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Gargi Sen
Gargi Sen
Gargi Sen completed her masters degree with distinction from University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. She has a post-graduation degree in visual communication from Ahmedabad's National Institute of Design and was awarded the Clore Fellowship, for the Clore Leadership Programme in 2011-12. She also completed a five-month-long Secondment with the Learning Department at UK's Tate Galleries. In 2016, she was awarded a Fulbright Nehru Fellowship in the category of Academic and Professional Excellence. "I spent the year at the University of California, Davies, USA teaching South Asian cinema, researching, and creating a film festival for the University and city of Davis," she said.According to Gargi, "Documentaries ...
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Filmography
- Because of Our Rights (1989)
- Innetthe Perundachen (Today's Perundachen) (1993)
- Ballad of Builders (1993)
- In Search of Green Gold (1995)
- Imagine Kalpana (1996)
- Where Healing is a Tradition (1997)
- A Healer is Born (1997)
- A Journey Together (1998)
- Of Hosts and Hostages (1998)
- Goa Under Siege (1999)
- Out of the Shadows (2000)
- Beyond Monarchs and Merchants: A Space for Public Television (2003)
- The Storytellers (2003)
- Rehana: A Quest for Freedom (2008)
- A School of My Own (2009)
- Home/ Work (2011)
Awards
- In 1998, Imagine Kalpana won the Best Documentary award at the International Association of Women in Radio and television (IAWRT), Norway.
- A Journey Together won the second prize of the 'above 40 minutes' category of the New Delhi Video Festival in 1999.
- Beyond Monarchs and Merchants: A Space for Public Television won a silver Remy at the Houston International film festival.
- A School of My Own won the best documentary award at the 4th National Short & Documentary Film Festival.
Did You Know?
In 2005, Gargi began to distribute documentaries from India. She has been a pioneer in this field. "One of my principles interests was the fact that I was looking to bring into the public domain older films. This quest led me to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). We signed a MoU and took their catalogue for distribution. And over a few years I was able to convince them to put up all their films on their channel on YouTube. I encouraged Doordarshan to begin marketing some of their most popular shows in the DVD format. Similarly, I was able to convince the Films Division to digitize their content and also make DVDs available," she said.
Research by: Geety Sahgal
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