Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha - becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Hindu scriptures say that a soul has to undergo 8.4 million rebirths before reaching the human form, the only form one can attain moksha, and dying in Varanasi and being cremated along the banks of the river is believed to be the ideal way of achieving this. Several so-called ‘death hotels’ exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death - some for as long as 40 years.
Applications are now open for the Antenna Rough Cut Lab, a one-day intensive workshop designed to help filmmakers to finish their films to the best of their creative potential and to find ways to reach global audiences.
The NSW government has announced $500K in funding to deliver professional development programs for screen professionals and support film festivals and events.
Personal reflections of a pivotal moment in modern history, taken from an unwavering Parisian viewpoint, will make their way to this year's Antenna Documentary Film Festival in the form of Ben Ferris' 'In(di)visible'.