General Information
Completed On: 22 Feb, 2023
Duration: 21 min 35 sec
Genres: Experimental, Fiction, Short
Language: English
Country: India
Submitted By: Anjanabha Roy
Festival Rating 7.3
A lady is suffering from fantasy prone personality. While roaming around the alley of Kolkata she is developing her own dystopian world and living in it. She imagines some characters and visuals of devastating war and ultimately lost herself in the dystopian fantasy.
PS: Mostly still images and stop motion technology are used to create the stylization of the film.
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DirectorAnjanabha Roy
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ProducersAnjanabha Roy
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WriterAnjanabha Roy
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PlayersSudakshina Rakshit
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PlayersPriyanka Das
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PlayersPratik Bhattacharjya
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EditAnjanabha Roy
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Director of PhotographyIndrakshi Saha
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Film TypeExperimental, Fiction, Short
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GenresPsychological Drama,Political
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Runtime21 minutes 35 seconds
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Completion Date22 Feb, 2023
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Production Budget200 USD
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Country of OriginIndia
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Country of FilmingIndia
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Film LanguageEnglish
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Shooting FormatDigital
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Aspect Ratio4:3
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Film ColorBlack & White and Color
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Travancore International Film Awards (TIFA)
India
Trivandrum, Kerala
06/02/2023
Best Psychological Drama Film, Best Woman Oriented Film, Best Short Film Producer, Best Photography, Best Editing, Best New Wave film Maker
8 & Halfilm Awards
Italy
Rome
05/10/2023
Best Indie Narrative Short, Best Director
Festival De Indie
India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
03/28/2023
Best Dop, Best Young Director, Best Psychological Film
EdiPlay International Film Festival
France
03/05/2023
Best Short Film
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. He is the film director from India who does not believe in visual story telling but believe in deconstruction of visual narratives. His art is much more complex and much concentrates on human psychology rather than common emotional events of life.
Director's Statement
I am not a film maker but I am a director. Because I don't manufacture film but love to create cinemascope.
