Sengadal, the Dead Sea / DocuFiction Feature
90min, Tamil, Subtitled in English
A Cinema Verité that captures the fragments of simple lives beaten by three decade long ethnic war in Srilanka. It unfolds in a fisher village at Dhanushkodi, the southernmost tip of India, where life and death co exist.
Sengadal was initially banned by the Regional Censor Board but secured a clearance certificate for public exhibition after a protracted legal battle.
Festivals, To name a few;
- Sengadal the DeadSea had won the GFI Production grant for 2010.
- Official Selection, International Competition, 32nd Durban International Film Festival, August 2011
- Official Selection, First Film Competition, 35th World Montreal Film Fetsival, September 2011
- Official Selection, International Competition, Mumbai Film Fest, MAMI, October 2011
- NAWFF Award(Best Asian Woman Film award), Tokyo International Film Festival, November 2011
- Indian Panorama, Indian International Film Festival, Goa, December 2011
- World Cinema Official Selection, International Film Festival of Kerala, 2011
- Chithrabarathi Competition, Bangalore International Film Festival, 2011
- Official Korean Premeire, International Women Film Festival, South Korea, 2012
- Official Taiwan Premeire, International Women Film Festival, Taipei, 2012
- NAWFF Premieres at International Women Film Festivals at Israel and Beijing, 2012
- Pecheurs De Monde International Film Festival, Lorient, France, 2013
- Rare Picks at Hundred years of Indian Cinema Package, 2013
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Sengadal, the Dead Sea
A Cinema Verité that captures the fragments of simple lives beaten by three decade long ethnic war in Srilanka. It unfolds in a fisher village at Dhanushkodi, the southernmost tip of India, where life and death co exist.