'Period. End of Sentence', a film on the taboos around menstruation and featuring the real 'Pad Man', had made it to the top five nominees of the Documentary Short Subject category. Other nominees include 'Black Sheep', 'End Game', 'Lifeboat' and 'A Night At The Garden'.
The 26-minute film follows girls and women in Hapur in northern India and their experience with the installation of a pad machine in their village.
The film is about women in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real-life 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganathan. It is co-produced by Monga's Sikhya Entertainment, which has backed films like 'The Lunchbox' and 'Masaan'.
Directed by award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, the film is created by The Pad Project, an organisation established by an inspired group of students at the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their teacher, Melissa Berton.