Farming the Revolution directed by Nishtha Jain and Akash Basumatari will open the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival which will take place from September 26 until October 2, 2024 in Goyang and Paju, South Korea.

Farming the Revolution by Nishtha Jain and Akash Basumatari – India, France, Norway | 2024 – 105 minutes | Asian Premiere

Farming the Revolution takes us to the heart of the massive year-long protests against the Indian government’s then newly enacted farm laws during the COVID lockdown. Over half a million protesters gathered – men and women from all generations, religions, classes and castes – and reinvented co-existence at massive protest sites that burgeoned on the borders of Delhi. The film invites us to experience the everyday textures and indomitable spirit of this historic farmers’ movement – until, finally. (DMZ Docs 2024)

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About the directors:
Nishtha Jain – Born in India, 1965. Nishtha Jain is a documentary filmmaker best known for her films such as City of Photos (2004), Gulabi Gang (2012), and The Golden Thread (2022). She is a Chicken & Egg Award winner (2020); Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences (AMPAS) member; and Film Independent Global Media Maker Fellow (2019-20). Farming the Revolution(2024) won the Best International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs 2024.​

Akash Basumatari – Born in India, Akash Basumatari is an emerging documentary filmmaker who captures subaltern narratives with a distinctive, earthy style. Educated in Visual Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, he began his career at SPS Community Media, training grassroots filmmakers. His documentaries including The Lyrical Rongdanis (2020) explore themes of the environment, indigenous cultures, and traditional music, often with poetic, abstract undertones.

For more information, please visit: https://dmzdocs.com/eng/