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Bombay fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the great Koli knowledge system – a way to harvest the sea by following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods while Ganesh has strayed away from them, embracing technology. AGAINST THE TIDE is a tale of friendship and rising resentment between the two men, as close as brothers, against the backdrop of an adoring sea, which is increasingly turning hostile because of climate change.

Two indigenous Koli fishermen in Bombay, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take very different paths to provide for their struggling families.

Sarvnik Kaur is a documentary filmmaker who strives to tell stories that hide the tension and conflict just beneath the surface of the “normal” and “mundane”.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her first feature documentary, A BALLAD OF MALADIES, explores the tradition of political resistance in Kashmir through the work of those poets, musicians and artists who have turned their art into weapons of resistance during periods of heightened state repression and violence in the region. The film was banned from broadcast on the national network but it won India’s 64th National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film in 2017, Best Film at the 11th biennial Film South Asia and Best Documentary at the 10th IDSFF Kerala.&nbsp;She has spent three years with the Kolis of Bombay developing her new documentary AGAINST THE TIDE. She is a recipient of multiple grants from Sundance Film Fund, Catapult Film Fund, IDFA Bertha, San Francisco Film Fund, AlterCine Foundation, HotDocs Crosscurrents International.&nbsp;She has also been a fellow at Hot Docs Accelerator Lab, IDFA Academy, and the Chicken &amp; Egg Eggcelerator Labs.

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More beautiful award news for <a href="https://deckert-distribution.com/films/against-the-tide">AGAINST THE TIDE</a> - this time from Australia:&nbsp;The film by Sarvnik Kaur won the Sustainable Future Award at <a href="https://www.sff.org.au/">Sydney Film Festival</a>!&nbsp;The Sustainable Future Award is presented to a narrative or documentary film of any length that deepens our knowledge and awareness of the impact of the global climate emergency.

Sustainable Future Award for AGAINST THE TIDE at Sydney IFF

More beautiful award news for AGAINST THE TIDE - this time from Australia: 

The film by Sarvnik Kaur won the Sustainable Future Award at Sydney Film Festival!


Amazing news for <a href="https://deckert-distribution.com/films/against-the-tide">AGAINST THE TIDE</a>:Congrats to director Sarvnik Kaur and the entire team for winning the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Vérité Filmmaking!&nbsp;

AGAINST THE TIDE wins Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking at Sundance 

Amazing news for Against the Tide. Congrats to Sarvnik Kaur and the entire incredible team for this big prize: World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Verité Filmmaking! 

<a href="https://deckert-distribution.com/films/against-the-tide">AGAINST THE TIDE</a> is off to a great start in the fall awards season!&nbsp;Sarvnik Kaur's film has just been shortlisted for Best Feature Documentary at the 39th Annual <a href="https://www.documentary.org/awards/enter">International Documentary Association Awards</a>.Since 1984, the IDA Documentary Awards have recognized a diverse range of emerging and established filmmakers, and expanded to include recognition of artistic direction, audio documentaries, documentary journalism, and music documentaries, as well as individual honors such as the Courage Under Fire Award and Career Achievement Award.&nbsp;In addition to this, the film is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the <a href="https://awards.thegotham.org/">Gotham Awards</a>, which honor visionary talent in front of and behind the camera.&nbsp;The good news doesn't stop there, as the film has also been nominated for Best Documentary Film at the <a href="https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/apsa-nominees-winners?nomination-winner-name=nominee">Asia Pacific Screen Awards</a>. &nbsp;The Asia Pacific Screen Awards recognize and promote the cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the vast Asia Pacific region of 78 countries and areas.

IDA Best Feature Shortlist and Gotham Award Nomination

<a href="https://deckert-distribution.com/films/against-the-tide">AGAINST THE TIDE</a> by Sarvnik Kaur can add another accolade to its growing list, as it has been awarded the Best Documentary Film Award at the <a href="https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/apsa-nominees-winners/2023/best-documentary-film-2/against-the-tide">Asia Pacific Screen Awards</a> during the ceremony on November 3rd at the Gold Coast, Australia!&nbsp;The Asia Pacific Screen Awards, APSA, are hosted annually in Australia, and recognize cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the vast Pacific Region of 78 countries and areas.&nbsp;

APSA Award for Best Documentary Film goes to AGAINST THE TIDE

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