Gireesh Kumar’s documentary 8 Rooms and 9 Doors explores the
life of ‘doms’, the traditional dissectors, who works in mortuaries in West
Bengal. It sheds light on their physical, mental and spiritual journey between
the house of the dead and the house of the living. He said that people should
smell films. He explicitly stated that the smell of a film means the duration
of time which it takes to live in the hearts of the multitudes in order to
substantiate his view. He expressed this
opinion in a Press Meet including the short film and documentary filmmakers whose
films were screened in the 7th International Short Film and
Documentary Festival of Kerala that was held yesterday at the Press Club. Kavita Datir, director of the documentary
Babai spoke about the pains of an eighty one year old lady who strives hard to
meet her bread and butter. Her husband Amit Sonawane who was the camera man of
this documentary had depicted all the shots with the touch of reality.
Vaishnavi, who produced the short film Paava, depicts the
relationship between a young girl and a barber. She coined her film as a self
experienced one as it expresses certain critical moments in life. She pointed
out that the relationship between two of them will go but not bitter. There
happens certain transition in their relation which is seen in almost all human threads.Abhijith
Patil, who is basically a photo journalist made his Bhairav applying his
photographic techniques.Sanjay Ghosh talked about the documentary Let them eat
cake , which deals with the universal issue of hunger.
Sachin Dev’s Carnival on Wheels, a documentary about the only
existing travelling theatre in Kerala pictures the story of their evolution,
struggle and success.. Abhijit Krishnan’s The Monsoon is a short documentary of
our monsoon and what it means to India and especially to Kerala. He said that
he tried to bring to limelight how monsoon influences the surroundings,
atmosphere and mentality of people.Saumyananda Sahi’s Small things Big things is a celebration of
education which becomes a matter of art. His depiction has a clear touch of
childhood relations and adventures of learning. Geetha j, Mohandas, Manjunathan
Subramanian and Archana Menon also participated in the press meet.
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