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A DROP OF SUNSHINE (35 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : APARNA SANYAL ]
[ Theme : Health , Profiles Of Courage ]
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Schizophrenia. It may be one word, but conjures up multiple connotations - Mad. Incurable. Violent. Suicidal. Chemical imbalances. Crazy. A lifelong condition. Inevitable dependency on Medicines. Dark. Terrible. The Film takes us through the story of Reshma Valliappan, a 30-year old Indian woman, and charts out her journey of eventual triumph over her condition. It takes a controversial and contrarian view towards recovery from Schizophrenia, proposing that the only treatment method that can work in the condition is one where the so-called ‘patient’ is encouraged and empowered to become an equal partner in the process of healing.

ANWAR - DREAM OF A DARK NIGHT (52 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ANWAR JAMAL ]
[ Theme : Profiles Of Courage , Urbanscapes ]
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The Film explores the tenacity of the human spirit, journing with Anwar - a migrant in Delhi to fulfill his dream of building a theatre in his village.

- Special Mention, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2010

COURAGE - THE ROAD SHE TRAVELS (26 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SANJAY BARNELA ]
[ Theme : Profiles Of Courage , Women In Leadership Roles ]
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The film travels into the lives of four rural women - a solar engineer, an animal healer, an ex-sarpanch and a fourteen year old who stopped her own marriage.

HUSH...IF THEY HEAR... (26 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ABHIJIT DAS GUPTA ]
[ Theme : Profiles Of Courage , Children ]
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Rabindra Nath Goldar, a railway employee, and his wife Rekha Goldar live in Sonarpur in the outskirts of Kolkata with their three sons and one daughter – all speech and hearing impaired, students of the Deaf and Dumb School in Rajabazar, Kolkata. They live happily in a soundless world where visual signs are the only means of communication. The world without sound is for them a world that looks good all the time in spite of the hardships they face daily. This is the story of the soundless world of the Goldars.

TALES FROM NAPA (26 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : LALIT VACHANI ]
[ Theme : Profiles Of Courage , Diversity ]
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The remarkable story of a little village that resisted the forces of fundamentalism during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Set at the village of Napa, in Borsad district of central Gujarat, the Film investigates the role played by local Hindus and Muslims and their social institutions in maintaining peace, in the context of a history of economic interdependence, communal harmony and syncretism.

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