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AVATARA

   Documentary, 25 minutes, India, English subtitles

 

Set in the cultural frontier zone of the Hindu Himalaya, AVATARA (from Sanskrit, "descent") explores the lived religion of goddess worship (shaktism) in a remote pastoral valley. For her farmer and shepherd followers, the goddess's presence is all too real; quick to anger and ever-thirsty for sacrifices, she haunts them in their dreams and rituals, demanding complete submission as both child-like-friend and motherly-punisher. In this enchanted world of magical creativity, the encounters with the goddess are transient, intuitive events that hold the key to creation and, for those lucky enough to see her, a short lived salvation.

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Director: Nadav Harel

Cinematographer/editor: Nadav Harel

Screenplay & Research:  Arik Moran

Original music:  Kat Tolkovsky

Sound design & mix:  Nati Zeidenstadt

Executive producer: Shmulik Naparstek

Vocals: Carina Shoshtary

Translation: Chetu Thakur, Mahesh Rajput

Sound recordist: Shmulik Naparstek

Producer: Nadav Harel

production company: NOPROCESS FILMS

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