screening format
35mm
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby SR
original-language
Farsi, Hindi
subtitles
English
screening format
DigiBeta
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby SR
languages
Hindi, Ursi, Farsi
Subtitles
Englisch
Each night, the only border crossing between India and Pakistan on a 3,323 kilometres stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event. Thousands of people gather to witness the border closing ritual, after which the masses get as close as possible to the gate to greet their former neighbours.
director
Supriyo Sen
Editing
Szilvia Ruszev
DOP
Ranu Ghosh
Production
Henning Kamm
Script
Supriyo Sen
Sound Design
Festivals
Huesca International Film Festival, Spain
Kolkata International Film Festival, India
IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Cork Film Festival, Ireland
Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
(Berlin Today Award)
ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Spain
(Grand Prize)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
(Best Short Documentary)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
(Special Jury)
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
(Audience Prize)
Production
- DETAiLFILM GmbH
- Fabian Gasmia
- Bergmannstraße 106
- 10961 Berlin
- Germany
- http://www.detailfilm.de
Distribution
- Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
- Anne Jagemann
- Bodenstedtstr. 16
- 22765 Hamburg
- +49 40 39106318
- http://verleih.shortfilm.com
Sales
- Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
- Stine Wangler
- Bodenstedtstr. 16
- 22765 Hamburg
- +49 40 39106328
- http://sales.shortfilm.com
Supriyo Sen
lives and works as an author and director in Kolkata;
WAGAH is the last and final part of his documentary trilogy about the partition of India and Pakistan
Filmography
1997 DREAM OF HANIF
2000 THE NEST
2003 WAY BACK HOME
2007 HOPE DIES LAST IN WAR
2008 RUPBAN - THE BEAUTIFUL