Cover image via Indrani Kopal's Facebook
Aspiring filmmaker Indrani Kopal definitely made Malaysia proud when her documentary film 'The Game Changer' bagged the Best Student Documentary Award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival on 19 May
Image via Indrani Kopal's Facebook
Indrani's documentary – made on a budget of US$3,225 (RM11,500) – was originally intended to be a student piece.
'The Game Changer' has since received critical acclaim from 13 international film festivals and was recently awarded Best Short Documentary at the 9th Harlem International Film Festival in New York.
Image via Indrani Kopal
The award-winning piece follows dancer and choreographer Susan Slotnik's work in New York's Woodbourne Correctional Facility, where she teaches male inmates dance under a social project called Rehabilitation For The Arts
Image via Indrani Kopal
Indrani is also working on a sequel to 'The Game Changer' called 'The Incarcerated Rhythm', which will focus on the inmates' life after prison
Image via Natalie Ivis
For those of you who'd like to have a peek of Indrani's work, a screening of 'The Game Changer' will be held on 29 May (Friday), 8.00pm at Malaysiakini HQ
More information about the screening [here](https://www.facebook.com/events/1589885214600663).
Meanwhile, here's a trailer of the award-winning documentary:
Indrani, a former multimedia journalist for Malaysiakini, is currently pursuing her masters in Fine Arts, specialising in documentary studies and production at the Hofstra University, New York on a Fulbright scholarship.
Image via Indrani Kopal's Facebook
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