An Encounter with Faces
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | An Encounter with Faces |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 21 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| production | KK Kapil for Films Division |
| cut | Renu Saluja |
An Encounter with Faces is an Indian short documentary by Vidhu Vinod Chopra from 1978, which portrays the poverty of Bombay street children.
The film was Chopra's first directorial work after graduating from Pune Film School . It has been shown at numerous film festivals and has won awards in Oberhausen , Leipzig (Golden Dove), Tampere (Grand Prix) and New Delhi (Golden Peacock - Best Short Film).
At the 1979 Academy Awards , he was nominated in the Best Documentary Short Film category.
Web links
- An Encounter with Faces on theoscarsite.com
- An Encounter with Faces in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ An Encounter With Faces ( Memento from December 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/197737
- ↑ vinodchopra.com (see under "Films → Awards")