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While We Watched

27th(2022) Wide Angle

True Story · Politics

CountryUnited Kingdom
Production Year2022
Running Time94min
Format DCP
ColorColor

Program Note

Indian journalist Ravish Kumar, who has hosted prime time TV news for a long time, feels that there has never been a more serious crisis than the one India faces right now. Standing in opposition to Prime Minister Modi, he has guarded against growing nationalism and protected the independence and freedom of the press. While fighting against fake news of the conservatives, he faces the threat of censorship, financial pressures, employee departures, death threats, and even interruptions in broadcasting. Vinay Shukla, whose 2016 political thriller An Insignificant Man made a huge impact in Indian society, made a thrilling film about a newsroom with a similar tone. The director, who went to the newsroom every day for two years and filmed for eight hours a day, vividly relays the heroic action of a journalist in a dramatic and fast-paced development like a feature film like Spotlight (2015). This is a fierce film that is becoming of Ravish Kumar’s passion and courage. (KANG Sowon)

Director

Vinay SHUKLA

Vinay Shukla is a filmmaker, producer, and a leading figure in the Indian documentary landscape. His debut feature in 2016, the non-fiction political thriller, An Insignificant Man (co-directed with Khushboo Ranka) was internationally acclaimed, set a new anti-censorship precedent, and went on to become the most theatrically successful documentary film in India. His short film Bureaucracy Sonata (2011), won the HBO Best Short Film Award at the South Asian International Film Festival in 2012. His work has attracted distinguished partnerships with Sundance, DocSociety, NFDC India, Asian Network of Documentaries, IDFA, and IDFA Bertha. His work has been previously celebrated at Warsaw Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, BFI London, Sheffield Doc/Fest, among other leading festivals in the world. Vinay has also produced the globally renowned political strategy board games ′SHASN′, and its sequel, ′SHASN: AZADI′. Vinay’s highly-anticipated second feature film, While We Watched - a non-fiction newsroom drama - premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022, where it won the prestigious Amplify Voices Award.

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