Filmmaker Vinay Shukla’s documentary, While We Watched starring news anchor Ravish Kumar, won the Cinephile Award at the Busan International Film Festival 2022. The film is titled Namaskar! Main Ravish Kumar in Hindi won the Amplify Voices Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2022. The Cinephile Award is given to the best Korean and Asian documentary film presented in the Wide Angle documentary showcase section.
In a statement, Shukla said he is ‘overwhelmed’ by the win. "I'd like to thank the Busan International Film Festival, the audiences and the jury. I spent the last four years locked in, working on this film everyday. I had an incredibly dedicated team. We wanted to make an immersive cinematic film about the emotional cost of making and consuming news. It was a hard and long process. I moved to the outskirts of Delhi and rented a place there for two years to shoot the film," the filmmaker said.
While We Watched is a UK production produced by LONO Studio and BRITDOC Films. The 27th edition of the Busan International Film Festival.