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Last Date of Submission (14th August 2025)
Welcome to SOUL – Stories of Unity, Land and Culture
SOUL is a unique docu-fiction film festival and competition- 2025 that celebrates the sacred relationship between people and the land they inhabit. Rooted in the diverse traditions of Northeast India and beyond, SOUL brings to light the rituals, stories, and practices that unite communities through the worship and reverence of land, nature, and culture. This festival is a platform for filmmakers, storytellers, researchers, and communities to showcase their narratives that reflect unity in diversity — beyond religion, beyond boundaries.
Festival Chairman
Sri Pradeep Kumar
IPS (Retd)
Pradeep Kumar IPS (Retd), Born in Aligarh (UP) got selected for IPS through CSE 1983 and was allotted Assam-Meghalaya Cadre. Worked as SP in Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dhubri and Nagaon districts. On promotion worked as DIG (NR), IGP (OSD), IGP (BIEO), IGP (Sec.), IGP(SOU), ADGP (A), ADGP (APRO), ADGP (M&L), ADGP (T&AP), Director (V&AC), DG (CD) &CG (HG) and as Chairman SLPRB from 2015 to 2020. Got awarded with Parakram Padak, President’s Police Medal (MS) and PPM (DS).
Festival Director (Honorary)
Smt. Monita Borgohain (IAS)
Secretary to the Govt. of Assam
A bureaucrat in IAS, Secretary to the Govt of Assam, Former Director, Bhupen Hazarika Govt Film & Television Institute; Secretary, Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio, Assam Festival Director, Guwahati International Film Festival, Guwahati International Short Docu and Animation Film Festival, Guwahati International Children Film Festival. Guwahati Asian Film Festival Director, Soul of Silence (Assamese feature film), Pratima , Morixali, The quest, Sanctuary, Eclipse(Short films). Jury at Kautik International Film Festival , Chalachitram National Festival and SOUL Docu fiction Festival, Advisor, Chicago International Indie Film Festival; Jury at Mumbai International Student Film Festival. Member, Film Critic Circle of India.
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