A Season Outside
a film by AMAR KANWAR
Duration : 30 minutes, Language : English
There is, perhaps, no border outpost in the world quite like Wagah, where this film begins its exploration about conflict, violence and non violence. An outpost where everyday, divided people are drawn to a thin white line, a fait accompli bequeathed to them by history. In this sense and for this reason this is a very Indian film, whose nuances and symbolism Pakistanis will certainly understand, those who remember Checkpoint Charlie might be able to relate to ........ probably anyone in the eye of a conflict may find themselves here.
A Season Outside is a personal and philosophical journey through the shadows of past generations, conflicting positions, borders and time zones..., a nomad wandering through lines of separation, examining the scars of violence and dreams of hope scattered among nameless people, communities and nations....
The documentary is in the form of an analytical essay about the ambivalent dimensions of conflict ..... with many characters but without interviews it is a story which looks outside and within, as it embarks, with the viewer, upon a search for the wisdom that could prefigure peace of a different kind...
script and direction : AMAR KANWAR
camera : DILIP VARMA
editing : SAMEERA JAIN
sound : UMA SHANKAR
music : SUSMIT SEN
research consultant : DILIP SIMEON
Awards
GOLDEN GATE AWARD , 1999 - GOLDEN SPIRE TROPHY at the 41 st San Francisco International Film Festival .
GOLDEN CONCH , BEST FILM / VIDEO/ at the Mumbai International Documentary Film Festival , 1998.
BEST PROGRAMME , SCRIPT , CAMERA & SOUND at the
All India CEC UGC Film Festival , 1998
Selected for International Competition at the :
44th OBERHAUSEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, 1998,
CAROLINA FILM FESTIVAL 1998,
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL,1998
NEW YORK INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL, 1998
THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL , 1998
VISION DU REEL , SWITZERLAND. 1998
Also Screened at :
THE DHAKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL , 1999.
SAKSHI- festival celebrating 20 years of independent documentary , 1998, INDIA.
PRAKRITI - Documentary film festival, 1999, INDIA
Contact address of the director of the film:
Amar Kanwar
N 14 A , Saket , New Delhi -17 ,
India .
Telephone / Fax : 6516088
E- Mail : amarvg@del3.vsnl.net.in
Brief note on Director