Gurvinder Singh
Still: Crescent NightGurvinder SINGH (1973, India) worked as a graphic artist in advertising while studying at Delhi University. After that, he followed a postgraduate course in film directing at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. For several years, he collaborated closely with filmmaker Mani Kaul. Before his feature debut, Alms for the Blind Horse (2011), Singh made several documentaries. The Fourth Direction (2015) was screened in the Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes. His film Bitter Chestnut (2019) premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival. He received the Indian National Film Award twice and has been awarded many other prizes at international film festivals.
Filmography
Pala (2003, short doc), Passage (2004, short), A Winter Tale (2004, short doc), Legs Above My Feet (2007, short doc), An Untitled Film (2009, doc), Kavalam (2010, doc), Anhey ghorhey da daan/Alms for the Blind Horse (2011), Chauti koot/The Fourth Direction (2015), Ghuspaithia/Infiltrator (2016, short), Sea of Lost Time (2019, short), Khanaur/Bitter Chestnut (2019), Adh chanani raat/Crescent Night (2022), "Trolley Times" (2023)
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Gurvinder Singh at IFFR
Alms for the Blind Horse
117'
India
IFFR 2012
The Fourth Direction
115'
India
IFFR 2016
Sea of Lost Time
After his student workshop project (based on a Gabriel García Márquez story) was terminated, Siṃgh found a small masterpiece in the material already shot.
45'
India
IFFR 2019
Bitter Chestnut
Seventeen-year-old Kishan faces a dilemma: uncertain adventure in the city, or a predictable life in his Himalayan village?
100'
India
IFFR 2020
"Trolley Times"
A candid grassroots record of the non-violent protests against India’s controversial farm laws.
151'
India
IFFR 2024
Crescent Night
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
108'
India
P&I Selection 2022
Qaim Deen
120'
India