{"id":7060,"date":"2017-02-07T13:04:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T11:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=7060"},"modified":"2017-02-07T14:07:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:07:10","slug":"2016-int-womens-film-festival-award-best-camera-song-of-the-horned-owlindia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2017\/02\/2016-int-womens-film-festival-award-best-camera-song-of-the-horned-owlindia\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Int. Women\u2019s Film Festival Award: Best camera \u201cSong of the Horned Owl\u201d\/India"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the closing ceremony of \u201cthe 4th International Women\u2019s Film Festival \u2013 Herat\u201d held in Kabul, Afghanistan on 22 Oct. 2016 the winners of this edition of the festival were announced.
\nThe fiction \u201cSong of the Horned Owl\u201d directed by Manju Borah\u00a0from India was awarded as the Best camera, by the international jury.<\/p>\n

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Song of the Horned Owl<\/strong><\/span>
\nOriginal Title: Dau Huduni Methai
\nDirector: Manju Borah, India
\nGenre: Fiction
\nDate & Country of Production: 2015, India
\nLanguage: Bodo
\nDuration: 77 minutes<\/p>\n

Synopsis: The film recounts the effects of insurgency and counter-insurgency on common folk through the perspective of Raimali, a young rape victim. As she lies in an abandoned house, she recalls how separatist violence mars her life, that of her lover and their families, contrasting its intrusive nature with indigenous folklore and the immutability of the Assamese landscape.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Director\u2019s Biography and Filmography
\n<\/strong><\/span>Manju Borah<\/strong>, born in Assam, India, explores the region\u2019s culture and its impact on the person and society as a whole in her films. Her first feature film Baibhab (A Scam in Verse, 1999) was awarded the Jury\u2019s \u2018Special Mention\u2019 in the 47th National Film Festival, 2000 and was named the Best film in Asia at the 6th Dhaka International Film Festival, 2000. She was also the recipient of the Gollapudi Srinivas Award for Best Debut Director in 1999. Her films have won many prizes 2015-2001. She holds various positions at different organizations and has served as jury member at various film festivals. She has been awarded the Women of Excellence Award by FICCI for her outstanding contribution to the field of Film & Entrepreneurship in 2009 and the Satyajit Ray Memorial Award given by the Asian Film Foundation (2012) for working to spread film culture in India as a life time mission. (Detailed biography, see: https:\/\/en.wikipedia. org\/wiki\/Manju_Borah).<\/p>\n

Watch Film Trailer\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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