Overview

• Rakesh Sharma has been chosen for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 17th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, scheduled for Aug. 22–27 in Thiruvananthapuram.
• The award carries a Rs 2 lakh cash prize, a citation and a statuette that will be presented at screenings held at the Kairali Theatre complex.
• IDSFFK organisers praised Sharma’s transformative impact on Indian documentary cinema and his unwavering commitment to social-justice storytelling.
• A festival retrospective will feature select works spanning his career, including the 2004 documentary Final Solution.
• After autoimmune-related medical sabbaticals, Sharma has resumed postproduction on long-delayed films and is nearing completion of Final Solution Revisited.