Lotus Film Goa

Featured documentary

Dances of Goa

62 min | 2012

Director | Nalini Elvino de Sousa

Synopsis

Travelling through the villages of Goa, a team of youngsters unveil the rich culture of Goa, through dance.  A journey that explores the basic lifestyle, rituals, beliefs, customs and costumes of the Goan village that should not be forgotten.
  • Won the audience award at In the Palace Short Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria, 2013


  • Selected for the International Festival of Films on Tribal, Art & Culture (IFFTAC), Bhopal, 2013


  • Selected for the Heritage Film Festival, Gujarat, 2014
  • Regina Mundi, Vasco, Aug 2012

  • Auxilium School, Talegao, Aug 2012

  • St. Bhartolomeu High School, Chorao, Aug 2012

  • St. Mary School, Mapusa, Aug 2012

  • Mãe dos Pobres school, Nuvem, Aug 2012

  • Our Lady of Rosary school, Pernem, Sept 2012

  • St. Theresa’s High School, Mapusa, Sept 2012

  • GVM School, Ponda, Sept 2012

  • Fundação Oriente, Goa, Feb 2019

  • Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for Arts, May 2019

  • Fundação Oriente, Lisbon, Sept 2019

  • Social Design Festival, Feb 2020

  • Producer | Sociedade de Fomento

  • Executive producer | Lotus Film & TV Production

  • Production Manager | Rohit Phalgaonkar

  • Director | Nalini Elvino de Sousa

  • Editor | Prasheela Achrekar

  • Camera | Agnelo lobo Dnyanesh Moghe Jude Fernandes Joseph Lobo Nuno Gilde de Oliveira Oscar Chagas da Silva William Oscar Rodrigues

  • Scriptwriter | Clara Rodrigues

  • Sound Mixing | Noel de Souza

  • Script consultant | Bossuet Afonso Darryl Pereira Jayesh fraut Gorak Sirsat

  • Translator | Damodar K. Ghanekar (Konkani) Rupa Chari (Hindi) Voice Over | Alfwold Silveira (English) Pankaj Kudttarkar (Konkani) Rupa Chari (Hindi)

  • Still Photography | John Lino William Rodrigues

  • DVD Cover design | Satyen Keni

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