Impulse is managed and owned by Kavita Joshi, an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India with over 10 years of experience in filmmaking and TV production.

We create independent documentaries; as also commissioned / information films. We handle India-end shooting for foreign productions. And organise filmmaking workshops and training programmes.

We have produced films for NRK Norway, Public Service Broadcasting Trust, Commonwealth of Learning, IIT Kanpur and others. We have also been the India-end producer for the projects of Acumen Fund USA.

We have conducted training programmes for Adobe India, IIT Kanpur, Chetana Media Thrissur, IAWRT, colleges of Delhi University and other organisations; and offer short term courses that are open to the general public.

KAVITA JOSHI: SOME DOCUMENTARIES:
(http://kavitajoshi.blogspot.com)

NAANI (under production): On my mother’s mother; on family, history, memory, and what we collectively choose to forget.

TALES FROM THE MARGINS: Twelve women disrobe in public on the streets of Manipur, in protest… For 6 years a young woman has been on a fast-to-death demanding justice; she is kept under arrest and is forcibly nose-fed. Why are the women of Manipur using their bodies both as their battlefield and as their last weapon? Tales of courage and protest from a conflict torn, marginalised region.

AWARDS:
Jury Prize, Docudays Human Rights Film Festival, Ukraine.
Best Doc, YNW 2008, Srilanka.
Special Jury Mention, IMNSF 2007 Geneva.
Silver Remi, World Fest Houston 2007.
Citation for Human Rights and other awards at the 19th UGC CEC awards India.
also:
50th DOK Leipzig 2007
L’Alternativa Barcelona 2007
22nd DOK.Fest Munich 2007
International Museum of Women, California
Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2008
Docs DF 2007, Mexico
Film South Asia 2007, Kathmandu
World Social Forum India 2006
Mad Cat San Francisco 2007
and others

UNTITLED: 3 NARRATIVES: (for NRK Norway) In the violence ravaged region of Manipur, 12 women protest naked on the streets. A mother laments the killing of her teenage son. A woman has been on a fast unto death for 6 years. 3 Short-docs on extraordinary protest by women.

WINNER: Best Film Human rights + Technical Excellence + Citation for Best Film, CEC Awards 2005; III Best film, VIBGYOR

SOME ROOTS GROW UPWARDS: (For Public Service Broadcasting Trust) Shot in violence-torn Manipur, the film explores the work of acclaimed theatre director Ratan Thiyam.

WINNER: Best Film + Technical Excellence + Citation for Arts at the CEC Awards 2003. Invited to leading film fests, incl. HFF Amsterdam 2005; Vikalp: Films for Freedom across India 2004; India, Many Faces 2004 Antwerp. KIMFF 2004 Nepal; KaraFest 2004 Karachi; also shown in Lausanne, Ghent, New York, Mumbai, Delhi, and other cities.

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OUR WORKSHOPS:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/impulseworkshops

Intensive video/film making workshop organised independently every summer, since 2003.

Also - have conducted workshops for Adobe India, IAWRT, IIT Kanpur and Chetana Media Institute in Kerala.

Can create customised workshops, focusing on documentary practice; participatory camerawork; gender sensitisation; and production training.

2 "Films For Sale" Listed:

Untitled: 3 Narratives 18 mins. DV. Documentary. eng. $0. Completed. P: Kavita Joshi / IMPULSE. D: Kavita Joshi. W: Kavita Joshi. C: none. short documentary. Multi award winning film about the anger and anguish of Manipuri women; their extraordinary protest; and their fight to live with dignity in a conflic ... Untitled: 3 Narratives 18 mins. DV. Documentary. eng. $0. Completed. P: Kavita Joshi / IMPULSE. D: Kavita Joshi. W: Kavita Joshi. C: none. short documentary. Multi award winning film about the anger and anguish of Manipuri women; their extraordinary protest; and their fight to live with dignity in a conflic ...