Chennai-based production company bags award at IFFI 2018

The

Ladakhi

movie,

Walking With The Wind

, won

ICFT

(The International Council for Film, Television and Audio-visual Communication) UNESCO Gandhi Medal Award at the IFFI 2018 which concluded recently. Out of the 12 films nominated for the same, two were from India, the other being

Baaram

, a Tamil flick. Walking With The Wind, which was screened at the Panorama section, was directed by Praveen Morchhale.

Anu Narang

, the project head of the movie, says, “The jury was based out of Paris – it’s a great recognition for our passion for filmmaking. The movie is about a school student who fixes a broken chair in four days. The boy breaks the chair of his classmate by mistake. He has to travel seven kilometres every day to reach the school. To watch his hardships in fixing the chair before the school reopens for exam was sheer joy.”

Mannu Mohan, producer of the film, says, “The movie was shot in around 80 days with a 12-member crew. It was screened in Mumbai Film in 2017 and had won three National Awards, too. Walking With The Wind bagged awards in the categories – Best Sound Design, Best Re-Recording and Best Film (Ladakhi).”