Toronto, Busan-Winning Ravish Kumar Documentary ‘While We Watched’ Snapped Up for U.K., Ireland by MetFilm Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)

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Naman Ramachandran MetFilm Distribution has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to Vinay Shukla’s documentary “While We Watched.” Produced by the U.K.’s Lono Studio and BritDoc Films, the documentary is a newsroom drama intimately chronicling the working days of Indian broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiralling world of truth and disinformation.

Kumar, a Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, was a senior journalist at Indian news platform NDTV, who resigned after billionaire Gautam Adani took over the company. “While We Watched” debuted at Toronto in 2022 where it won the Amplify Voices award, followed by Busan, where it won the Cinephile award.

Most recently, the film won the international competition at Helsinki’s DocPoint Festival. Shukla previously co-directed controversial Indian political documentary “An Insignificant Man.” Shukla said: “ ‘While We Watched’ is my love letter to journalism.

It’s an urgent newsroom horror film — there is a story of hope hidden deep inside layers of personal loneliness. I love MetFilm and I know they are the right partners to bring the film out widely in the U.K..