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WINNER: Student Academy Award
Film based on an infamous school poisoning in India
 “BITTU” is a film about the close friendship between two girls which is eclipsed by an accidental poisoning at school.
In 2013, at least 23 students died, and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in India after eating lunch contaminated with pesticide. The incident was a moment of mundane carelessness that resulted in horrific consequences. Karishma Dev Dube’s “BITTU” was shot in the foothills of the Himalayas and is based on this tragic event. This important film recently won a Student Academy Award.
BITTU has also been screened at The Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (Canada). ....

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