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Description: Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha - becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Several so-called ‘death hotels’ exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death - some for as long as 40 years.nnInterview: https://directorsnotes.com/2021/02/15/dan-braga-ulvestad-by-the-river/nnAwards:nBest Short Director - Melbourne Docum