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'Divides more than unites': Indian film festivals & a shrinking space of dissent
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The Quint | 16/12/2023 06:23 PM | Click to read full article
"A film festival run by the money collected from taxpayers should treat them with dignity as a basic minimum," said Archana Ravi, an illustrator from Kerala – one of the two detained by the Goa Police on 27 November for what they claimed to be a 'peaceful protest' staged against Sudipto Sen's The Kerala Story that screened as part of the Indian Panorama Section at the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI).