Short Fiction Movies Come of Age 18th Kalpanirjhar short fiction film festival, Kolkata
The 18th Kalpanirjhar Short Fiction Film Festival had to be postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic. Fortunately, the festival was physical and not virtual which is difficult to follow or even respond to as the film buff would to a theatrically organized festival which we can truly enjoy.
This is an international film festival because one gets to see short fiction films from across the world though the Indian short fiction films are specially ear-marked for competition. Usually, we have a fine blend of all formats – animation, Black-and-White, abstract films, non-linear narratives that open up platforms of a newer viewing experience.
A still from the movie “Day One”
GUWAHATI: Whenever someone speaks about lack of living spaces, the first cities that come to one’s mind are Mumbai and Delhi. A major reason for this is that these are the places that have been portrayed in most movies and as such, similar issues in other cities never get highlighted.
To showcase urban space issues that small cities like Guwahati face, a filmmaker and social scientist have come together to make a movie “Day One” to highlight urban housing problems and space inadequacies here.
The film has been made as part of the Nagari Film Competition, an annual contest designed to guide and develop movies that focus on urban issues that are specific to Indian cities. The six-and-a-half minute film has been commissioned by Charles Correa Foundation, which works on education and research in human settlements, Mukul Haloi, an Indian filmmaker based in Assam’s Nalbari, and Pooja Kalita, a PhD scholar of South Asian University’s d