festival

Best Documentary, German Short Film Award

Best Short documentary, Abu Dhabi International Film Festival

Best documentary, National Geographic Award, Flickerfest

Best Short Documentary and Young Jury Award, Faito Doc Fest

Best Documentary Award, Docuart, Zagreb

Best Short Film, Damascus International Film Festival

Diploma of Honour, Krakow Film Festival

Silver Lamp Tree Award, India International Film Festival, Goa

Jury & Audience Award, Humburg International Short Film Festival

Jury & Audience Award, Uppsala International Short Film Festival 

Jury’s Special Mention, Huesca International Film Festival

Honorable Mention, Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival

Honorary Mention, Exground Film Festival, Wiesbaden

Audience Award, Winterthur International Short Film Festival 

Public Prize, Munster International Short Film Festival 

Best Documentary (Audiovisual Documentation Category), Parnu International Documentary Festival

Best Documentary, Extravagant India , Paris

Förderpreis Schnitt Award for Best Young German Editor to Szilvia Ruszev

 

 

Festivals :

Berlinale, Karlovy Vary, Sundance, IDFA (Amsterdam), Hot Docs, Silverdocs, Krakow, Sheffield, Cork, Bilbao, Festival De-Popoli, Tampere, Jihlava, Sydney, Hampton, Leeds, Sarajevo, Durban, Dresden, Hamburg, Uppsala, Munster, Kasseler, Hues Ca (Spain), Abu Dhabi, Flickerfest (Australia), Tri Continental Film Festival (S. Africa), Faito, Euganea(Italy), In The Palace (Bulgaria), Winterthur (Switzerland), Vienna Independent Shorts, Parnu (Estonia), Documentart (Belgrade), Inter Film Festival (Berlin), Watch Docs Human Rights (Poland), Film+Cologne, Biberach, Évora (Portugal), dokumentART, Zürich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Jerusalem, Busan Asian Shorts, DMZ Docs, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Vokuvar (Serbia), Tinklai (Lithuania), Docuart (Zagreb), Vilniouds (Lithuania), Exground (Germany), Martha’s Vineyard, River to River (Florence), Extravagant India (Paris), Houston Indian Film Fest, IFFI (Goa), ISDF Kerala (India), Ahmedabad, Kolkata.
 

 

Special Screening :
Museum of Modern Art ( New York )
 

 

Grants :
Supported by Berlinale Talent Campus for “My Wall” series.
 

 

Comments :  
A convincing manifesto against any wall that divides people.
  

 

Wim Wenders, Noted German Director

“Wagah” is a parable on the absurdity of artificial borders. The film explores the almost surreal event from both sides of the border and adds a layer of irony and profound political insight. Wagah is great cinema!

Jury Statement, Hamburg Short film Festival.

 

 
Review :
Supriyo’s remarkable film takes a well-documented border event and expands it into an examination of the complex ideas of nationality, identity and borders drawn by man.

The Tribune

WAGAH the film is made light-heartedly, almost playfully, but its seriousness of purpose is never lost.

Dear Cinema

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