Short Documentary

Short Documentary

Utsav

Utsav

Director

Suruchi Sharma

Director

Suruchi Sharma

Director

Suruchi Sharma

Recognition

Forum Lenteng Award 2017

Recognition

Forum Lenteng Award 2017

Recognition

Forum Lenteng Award 2017

Premiere

ARKIPEL Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival 2017

Premiere

ARKIPEL Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival 2017

Premiere

ARKIPEL Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival 2017

Festivals

Zlatna International Ethnographic Film Festival (ZIEFF) 2017

Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival 2017

Jaipur Centre For Art 2025

Festivals

Zlatna International Ethnographic Film Festival (ZIEFF) 2017

Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival 2017

Jaipur Centre For Art 2025

Festivals

Zlatna International Ethnographic Film Festival (ZIEFF) 2017

Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival 2017

Jaipur Centre For Art 2025

Distributer

Epic Channel

Distributer

Epic Channel

Distributer

Epic Channel

Cinematographer

Suruchi Sharma

Cinematographer

Suruchi Sharma

Cinematographer

Suruchi Sharma

Editor

Suruchi Sharma

Editor

Suruchi Sharma

Editor

Suruchi Sharma

Year of Production

2016

Year of Production

2016

Year of Production

2016

A candid invite to a village fair unexpectedly turned out to be a meditative enquiry into “understanding Folk”. Shot and edited by the director on a Canon 550D using mostly camera sound, this one is a guidebook on zero budget filmmaking. 

A candid invite to a village fair unexpectedly turned out to be a meditative enquiry into “understanding Folk”. Shot and edited by the director on a Canon 550D using mostly camera sound, this one is a guidebook on zero budget filmmaking. 

Folk

Folk

Folk

Music

Music

Music

Festival & Fairs

Festival & Fairs

Festival & Fairs

Ethnography

Ethnography

Ethnography

Observational

Observational

Observational

"In terms of language, this film represents the value of the community that we fought as Forum Lenteng."

-Otty Widasari, Artist and Filmmaker

"In terms of language, this film represents the value of the community that we fought as Forum Lenteng."

-Otty Widasari, Artist and Filmmaker

“Your Utsav is a brilliant short piece and you’ve got a terrific, clear eye for the telling moment…. very humanistic, person-centric approach to fly-on-the-wall documentation reminding me of the work of American filmmaker Les Blank.”

-David Roche, Ethnomusicologist 

“Your Utsav is a brilliant short piece and you’ve got a terrific, clear eye for the telling moment…. very humanistic, person-centric approach to fly-on-the-wall documentation reminding me of the work of American filmmaker Les Blank.”

-David Roche, Ethnomusicologist 

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We are an arts studio, a film production house. A collaboration magnet. We are passionate, kind, intelligent and crazy. We're rooted in the ecology and culture of Rajasthan, India.

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We are an arts studio, a film production house. A collaboration magnet. We are passionate, kind, intelligent and crazy. We're rooted in the ecology and culture of Rajasthan, India.

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