Film poster for "Ek Tha Gaon / Once Upon A Village" with illustration of woman laying down on rocks.

EK THA GAON / ONCE UPON A VILLAGE - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE

Two survivors of an abandoned village in the Himalayan foothills, an 80 year old woman and a 19 year old girl, struggle with the choice to leave for an alienating city life or to continue living in a lonely village

EK THA GAON / ONCE UPON A VILLAGE - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE

Name: EK THA GAON / ONCE UPON A VILLAGE - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE
Brand: Two survivors of an abandoned village in the Himalayan foothills, an 80 year old woman and a 19 year old girl, struggle with the choice to leave for an alienating city life or to continue living in a lonely village
SKU: EK THA GAON (ONCE UPON A VILLAGE)
Price: 129.0 USD
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$129.00

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THE GOLDEN LOTUS and BEST AUDIOGRAPHY - 69th National Awards (India) | JOHN ABRAHAM AWARD - Federation of Film Societies of India

Rural to Urban Migration • Women's Stories • Climate Change • Himalayas • Anthropology

“Villagers have a saying that the dead come back to visit the living. Now those of us who remain have only these ghosts for company.”

Semla is a ghost village in the Himalayan foothills. The 50 families that once lived in the village, have migrated to the city, leaving behind 7 people. With this migration, livelihood connected to the terrain and seasons have slowly faded. Like her village, Leela is old, resilient and forgotten. Despite loneliness and struggles with an aging body, Leela doesn’t want to leave for the city. Golu is the only young person in the village. She is desperate to escape to the city but doesn’t have the means. Dreaming for a different life, Golu roams around the abandoned village. As the film progresses, the two women face the invisible but palpable forces of migration. Their emotional journey changes their relationship with the place they call “Home”. As time crawls by, a way of life struggles to stay relevant. In this fragile existence, EK THA GAON / ONCE UPON A VILLAGE explores life in a dying village where a haunting absence lingers.

The Indian Express
"Part-observatory, part-expository, it is poetic and personal. Lakhera ensures the gaze and engagement aren’t distant."

Open Magazine
"What makes Ek Tha Gaon in particular so effective and memorable isn’t just the social and ecological conditions it depicts that led to its acclaim, but also the real lives of the people in it, especially that of Leela Devi‘s."

AWARDS
Audience Award | Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival
Best Documentary | All Living Things Environmental Film Festival
John Abraham Award | SiGns Film Festival
Jury Award | Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival
Jury Award | International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
Best Documentary Award and Audience Award | International Documentary Festival of IERAPETRA
Audience Choice Award | Seoul Eco Film Festival
Best Non-Feature Film | 69th National Award
Best Audiography | 69th National Award
John Abraham Award | Federation of Film Societies of India