International Festival Signs of the Night - Paris
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21e Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris / 29 Septembre - 8 Octobre 2023
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India # 5


October 8th, 2023 - 6 pm
Maison de l´Inde - Cité universitaire
75014 Paris


 

Broken Wall

 

Mrinmoy Sarkar
India / 2023 / 0:18:24


An old retired man, living in an almost deserted housing in Kolkata, feels lonely and suffers from an existential crisis. He seeks meaningful relationships with people around him. He finds a connection with a neighbourhood kid. Both the old man and kid are living in an adverse situation, which lacks compassion and love. The old man saves the kid from an incident of abuse. But he chooses to vanish from this ugly world because the perpetrator continues relationship with the kid’s mother.


 

Tam-bram Cooking

 

Prem Akkattoos Sraiyanti
India / 2023 / 0:09:20


A man who works as a security guard in an apartment complex goes about his day, while the residents who live there express their views on caste, identity and their own social standing.







 

My Courtyard

Ne Sotal
Shrutiman Deori
India / 2021 / 0:09:40


During the pandemic, Gautam, a 14 year old boy studying in a residential school in the city remains stuck in the dormitary. He yearns for his village while his mother tries contacting him.









 

Cage

Qafas

Asah Elahi
India / 2023 / 0:15:00


The film explores a variety of themes including industrial migration, class exploitation etc. The film tries to capture the angst and the pain of the protagonist who finds himself trapped in the new locales of an industrial town .The film has been shot at real locations in a small industrial town and a premises of a real manufacturing setup to give an authentic flavor to the film. Apart from exploring these themes I have also tried to keep the film interesting and engrossing for the audience.



 

The Flow Of Resilience

Boi Thaka

Pranami Rajbangshi
India / 2023 0:14:34


A found diary triggers memories, leading the filmmaker on a journey to uncover harrowing stories of accused witches in remote Assam villages.









 

The Reminiscence

 

Subhadeep Ghosh
India /2023 / 0:14:52


After ten days, Animesh walked and stood on the roof. Whatever, according to the doctor, be the cause of his back injury, he is sure that it is hidden in the distant past. Thereafter everything was going well, but ten days ago suddenly...