''The Noon Gun'' is a 2004 documentary film directed by

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. In 1971, the experimental film maker

travelled to

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with his 16 mm film camera. The footage was lost for almost 30 years. Recently rediscovered, it forms the basis of this impressionistic documentary, with an original soundtrack provided by the world fusion musicians

Equa Sadia Sadia is a Canadian-born British installation artist, known for her audiovisual media work, incorporating sound and images, both still and moving. Education Sadia received her MSc in Political Science and Economics (Gender, Culture and So ...

. ''The Noon Gun'' had its world premiere at the 53rd

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(MIFF) in 2004. It premiered in the UK at the

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in Bradford (now the National Media Museum), September 2004. In 2005 it also featured as part of 'Films From The South' Festival in Oslo, Norway. In 2006 it was broadcast on Tolo TV, the most popular liberal TV station in

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, Afghanistan (and also by the Bhutan Broadcasting Service, the only service to broadcast inside the Bhutanese border). ''The Noon Gun'' was shortlisted, along with 6 other films, for The

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Foundation Short Film Competition in London. Extracts from the entries were screened at the Award Ceremony held in the David Lean Room of the

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(BAFTA), Piccadilly, London on the afternoon of Sunday 23 April 2006.

References

External links

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Chimera Arts
Official website for 'The Noon Gun',

Sadia Sadia Sadia Sadia is a Canadian-born British installation artist, known for her audiovisual media work, incorporating sound and images, both still and moving. Education Sadia received her MSc in Political Science and Economics (Gender, Culture and So ...

and

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