The 2013 film documentary '' Foresting life '' , directed by the Indian documentary filmmaker Aarti Shrivastava , celebrates the life and work of Jadav Payeng in the Molai forest . These are also the focus of William Douglas McMaster 's 2013 film documentary '' Forest Man '' . With 8,327 USD pledged on its Kickstarter campaign , the film was brought to completion and taken to a number of film festivals . It was awarded the Best Documentary prize at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in the American Pavilion at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
Jadav Payeng