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  "description": "Sunanda is the founder of Songline Films. She takes a patient, unhurried\n\napproach to making films, allowing stories to unfold in layers that reveal\n\nthe resilience of people and the subtle transformation of their\n\nenvironment.\n\nHer first documentary BOL AYESHA BOL (SPEAK AYESHA SPEAK)\n\npremiered at the International Film Festival, Amsterdam.\n\nHer films have screened at several international and Indian film festivals\n\nand won awards, prominent ones being - 'Monde en Regards' at the\n\nJean Rouch International Film Festival, Paris; Planet in Focus Film Festival,\n\nToronto, Golden Conch for Best Documentary at the Mumbai\n\nInternational Film Festival, John Abraham National Award for Best\n\nDocumentary. Her film ‘NINGAL ARANAYE KANDO?' | 'HAVE YOU\n\nSEEN THE ARANA?’ featured at Musée de l'homme, Paris and at the\n\n'India Film Week' at Metropolis Kino, an art-house cinema theatre, in\n\nHamburg, Germany.\n\nShe was an artist-in-residence at the Pepper House Residency hosted by\n\nKochi-Muziris Biennale and is an active member of Vikalp Bengaluru, a\n\ncollective of filmmakers that screens the best in non-fiction cinema in the\n\ncity.\n\nShe is currently working on a documentary film in coastal Karnataka.",
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