Shabnam Virmani

Shabnam Virmani is a documentary film maker and artist in residence at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore since 2002. Co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights collective, she has directed several documentaries, some of which have won awards. In 2002, she co-directed an award-winning community radio program with the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan in Gujarat.

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• Tedxdelhi shabnam virmani
• Shabnam virmani fireflies 2012 bangalore yo var paayo ho laadli ne yo var paayo ji
• Had Anhad Bounded Boundless
• Chalo Hamara Des Come to My Country
• Koi Sunta Hai Someone Listens
• Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein In the Market Stands Kabir
• When Women UniteThe Story of an UprisingAadavallu Ekamaite
• Tu Zinda HaiTo Be Alive
• Umati Umang ni DamriHopes Soaring High
• Kunjal Paanje Kutch Ji Sarus Crane of our Kutch
• References

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, a documentary film by Shabnam Virmani on the poet-saint as part of her Kabir Project, has won the Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards, June 2011.

She was conferred this award for,"An insightful film that introduces us to the various cults that have grown around Kabir, the mystic weaver and saint. It explores the nuances of India's argumentative tradition as exemplified by Kabir's dohas and traces the eventful journey of one man caught in an Orwellian dilemma as he is elevated to the status of a cult leader, torn between the inevitable trappings of hierarchy that run paradoxical to the simple philosophy of Kabir".

Had-Anhad (Bounded-Boundless)

Journeys with Ram and Kabir

1st Prize (shared), One Billion Eyes Documentary Film Festival, August 2008, Chennai

Mahindra Indo-Americal Arts Council Film Festival, 5–9 November, New York City

World Performing Arts Festival, Nov 2008, Lahore, Pakistan

Bangalore International Film Festival, Jan 2009, Bangalore, India

Kala Ghoda Festival, Feb 2009, Mumbai

Inaugural film, VIBGYOR International Film Festival, Feb 2009, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Chalo Hamara Des (Come to My Country)

Journeys with Kabir and Friends

One Billion Eyes Documentary Film Festival, August 2008, Chennai, India

World Performing Arts Festival, Nov 2008, Lahore, Pakistan

International Festival of Sacred Arts, Feb 2009 Delhi, India

VIBGYOR International Film Festival, Feb 2009, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Koi Sunta Hai (Someone Listens)

Journeys with Kumar and Kabir

One Billion Eyes Documentary Film Festival, August 2008, Chennai, India

World Performing Arts Festival, Nov 2008, Lahore, Pakistan

VIBGYOR International Film Festival, Feb 2009, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein (In the Market Stands Kabir)

Journeys with Kabir and Friends

Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards, India, June 2011.

When Women Unite:The Story of an Uprising/Aadavallu Ekamaite

Grand Prize, 6th Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival, 1997.

Chingari Video Festival, Conference on South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 1996

Margaret Mead International Film Festival, New York City, 1997

Margaret Mead Travelling Film and Video Festival, 1997–98

Film South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1997

5th Mumbai International Film Festival, 1998

Sakshi Film Festival, Bangalore, 1998

Prakriti Film Festival, Pune, 1999

New Delhi Video Festival, 1999

Tu Zinda Hai!/To Be Alive!

Awarded Best Film in the Society & Development Category, International Video Festival (IVFEST), Thiruvananthapuram, 1995

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan, 1997

Chingari Video Festival, Conference of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 1997

Film South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1997

Prakriti Film Festival, Hyderabad, 1997

Fribourg Film Festival, Switzerland, 1998

Umati Umang ni Damri/Hopes Soaring High

Mumbai International Film Festival, Video Vista, 1996

Margaret Mead International Film Festival, New York, 1996

Margaret Mead Travelling Film Festival, USA, 1996–97

Kunjal Paanje Kutch Ji (Sarus Crane of our Kutch)

Radio production

Chameli Devi Jain Award for Women in Journalism, March 2001