One Day with Rinpoche

Описание: Screened at Mumbai and Toronto, the story of 20-year old Phara Khentrul Rinpoche and an insight into what it means to be a young incarnate Lama living in exile.

Directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam | 2007
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Ritu Sarin has an MFA in film and video from the California College of Arts, while Tenzing Sonam studied broadcast journalism at California. Through White Crane Films, they have made more than 20 documentaries, several video installations and one dramatic feature, exploring questions of exile, identity, culture and nationalism that confront the Tibetan people. Ritu and Tenzing are Directors of the Dharamsala International Film Festival.

Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....

PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)

PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.

Credits
Cinematographer: Ranjan Palit
Editor: Mahadeb Shi
Sound Recordist: Suresh Rajamani

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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Last updated: August 2020