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Citys Step Child and The Dump Hill Dreams

Unlike the many rag pickers working at this Dump Hill(Land Fill) in Delhi, young Devendra is committed to collect electronic waste discarded from our homes, in an attempt to create machines. Even the carcinogenic gases emitting from this hill have not been able to poison his engineering dreams. This 6min documentary takes us through the breadingwinning yet melancholic hill made out of city waste and its inhabitants living at the margins of health and poverty.

  • Pranab
    Director
    Aich
  • Pranab Kumar Aich
    Director
  • Pranab
    Writer
    Aich
  • Pranab Aich
    Writer
  • Humara Bachpan Campaign
    Producer
    Developmental Campaign supported by Bernard Van Leer Foundation
  • Devendra
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Slum, Child Labour, Waste Management, Documentary, Environment, Human Rights
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 6, 2014
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    HD 1080p
  • Aspect Ratio:
    HD
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Quotes From the Earth Film Festival
    India International Centre, New Delhi
    December 6, 2014
    Indian Premiere
    None
  • TIMELINE FILM FESTIVAL
    Italy
    April 9, 2016
    Winner
    Best Environment and Sustainable Development Documentary
  • Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival
    Charleston
    March 23, 2016
    Winner best film
  • IFF EKOTOP 2016
    Bratislava
    Slovakia
    European Premiere
    Winner Best Short Film on Environment and Sustainability
  • Beijing International Film Festival
    China
    April 25, 2016
    Selected
  • DOCU TIFF 2016
    Tirana
    Albania
    November 3, 2016
    Official Selection
  • Bradford Small World Film Festival 2016
    Bradford
    United Kingdom
    June 2, 2016
    Full month screening
    Winner of Best Film and Best Short Documentary
  • Winner, ZAGREB GREEN FEST 2017

    Official Selection
  • QUARANTINE FILM FESTIVAL 2016, Bulgaria

    Bulgaria
    Official Selection
  • LBIIFF 2016, Los Angeles, USA
    Los angle, USA
    United States
    Official Selection
  • The Association of International Film Festival, cinema darte 2016” ITALY

    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Czech Republic Ekotop Festival

    Czech Republic
    Official Selection
  • ALIIFF - Short Film Corner, Hyderabad, India
    Hydrabad
    India
    Official Selection
  • 10th International Film Festival "Prvi kadar", BOSNIA

    Official Selection
  • Childrens International Film Festival 2017, Dubai

    United Arab Emirates
    Pre Selection
  • Festival de Cortometrajes "Jose Francisco Rosado" PACAS

    Croatia
    Official Selection
  • Lakecity Film Festival

    Official Selection
  • Transfluential Film Festival 2016, USA

    United States
    . Official Selection
  • Docademia 2017, USA

    United States
    Official Selection,
  • get INDIE WISE, Miami 2018

    United States
    Official Selection
  • International Ecological Film Festival TO SAVE AND PRESERVE 2018, Russia

    Russian Federation
    Official Selection
  • Harrogate International Festival 2016, UK

    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • Miami Epic Trailer Festival
    miami
    United States
    Official Selection
  • BIOSCOPE 2016 by IPE GLOBAL, New Delhi
    New delhi
    Official Selection
  • CLIMATE CHANCE SUMMIT 2016, at La Cité, the Nantes Congress Centre, Europe

    Finland
    Special Screening
  • . Emerging Film Maker Award, All Lights International Art & Film Festival 2019, Bhubaneswar
    Bhubaneswar
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Pranab, Pranab Kumar Aich

Pranab is a documentary film maker/photographer focusing on developmental issues. He is also a Recipient of SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD CANNES-2009 for his photographs on climate change.
He studied photography and visual communication from AJKMCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia,Delhi.
In France, he was trained by some of the LEGENDs in photo-documentary like Marry Allen Mark, Tom Ang, Susan Welchman, Adrian Evens and international agency PANOS PICTURES.
Moreover, he spent 3 years(2005-2007) working on development issues alongside his inspiration Anshu K Gupta(Brand Ambassador of Ashoka Fellow) at Goonj. Working on several developmental issues like re-cycling, education for the under-privileged and alternative education system shaped his understanding of the social sector and the issues of the world.

With a firm belief in raising untouched issues and bringing hidden heroes to the fore he picked up the camera. He has a personal affection for stories on Environment Preservation, Children and Education. Mostly working out of Delhi, now he has worked nation wide in collaboration with 20 NGOs, Govt Bodies, Corporates and other Institutions resulting in more than 15 documentaries, photo exhibitions, photo campaigns and photo stories in last 8 years of work as an independent story teller.

Some major organisations he has collaborated with are, Gram Vikas-NGO, BAXTER India(MNC), JIVAN Bindu Ad(Govt. of Odisha), CREA(iNGO), , Ministry of Health(Govt of India), UNW, UNDP, AAP, Humara Bachpan Campaign, Public Health Foundation of India, Sight for the Sightless Campaign, Wada Na Todo Campaign, ADOBE YOUTH VOICES(American India Foundation) , Ministry Of Oman(Middle East), Bachpan Bachao Andolan(Kailash Satyarthi’s Organisation), Goonj,Toxic Links, Idiscoveri, CRS(iNGO), IPE Global , WaterAID (iNGO), HIV Alliance(iNGO) & Aim Television.

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Director Statement

Waste Management is very poor in India, in fact the entire world today is creating more waste than value. If the growth of these hills of waste are not stopped immediately, our children in future will pay the price for our luxury and ignorance today.