Correct Answer : Option (B) - Gauri
"Gauri", a documentary on journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh directed by Kavita Lankesh, has won the “Best Long Documentary Award” at the Montreal 2023 South Asian Film Festival.
* According to a release, the award’s citation read : “A brave and uncompromising pulse-taking of the current crisis in Indian politics, centered on the political assassination of Bengaluru-based journalist Gauri Lankesh in 2017. A “JQs” docu-thriller directed and narrated by Gauri’s sister, Kavita Lankesh.
* The documentary “All That Breathes”, which was an Oscar nominee, was also in competition and won the runner-up award.
* The documentary film “Gauri” has been commissioned by Free Press Unlimited, Amsterdam.
* The Free Press Unlimited mission stems from Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; This right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers..
Source : Bharat Times
