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Marching in the Dark

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Belgium, Netherlands, India

2024

110 min

  • Documentary

Rural regions in India suffer a high suicide rate among farmers. A group of women farmers who recently lost their husbands, have decided to meet a local psychologist and activist to share their stories and problems and help others in their grief. In this act of silent rebellion against a patriarchal society, the 28-year-old introverted Sanjeevani finds the courage to be self-reliant.

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Cast
Sanjeevani Bhure
Screenplay
Kinshuk Surjan
Cinematography
Leena Patoli
Carl Rottiers
Vishal Vittal
Editing
Joëlle Alexis
Sales
LIGHTDOX
Production
CLIN D'ŒIL FILMS

Kinshuk Surjan

Belgium, India

Kinshuk Surjan is an Indian filmmaker, based in Brussels and Bhopal. His graduation film POLA (2013) won the Indian National Student Film Award for Best Film and Best Script in 2013. After working as a 2nd assistant director on the film ISLAND CITY (2015), awarded at Venice Film festival, Kinshuk went to pursue his master at DocNomads. In this period, his short, DIVIDED LINES (2015), was screened at the 2015 Jihlava Film Festival. In 2017 his graduation film THE FLANDRIEN won the Flanders Audiovisual Fund’s VAF “Wildcard” and was later broadcasted on VRT, WDR & CT1. In 2021, Kinshuk participated in Berlinale Talents with his debut feature documentary MARCHING IN THE DARK (2024), that premiered in 2024 at CPH:DOX.

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