make films
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We make films that document lived realities of communities to create alternative narratives
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Work in progress…
Schooled!A documentary on the state of schooling in India
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Leave no one behindAn animation short on Gandhi and Sustainable Development Goals
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The following spots, shorts and documentaries were made by Savyasachi, Anju and/or Prabir:
Our Rights, Our EntitlementsA series of five video spots on right to know, right to be heard, right to question and right to participate. The series was developed through a workshop process with children and adolescents from Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala.
Duration: 11:37 minutes Concept, Script & Direction: Anju Uppal & Prabir Bose Producer: Media Matters Support: UNICEF India Our dreams… chained |
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A documentary on dreams, aspirations and struggle of adolescent girls from district Nandurbar, Latur and Mumbai in Maharashtra
Duration: 15:43 minutes Direction: Anju Uppal & Prabir Bose Producer: Media Matters Support: UNICEF Maharashtra Suno Sunate HainA short and long video documenting voices of children and young people on their understanding of child rights and child participation as part of consultations across 16 states of India
Duration: 11 minutes & 32 minutes (two versions) Direction: Anju Uppal & Prabir Bose Producer: Media Matters Support: UNICEF India Right to ActThe video documents narratives of the participants as they journey through the four-day workshop process on Participatory Theatre as an approach and medium to advocate for rights and entitlements of children and young people.
Duration: 30 minutes Editing & Direction: Anju Uppal & Prabir Bose Producer: Media Matters Support: UNICEF India There’s nothing to celebrateTV spot on the issue of child labour on the occassion of April 30 Anti Child Labour Day
Duration: 1 minute Direction: Prabir Bose & Anju Uppal Producer: Media Matters Support: Save the Children Canada The other childhoodA documentary about working children and educational interventions across Maharashtra
Duration: 24 minutes Direction: Prabir Bose Producer: Media Matters Support: Save the Children Canada Mulanna Kay KadtaA documentary on Bal Panchayats and issues of child participation processes in
Amravati district of Maharashtra. Duration: 15 minutes Direction: Prabir Bose Producer: Media Matters Support: Save the Children Canada Refuse to Let LieA documentary on solid waste management initiative in a slum community of Mumbai
Duration: 19:30 minutes Direction: Anju Uppal & Ganga Mukhi Producer: Media Matters Support: SWM Project, SNDT University 2 Lives:2 Miles Apart // SchoolFor a long time, it has been assumed that those in rural areas have worse access to education but children living in poor urban neighborhoods are among the least likely to attend school. Maansi and Manisha live in the same neighborhood of Mumbai but only one of them goes to school. Find out why in Episode 6 of 2 Lives:2 Miles Apart.
2 Lives:2 Miles Apart is a series of films that highlights crucial issues impacting children in an urbanized world. “Children in Urban Areas” is the title “The State of the World’s Children” report, released by UNICEF in 2012. Duration: 4:32 minutes Milelaam Miyoh (The season of change)“The boundary of our field is the boundary of our life...”
Deep into the forests in and around Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary, where the Indian state of Nagaland shares its border with Myanmar, lives the Yimchunger tribe. The protagonists, Shetsulam and Pensokiu, offer insights into the bond they share with their immediate environment – the forests, rivers and wildlife. Even as the community tries to domesticate the mithuns (an animal endemic to northeast India) by redefining their boundaries, the film is an attempt to capture a perceptive account of the changes in their relationship with nature. “The blooming Rhododendron is a sign of the new year’s beginning, The blooming Orchid Tree is a sign that it is now sowing season...” recites Pensokiu, drawing words of wisdom from a Yimchunger folklore, and the quest for sustenance and sustainability continues... Festivals • Official Selection at FiloFest, Slovenia, 2019 • Official Selection at the Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival, 2019 • Screened at the Birmingham Art Summit, 2018 • Official Selection at Days of Ethnographic Cinema, 2018 • Official Selection at CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi, 2017 • Official Selection at Bangalore Fantastic Arts Festival, 2017 • Special Jury Mention at Toto Funds the Arts Awards, Bengaluru, 2016 Duration: 24 min Camera, Location Sound, Editing, Audio Post & Direction: Savyasachi Anju Prabir Producer: Srishti Films Kahan ka Raasta (At the crossroads)Nestled in the Himalayan range of Uttarakhand in India, Kalap may soon have a motorable road. Till then the village continues to be 10 kilometres uphill on foot from the nearest road.
The film delves into the lives of the people of Kalap, who for generations have been negotiating their own path for sustainable living. With increasingly easy access to the world beyond, will there be a gradual shift in social and cultural values across generations? Kahan Ka Raasta is an immersive journey, in time and space, into the everyday reality of Kalap. It transpires at the pace of the village life, to unveil its many facets. Published in the Journal of Anthropological Films, Vol.4 No.1, Nordic Anthropological Film Association, Norway 2020 Festival Awards & Screenings • Official Selection at the 15th Ethnographic Films Review Eyes and Lenses, Warsaw, Poland 2020 • Official Selection at Cultureels Ethnographic Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland 2019 • Official Selection at Freiburg Film Forum, Germany 2019 • Official Selection at The Irregulars Art Fair, New Delhi, India 2019 • Official Selection at Ethnografilm, Paris, France 2019 • Official Selection at the Days of Ethnographic Film, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2019 • Official Selection and Best Student Film Award at Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, USA 2018 • Official Selection at the Kratovo Ethnological Film Festival, North Macedonia 2018 • Official Selection at the International Festival of Ethnological Film, Belgrade, Serbia 2018 • Official Selection at the Marburg International Ethnographic Film Festival, Germany 2018 • Official Selection at Days of Ethnographic Cinema, Moscow, Russia 2018 • Official Selection at the Displacements Virtual Film Festival, USA 2018 • Official Selection & ICIMOD Best Mountain Film Award at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal 2017 • Official Selection at Cut.in Student’s Film Festival, Mumbai, India 2017 Other Screenings • Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India 2019 • Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany 2019 • IUAES, Inter-Congress World Solidarities, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland 2019 • University of Münster, Germany 2019 • Kalap Village, India 2019 • Kunzum Café, Delhi, India 2018 • Visual Anthropology Centre, Belgrade, Serbia 2018 • Carpe Diem, Goa, India 2018 • Red Bricks, Mumbai, India 2018 • Shoonya – Centre for Art and Somatic Practices, Bengaluru, India 2018 • Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, India 2018 • Studio Safdar, Delhi, India 2018 • Conflictorium, Ahmedabad, India 2018 • National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India 2018 • Waari Café, Pune, India 2018 • Pagdandi Café, Pune, India 2018 Duration: 47:44 min Location Sound, Editing, Audio Post & Direction: Savyasachi Anju Prabir Producer: Early Career Fellowship Programme, SMCS, TISS Static BombayA static individual is a dreamer, lost in thought and alone, in this city of dreams.
static bombay is a documentation of the working class in the city of Bombay, now known as Mumbai, in India. It visually resonates with the working class across cultures and geographies, while being aurally open to interpretation and re-contextualisation. The film observes individuals at work and home, while accentuating their voicelessness. Through its obtrusive observation, static bombay attempts to politicise the gaze of the camera as well as the ‘spectator’. A one-minute silent film on 16mm as part of the “Ek Minute” script competition for the 16mm Film Festival 2018. Shot on 16mm, 500T Kodak stock on the Arri SR3 Published at the Fuchsbau Festival, Germany 2019 Festivals • Le Guess Who? Utrecht, The Netherlands 2020 • Fünfminuten, University of Köln, Germany 2020 • Two Minute Short Film Award and Official Selection at the 33rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany 2020 • Official Selection for Toto Awards for Short Film, Bengaluru, India 2020 • Official Selection at Kurzstumm Film Festival, Essen, Germany 2019 • Official Selection at The Irregulars Art Fair, New Delhi, India 2019 • Official Selection at 16mm Film Festival, Mumbai, India 2018 Duration: 1 min Directed by Savyasachi Anju Prabir Producer: Harkat Studios |
