Penangite wins international award for Covid-19 short film


Great storyteller: Rubendra showing his White Unicorn International Film Festival award. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The story of a family’s tragic upheaval during the Covid-19 pandemic titled This Too Shall Pass has bagged Penang-born film director Rubendra Ganeish Ravi the White Unicorn International Film Festival (WUIFF) award.

The 47-minute short film has been selected and is being screened at the Global Indian Film Festival held in Mumbai, India, from Oct 21 to 31.

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