All are invited to the Screening of the film “Bilal” directed by Saurav Sarangi.

It will be screened on 20 November 2009, Friday, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 56 of the Arts Faculty building, English department, University of Delhi, Delhi-7.

BILAL
English (subtitled), 88 min, 2008, India
Bilal can see but his parents cannot. He is only three years old and hardly understands what blindness is. Bilal also has a little brother, Hamza. And inside a tiny dark and dank room together they live in a curious game of seeing and not seeing. Neighbors and relatives surround them. The film tells this unusual story by observing the little boy over a year by capturing rare moments of sharing love, fun, cruelty, and hopes---the wonder world of Bilal.

Awards won:
Special Jury Award, Global Cinema, Indore, India, 2009
Best Long Documentary El Ojo Cojo, Madrid, Spain, 2009
Community Cinema Award, YIDFF, Yamagata, Japan, 2009
Award of Excellence, New Asian Currents YIDFF,Yamagata, Japan 2009
Best Long Documentary Award DOCUDAYS Beirut, Lebanon, 2009
Audience Award Auburn International Film Festival, Australia, 2009
Silver Palm Mexico International Film Festival,2009
Jury Special Award Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre de Humberto, Solás,
Cuba 2009
Silver Ace Las Vegas International Film Festival, 2009
Best Documentary ZIFF, Zanzibar 2009
Best Long Documentary IDSFFK, India, 2009
Best Documentary We Care Film Festival, India, 2009
Best Documentary (Horizons) DOK.FEST, Munich 2009
Golden Award Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival, 2009