Gorkhey Film "Ek Dhakar Jiwan" makes to 20th International Short Film Festival

After  bagging The Best Short Film Peace Award in the just concluded Gothenburg Independent Film Festival in Sweden Phurba Tshering Lama, a young filmmaker from Darjeeling, has made us all proud as his film "Ek Dhakar Jiwan" has been selected for the 20th edition of the International Short Film Festival. His film has been selected in the Indian Panorama Section. The festival will take place in Canada in march. It is a big honour for the Indian Gorkha community and country as a whole.

For Phurba who owns a production house in Darjeeling "FerryTale Pictures" this is like a dream come true. Phurba was born on 21st January, 1982 in Kurseong. He studied Literature from St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling and pursued Direction in Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. His debut short film ‘Ek Dhakar Jiwan / The Beaten Path’ won the Best Short Film Peace Award at Gothenburg Independent Film Festival and a Special Mention Jury at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival. He is currently working on his debut feature film titled as Macqee, in Darjeeling.

Gorkhey Film The Beaten Path (Ek Dhakar Jiwan) in 20th International Short Film Festival

About the Film The Beaten Path (Ek Dhakar Jiwan)

India 2014; 27 min
Original version: Nepali
Genre: Drama, Short

Synopsis: In the face of an apparently meaningful world Balvir lives and coexists in the grand mosaic of nature like any other entity. However, his human spirit yearns to understand life especially from a sense of disorientation and confusion as a result of the material world.

Director: Phurba Tshering Lama
Writers: Phurba Tshering Lama, Gupta Pradhan (story)
Star: Man Bahadur Tamang
Cinematography: Ayan Saxena

His short film "Grey and Matter" went on to be project in Nepal Cine-Symposium, 2012 and SIGNS Film Festival / Kerela (India) 2013

Ek Dhakar Jiwan (The Beaten Path) has gone all the way to many festivals. Some of them are;

• - Gothenburg Independent International Film Festival, 2014 / Sweden (Best Short Film Peace Award) 
• - SIGNS International Film Festival, 2014 / India (National Competition Section)
• - XX Film Festival Della Lessinia, 2014 / Italy (International Competition Section)
• - IDFL Film Festival, 2014 /India (National Competition Section)
• - Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2015 / France (Special Mention Jury)
• - JAGRAN International Film Festival / India (Top Shorts Section)
• - WIZ-ART International Film Festival, 2015 / Ukraine (Special Screening) 
• - Ajyal Youth Film Festival, 2015 / Doha (International Competition Section)
• - International Short Film Festival, 2016 / Canada (International Competition Section)

Watch the Trailor of The Beaten Path (Ek Dhakar Jiwan)

His vast Experiences includes:-

• - Visa Girl (Nepali Feature Film): Position: Chief AD / Casting Director / Supporting Role
• - Sikkim University (Documentary): Chief AD / Post-production Supervisor
• - Have made social documentaries for CARE International (in Nepal and Lucknow) and for 
• - Himalayan Climate.
• -Worked as a Chief AD for an IndiaMART Advertisement in Mumbai.

We wish him success in future.

Via-GYASA

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