Scratches on Stone
In Nagaland, stones remind you of what they have seen. The past lingers on, framed through photographs, casting shadows over the present. Awarded at Kathmandu and screened at festivals in Kolkata, Madurai, Pondicherry and Thrissur.
Directed by Amit Mahanti | 2017
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Amit Mahanti is a filmmaker, cameraperson and editor, who has worked on films and video installations that explore questions of ecological transformation, culture and politics. A recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, he has been a part of art and film residency programmes at Khoj Studios, New Delhi; PAV Experimental Centre of Contemporary Art, Turin; Kran Film, Brussels; and the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski, Warsaw. Every Time You Tell a Story, on the Tsungkoteptsu shawl-making tradition in Nagaland, is his earlier film.
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....
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Credits
Cinematographer, Editor: Amit Mahanti
Location Sound Recordist: Julius L. Basaiawmoit
Additional Cinematographer, Assistant: Daksh Punj
Sound Designers: Manas S. Baruah, Amit Mahanti
Sound Mixer: Manas S. Baruah
Colour Correction: Ganesh Prasad
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Last updated: June 2020