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Dia Mirza-backed Marathi abbreviated film, Panha has won the Best Indian Short Film grant astatine the All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF). Directed by Sakshi Mishra, the movie follows a household of mango farmers facing eviction from their ancestral onshore owed to a slug bid project.
Speaking astir winning the award, Dia said successful a statement, “This triumph is for the farmers who opened their homes and hearts to us, and for each kid whose communicative deserves to beryllium seen and felt. Cinema, to me, is astatine its astir almighty erstwhile it reminds america of our shared humanity.”
Sakshi added, “Panha was ne'er astir spectacle — it was astir stillness, intimacy, and listening. The farmers of Maharashtra didn’t conscionable lend america their orchards; they trusted america with their lives. This grant belongs arsenic overmuch to them arsenic it does to our team.”
The curtain raiser for ALT EFF took spot connected December 4 successful Mumbai. The festival volition spell connected till December 14 and is dedicated wholly to cinema for biology change, with a spotlight connected screening films connected wildlife, sustainability, and clime action.
