PARIAH DOG
A FILM BY JESSE ALK
Documentary — India —2019 — 77 min
Color | Bengali with English subtitles | 16:9 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
Native street dogs have survived alongside humans in the towns and villages of India for thousands of years. In the densely populated city of Kolkata, four men and women devote themselves to caring for these often-neglected animals, despite their own material and philosophical struggles.
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- Direction : Jesse Alk
- Screenplay : Jesse Alk et Koustav Sinha
- Production : Jesse Alk and Noah Lerner (Pagol Productions)
- Direction of photography : Jesse Alk
- Editing : Jesse Alk
- Sound design : Brian Rund
- Sound recording : Koustav Sinha
- Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2019 *Best Feature
- Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, 2019
- Krakow Film Festival, 2019
- SF Docfest, 2019
- Eurasia International Film Festival, 2019
- Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, 2019
- Nevada City Film Festival, 2019 *Best Director
- DOCUTAH, 2019
- Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, 2019 *Best Feature
- Docuwest Film Festival, 2019
- Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, 2019 *Archana Soy Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary
- Kara Animal Film Festival, 2019
- Docubaku, 2019
- Woodstock Film Festival, 2019
- Sheridan WYO Film Festival, 2019
- Santa Cruz Film Festival, 2019 *Spirit of Action Prize
- Eastern Oregon Film Festival, 2019
- Dhasamshala International Film Festival, 2019
- Kolkata International Film Festival, 2019
- Film Southasia, 2019 *Jury Special Mention
- Cucarolus Film Festival, 2019
- Cinema Paradiso Screening Series, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, 2019
- International Short and Independent Film Festival, 2019
- Docpoint Tallinn, 2020
- Dairy Arts Center, 2020
- Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, 2020
- Sleeping Giant Film Festival, 2020
- Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2020
- Nitte International Film Festival, 2020
- Ashland Independent Film Festival, 2020
- Baikal International Film Festival, 2020
- Cineambiente Environmental Film Festival, 2020