Divya Hansda
Divya Hansda is an alumna of Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, with a specialization in Film Editing. "Abartan", a Bengali short film, 35mm, "In Blue" English, 35mm, "On The Hard Surface" (Digital, 20min) a documentary in Bengali with English subtitles, and a music playback project "Wish I Had Wings" in 35mm are some of the academic projects she edited. "A Box Full Of Kisses" and "The Book Which Was Lost" (16mm) are the first two films she directed as a student in the film school. "The Aquarium" is a Malayalam (independent) film screened in Kolkata International Film Festival 2015. Her career in Bollywood industry started with assisting an eminent senior editor Aseem Sinha, in a feature film "Wedding Anniversary" in Goa and in Mumbai. She also edited television programs of DD Bangla at Doordarshan Kendra, Kolkata. The Indigenous is her first non - fiction feature film officially selected in Garifuna Indigenous International Film Festival 2017, California, LA.
Films
- "Mossé" D: Divya Hansda, IN 20162’37”
A small boy lived in the jungle where living creatures and plants sustained each other without disturbing the environment. The film speaks about the issues of displacement of the wild animals. It was very interesting to hear jungle stories from this little protagonist who lived near Rajmahal hills. He lost his parents when a confused elephant strayed from it's herd ramping through the mud walls of his village. After losing his parents he wandered around feeding on crabs and rice flakes. He eventually came to the plains to sell forest products.
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