General Information
Completed On: 07 Feb, 2025
Duration: 26 min 5 sec
Genres: Experimental, Short
Language: Bengali
Country: India
Submitted By: Anjanabha Roy
Festival Rating
A FABLE BEFORE APOCALYPSE is a psychoanalytic Science Fiction film where a lady (SREETAMA done by SWARALIPI GOSH) constantly talking with her fictional coequal (done by POULAMI SENGUPTA) contradicting herself in about becoming an artist and gaining fame. Actually her fictional coequal is nothing but her alternative personality who counters her ego to make her realize the duty of an poet. When entire world is under the threat of power conflict and combat it is a duty of a poet to pick his or her pen up to counter the doctrine of power otherwise be ready for the apocalypse.
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DirectorsANJANABHA ROY
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ProducersANJANABHA ROY
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WritersANJANABHA ROY
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CASTSWARALIPI GHOSH
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CASTPOULAMI SENGUPTA
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CASTANKITA DAS
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CASTBASUDHA NANDY
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CASTSAYAN SARKAR
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTORPRATIK BHATTACHARJYA
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CALIGRAPHYSUBHAM DUTTA
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CINEMATOGRAPHYANJANABHA ROY
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VFXANJANABHA ROY
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EDITINGANJANABHA ROY
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SOUND DESIGN & MIXINGANJANABHA ROY
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BGMSCOTT BUCKLEY
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Film TypeExperimental, Short
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GenresPsychoanalytic Science Fiction
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Runtime26 minutes 5 seconds
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Completion Date07 Feb, 2025
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Production Budget35000 USD
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Country of OriginIndia
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Country of FilmingIndia
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Film LanguageBengali
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Shooting FormatDigital
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Aspect Ratio1:90:1
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Director's Biography
1992, January 16. He was born at Malda, a small home town in West Bengal, India. He completed his master degree from Visva-Bharati university established by Rabindranath Tagore. He directed his first short film when he was perusing his academic degree. The Separation was his first film based on the history of partition on 1947. Then he made The Freedom, Fetish, The Girlhood, Before The Dawn...Night, The Pure Soul and last but not the least Letter to The Lime Light. His film continuously has been showcased in various international film festival like (The Separation) Global Youth Film Festival, Lakshmipur, Bangladesh, 2018; Global Lift Off Session, February, 2020. (The Freedom)2nd Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short Film Exhibition, October, 2016; 22 Kolkata International Film Festival, 2016. (Fetish)Global Lift Off Session, November, 2019. (The Girlhood) Global Lift Off Session, October 2019; First Time Film Maker Session, February 2020. (Before The Dawn...Night) The 8th China International Micro-Film Festival, 2018; 2nd South-Asia Short & Documentary Film Festival, Bidhannagar Film Society, 2019; The Lift-Off Session, 2019; Monthly Indie Shorts, 2020; Dumbo Film Festival, 2020. (The Pure Soul) Best Screenplay, Direct Monthly Online Film Festival, 2020; Special Screening, Online Film Festival by Bidhannagar Film Society & EZCC, 2020; Finalist, Venice Shorts, 2020; Best Editing, Independent Asia-Pacific International Film Festival, 2020; New York Tri-State International Film Festival, 2021; Finalist, Rotterdam Independent film festival, 2021. (Letter to The Lime Light) Roman Prisma Awards, 2020; Global Lift Off Session, 2020; First Time Filmmaker Session, 2020; Direct Monthly Online Film Festival 2020; Nominee, Cult Movies International Film Festival, 2021. His last film The Vanquished awarded Pigeon D'Or in Luis Bunuel Memorial Award, 2023. He also got critic choice award in Virgin Spring Film Festival and outstanding achievement award in Tagore International Film Festival for The Vanquished. His film The Lady & A Montage won many international awards along with BEST SHORT FILM(Main Category) in EDIPLAY international Film Festival, FRANCE, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST EDITING, BEST SILENT FILM in WORLD FILM CARNIVAL, SINGAPORE and BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT & BEST DIRECTOR in 8&HALF FILM AWARDS in 2023. He is the film director from India who does not believe in visual story telling but believe in deconstruction of visual narratives. His Last Film The City Called Kolkata won best international feature film in Paris Cine Fiesta, Best international narrative feature film in Nexus international film festival, best narrative feature in Toronto International Filmmakers' Festival, best narrative feature in London Indie Film Festival. Best feature editing in London Woman Film Festival. film in His art is much more complex and much concentrates on human psychology rather than common emotional events of life.
Director's Statement
Film is a cerebral art form not a grocery food item. It can't be manufactured and there is noting called composite art form because you need composition for craft work not for an art. Film is an abustle art form where an Independent mind makes some technical minds travelled philosophically though the history of time. You can call that independent mind "A Director".

