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Ladakhi film-maker wins award in France

SRINAGAR: Jungwa (The Broken Balance), a documentary by a Ladakhi film maker has won the Jury Award at the 29th Mountain International Film Festival held in Autrance, France.

Jungwa is a documentary about the links between the environment, global warming and the Ladakhi way of Life made by Stanzin Dorjai from Gya – a remote village 70Kms east of Leh.

Stanzin has produced a number of documentaries as well as feature films and has worked with several national and international film makers.

‘Living with Change’, a documentary on the effects of global warming in Ladakh that Stanzin made for WWF India has earned worldwide appreciation, and the film is being screened in different countries.

Stanzin has undertaken an advanced training at Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) in cinematography, direction, editing and script writing under film maker Lars Lindstrom of Sweden.

“This training allowed me to become a cameraman, a director cameraman and editor, a new business in Ladakh”, Stanzin said.

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