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The Pathan Sisters
A documentary by Eléonore Boissinot
52'/76' I Hindi, Urdu
Synopsis
Gujarat, India. Survivors of the 2002 anti-Muslim massacres, Sofia and Suzain are coming of age.
Team
Written and directed by Eléonore Boissinot
Production: Claire Babany
DOP: Cédric Dupire, Eléonore Boissinot, Aniket Deore
Sound: Eléonore Boissinot
Editor: Laureline Delom, Cédric Dupire, Perrine Bekaert
Assistant director: Preeti Pareek Chaudhary
Assistant editor: Thomas Laufer
Original music: Bertrand Wolff
Sound editing: Pali Meursault
Re-Recording mixer: Thomas Besson
Color Grading: Mathieu Weil
International Sales : Blooming Docs / Cinephil
Funding & partners
With the support of the CNC innovative grant, SCAM writing grant,
Region Sud development and production grants, Procirep Angoa
Selected for the 2018 Eurodoc program and the 2020 Sheffield MeetMarket
Broadcasters: France Télévisions (FR2 “25 shades of docs”), RTS, Lyon Capitale TV, Al Jazeera Documentary, Deutsche Welle
Festivals and awards 2023/2024
- Critics Week, Locarno Film Festival 2023 ** Zonta Club Award ** (World Premiere)
- Etats Généraux du Film Documentaire, France (National Premiere)
- Corsica Doc, France, New Talents competition
- Women International Film Festival of Salé, FIFF Morocco (competition)
- Ecrans du Réel Festival, le Mans, France, 1st Doc competition
- My First Doc, Tunisia (competition)
- MiradasDoc, Tenerife, Spain (competition)
- RÉ-ELLES, documentary film and women's rights, France
- 12th Liberation DocFest Bangladesh (Asian premiere)
- Etoile de la Scam Award 2024
- Vrai de Vrai Festival, France (competition)
- Festival Après Varan, December 2025
And also : Special screening @ People's Collective Kolkata (India), French Alliance Karachi (Pakistan), EHESS University (Paris) etc.
TV Broadcasts
- France Télévisions (25 Nuances de Docs) November 1st 2023, available on replay until April 2024 (France)
- RTS 1 (Sur les Docs) December 13th 2023, available on replay until February 12th, 2024 (Switzerland)
- Lyon Capitale TV on April 9, 2024
- Deutsche Welle on June 10, 2024 (+ 90 days replay)
- Al Jazeera Documentary (Mena Region) — 18 & 19 March 2025
- Available on Tënk
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