Feature Documentary (85 mins)
Burqa Boxers
In a culture that values beauty, delicacy, and submission as the prized traits for the ultimate feminine career fulfillment–marriage, three young women battle tradition in Khiddirpur, Kolkata by training with Razia Shabnam, one of the first Indian women to become a boxing coach and an international referee. Burqa Boxers is the story of their baby steps towards an idea called emancipation, and the struggle to confront the biggest obstacle in their path– fear.
Winner, Best Project, Grant Open Doors, Locarno Film Festival
Invitation, Film Bazaar Co-Production Market, Goa, India
Jio MAMI International Film Festival Mumbai
Traces De Vie International Film Festival, Claremond Ferrand, France
Vail Film Festival, USA
Artemis, Women in Action Film Festival, USA
For Films Sake Film Festival, Australia, USA
Winner “Author of the Year” International Documentary Festival, Hangzhou, China, 2017
EBS International documentary Festival, Korea 2017
New Orleans Film Festival, October, 2017
Winner, Best Project, Grant Open Doors, Locarno Film Festival Invitation, Film Bazaar Co-Production Market, Goa, India Jio MAMI International Film Festival Mumbai Traces De Vie International Film Festival, Claremond Ferrand, France Vail Film Festival, USA Artemis, Women in Action Film Festival, USA For Films Sake Film Festival, Australia, USA Winner “Author of the Year” International Documentary Festival, Hangzhou, China, 2017 EBS International documentary Festival, Korea 2017 New Orleans Film Festival, October, 2017
