After Prayers
In Indian Kashmir, between a call to prayer and the other, daily life intertwines with separatist politics, Islam and routine violence. From traumatic memories of a guerrilla's funeral to the present anti-India street-riots, throughout a maimed muhajideen's tale, people's destiny seems to be shaped by hope and anger, love and grief, poetry and brutality. Nourished by martyrs' blood, the dream of Kashmir's independence, along with the nightmare of the conflict, is still preserved alive.
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Simone MestroniDirector
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Simone MestroniWriter
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Simone MestroniProducer
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Donatello ContiEditing
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Francesco MorosiniSound Editing
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:1 hour 1 minute
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Completion Date:July 10, 2018
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:English, Kashmiri
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Shooting Format:digital full hd
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Sheffield DOC/FestSheffield
United Kingdom
June 6, 2018
NA
DOC/PLAYER -
Rome Independent Film FestivalRome
Italy
November 16, 2018
Co-world premiere
Docuriff -
Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media FestivalSan Jose
United States
November 16, 2018
Co-world Premiere
Official Selection -
Athens Ethnographic Film FestivalAthens
Greece
November 30, 2018
European premiere
Official Selection -
Peloponnisos International Documentary FestivalKalamata
Greece
January 19, 2019
NA
Official Selection -
Days of Ethnographic FilmLjubjana
Slovenia
March 7, 2019
Slovenian
Official selection -
Festival International du Film Ethnographique du QuébecMontreal
Canada
March 30, 2019
Canadian Premiere
Official Selection -
Royal Anthropology Institute Film Festival
festival videolibrary -
Censurados Film FestivalLima
Peru
March 27, 2019
South American
In(visible) Voices -
EthnografilmParis
France
April 18, 2019
French Premiere
Offficial selection -
EthnocinecaVienna
Austria
May 26, 2019
Austrian Premiere
Award:Excellence in visual anthropology -
EtnofilmfestMonselice
Italy
May 30, 2019
Award: Best documentary -
VizantropBelgrad
Serbia
June 14, 2019
Equality and community -
Faito Documentary FestivalFaito
August 4, 2019
Youth jury award -
Film SouthasiaKathmandu
Asian
Best debut film
Simone Mestroni has developed visual storytelling skills along with his fieldwork research on ethnographic aspects of Kashmiri conflict. While completing his PhD in anthropology he has been working as video operator with Donatello Conti and Giulio Squarci, and as fixer for Fausto Podavini for his photographic works in India. Mestroni's ethnographic book on Kashmir, titled “Lines of Control,” is going to be released by summer 2018 and will be used as textbook for academic courses in three Italian universities. In October 2017 his first documentary “After Prayers” has been awarded with the Wenner Gren foundation postdoctoral grant.