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A self-taught filmmaker from Haryana turned his grandfather's heartbreak into an award-winning documentary competing at the prestigious London Film Festival. Ankur Hooda's intimate film about vanishing rural traditions is resonating with audiences worldwide.
Sydney filmmaker Elliot Constable won ABC's Race Around the World by creating documentaries that connected audiences to real people facing extraordinary challenges. His character-focused approach took him across six countries and earned him funding for his next project.
A single wildlife documentary turned whale shark hunters into protectors in Gujarat, India. Within months of its release, the film sparked national and global protections for a species most people didn't know existed.