Fatima

Sourabh Kanti Dutta.
Director/Co-Producer
India

National Award winner for his directorial debut - I am Bonnie/45’
- on the tragedies, aspirations and achievements of an Intersex footballer in West Bengal, India, Sourabh worked in many genres of films/television/entertainment and documentaries
in a career spanning over two decades.
His directorial debut I am Bonnie/45’ (with directors Farha Khatun and Satarupa Santra) premiered at the BFI Flare, London in 2016, won the Best Documentary Award at the Kolkata Intl. Film Festival in 2017 and the Pramod Pati Jury Award at the Mumbai Intl. Film Festival in 2018.
He won Navroz Contractor Award for Best Documentary Cinematography at IDSFFK in 2019 for the film Longra/27’ directed by Sankha.
He is the Cinematographer for Atasi/ 52’ by Dir. Putul Mahmood
that won the Best Documentary Award at the Mumbai Intl. Film Festival in 2020.
A history graduate and a self-taught filmmaker Sourabh’s latest documentary Fatima/59’ - an Indo-British production, is having its festival run now.
Set at the Indo-Nepali border, it tells the story of Fatima and other trafficked women.
Fatima was awarded an AlterCine Foundation grant in 2018,
was part of the NFDC FilmBazaar Recommends list in 2021,
Thessaloniki Agora Doc Market in 2022,
and the Vision-du-Reel industry in 2022.
It premiered at the 14th IDSFFK (competition) in 2022
and was selected for the Indian Panorama at 53rd IFFI Goa 2022.
Fatima was screened at the Melbourne Indian Film Festival 2023, Liberation DocFest (Intl.Competition) Dhaka 2023,
and the Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival in New Delhi 2023.
Sourabh is writing/developing his first feature length narrative fiction now.

Filmography
o Fatima / 59' (current film)
https://vimeo.com/678712605
Role: Writer/Director/Co-producer
Producer : Peter J. Kirby/UK
• Thessaloniki Agora Doc Market in 2022.
• Vision-du-Reel industry in 2022.
• NFDC FimBazaar Recommends 2021.
• Finalist : Roy W Dean Grant 2020.
• AlterCine Foundation Grant for 2018.
• Most Developed Project Award : Docedge Kolkata 2018.
• European Documentary Network Award : Dhaka DocLab 2018.
• World Premiere: 14th Intl. Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2022.
• 53rd IFFI, Goa 2022, Indian Panorama.
• 9th Kolkata Peoples Film Festival 2023.
• Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival 2023.
• Liberation DocFest, Dhaka 2023.

o I am Bonnie /45 min.(2016)
Directorial Debut
https://vimeo.com/262632424
Password: Bandana2Bonnie
Role: Director/Cinematographer/Executive Producer
Co-directors: Miss Farha Khatun, Miss Satarupa Santra.
Producer: Films Division, India.
• 65th National Film Award, 2017: ‘Best Film on Social Issues’.
• World Premier: 30th BFI Flare, 2016.
• Special Jury Award, Intl. Competition: Mumbai Intl. Film Festival, 2018.
• Long Documentary Competition: 9th IDSFFK, Kerala 2016.
• Best Documentary: 22nd Kolkata Intl. Film Festival, 2016.
• Satyajit Ray Silver Award at the South Asian Short Film Festival 2019, organized by Federation of Film Societies of India.
• Best Documentary (2nd Prize) : 5th Smita Patil Intl. Film Festival, 2017.

o In-between Days /58 min.(2012)
https://vimeo.com/41328947
Password : duidhurani12
Role: Cinematographer.
Dir.: Sankha.
Producer: RAI TV, Italy and Moromiya Pictures, India.
• World Premiere – CPH:DOX 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark (Competition)
• DocPoint Helsinki 2013, Finland.
• Documentarist 2013, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan 2013 (New Asian Currents).
• Astra Film Festival, Romania 2013 (International Competition).
• Dhaka International Documentary & Short Film Festival 2013.
• ‘Out On Screen’ Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2013.
• MiradasDoc 2013, Spain (Competition for First Film).
• International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Kerala 2013.
• ‘Kashish’ Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2013.
• ‘DIALOGUES’ 6th Kolkata LGBT Film Festival 2012.
• Bangalore Queer Film Festival 201.3
• Vikalp, Mumbai.
• ‘Shehernama’ – City/Film Festival.
• ‘NULSAR’ Film Fest, Hyderabad 2013.
• Seattle South Asian Film Festival 2014.
• Broadcasted in RAI TV, Italy.
• Broadcasted in NDTV 24X7, India.
• Broadcasted in VPRO, The Netherlands.
• Broadcasted in YLE Digital, Finland.
• ‘Best Documentary’ Award : 20th Kolkata International Film Festival 2014.

o The Wind In The Maruwa Field /52 min. (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze9cBKZJ5GE
Role: Cinematographer.
Director: Sankha.
Producer: Films Division, India.
• Official Selection :
- Indian Panorama, IFFI 2016, Goa.
- 21st Kolkata International Film Festival.

o Longra/ 27 min. (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eqoHNJa9hE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1AU8hRWUpIc3PWtp9RCtLc0qKJxBxHUo51jbPusT_1YDOm7JYbY5VDbrA
Role: Cinematographer
Director: Sankha.
• Navroze Contractor Award for Best Documentary Cinematography at the International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Kerala 2019.
• Documentary Competition :
- International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Kerala 2019.

o Playthings/ 57 min. (2012)
https://vimeo.com/35762400
Role: Cinematographer.
Director: Mrinmoy Nandi ;
Producer: Hope Foundations, India.
• Official Selection :
- Mexico International Film Festival, SilverPalm 2012.
- Kerala Documentary & Short Film Festival 2012.

o Atasi/ 58 min. (2018)
Role: Cinematographer
Director: Putul Mahmood.
Producer: Ratnaboli Ray, Anjali (A Mental Health Right Organization).
• Official Selection :
- Intl. Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala 2018.