Filmmaking is my form of politics'
The Morning Standard|November 05, 2024
MID the din of doom and gloom narratives that usually dominate works on climate change, Shawn Sebastian's projects offer an oasis of quiet.
RONNIE KURIAKOSE
Filmmaking is my form of politics'

The root of the problem that imperils today's communities is not the only mainstay in this Kochi-based documentary filmmaker's focus. Instead, it also encapsulates the collective solutions that people arrive at. It is perhaps this—a proclivity to highlight the positive; the human aspect of the issue—that won his firm, Drokpa Films, the Climate Change Communication Award (Rebecca Ballestra) in 2023. He won the prestigious award for Faces of Climate Resilience, a 16-part short documentary series he did for CEEW.

TMS caught up with the filmmaker for a short interview. Excerpts:

How did you get into documentary filmmaking?

I have always been interested in storytelling, and documentaries have allowed me, who is not a trained filmmaker, to learn the craft on the go. I also found the medium to be very exciting, in the sense that I could explore the stories I was pursuing in depth.

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