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Indian film director
Shabnam Virmani is a documentary film maker and artist-in-residence at the
Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore since 2002. Being also a co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights Collective, Ms. Virmani has directed several documentaries, some of which have won awards. She's also a composer and festivities participant.
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Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein , a documentary film by Shabnam Virmani on the poet-saint as part of her Kabir Project, has won the Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards, June 2011.
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The award was granted in acknowledgement of the film's power to expose the nuances of, and remedial suggestions to, the Kabir community.
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Awards and nominations
Had-Anhad (Bounded-Boundless)
Journeys with
Ram and
Kabir
1st Prize (shared), One Billion Eyes Documentary Film Festival, August 2009, Chennai
Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival , 5–9 November, New York City
World Performing Arts Festival, Nov 2008, Lahore, Pakistan
Bangalore International Film Festival , Jan 2009, Bangalore, India
Kala Ghoda Festival, Feb 2009, Mumbai
Inaugural film, VIBGYOR International Film Festival, Feb 2009, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Chalo Hamara Des (Come to My Country)
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)
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)
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
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!
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
Kunjal Paanje Kutch Ji (Sarus Crane of our Kutch)
Radio production
Chameli Devi Jain Award for Women in Journalism, March 2001
Notes
External links
International National Academics