Foren
USA/ SHORT / 9 mins / Drama / 2017 / English
On a hot summer afternoon, Tanu and her grandma inquire of a world outside the bounds of their home.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd
REGAL ARBOR - AUSTIN, TX 5:00 pm - 7:15 pm This short will screen before the feature film
Lipstick Under My Burkha. |
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Foreign is a vignette of lives whose stories are otherwise untold. It is an observation to find something spiritual in the mundane.
Life is anything but binary. When making this film, I was constantly asking - could we feel free when confined, lonely when surrounded by people, neglected yet loved? Could we be nostalgic and wonder about the future at the same time? Foreign is my attempt at evoking these feelings.
The visuals of the film were planned meticulously to be observational and restrained. Because we were working with non-actors, I wanted to tell a story not just through dialogues but through behavior, body language and silences. A Haiku, if you will. Allowing the characters a space to be themselves and minimizing the presence of a camera was therefore crucial although challenging.
The soundscape in the film is an integral part of the narrative fabric and therefore very plush - finding music in the rhythm of the sounds of daily life that usually go unnoticed.
Foreign is a vignette of lives whose stories are otherwise untold. It is an observation to find something spiritual in the mundane.
Life is anything but binary. When making this film, I was constantly asking - could we feel free when confined, lonely when surrounded by people, neglected yet loved? Could we be nostalgic and wonder about the future at the same time? Foreign is my attempt at evoking these feelings.
The visuals of the film were planned meticulously to be observational and restrained. Because we were working with non-actors, I wanted to tell a story not just through dialogues but through behavior, body language and silences. A Haiku, if you will. Allowing the characters a space to be themselves and minimizing the presence of a camera was therefore crucial although challenging.
The soundscape in the film is an integral part of the narrative fabric and therefore very plush - finding music in the rhythm of the sounds of daily life that usually go unnoticed.
STILLS
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CREW LIST
Writer, Director Producers Co-Producers Assistant Director Cinematographer Assistant Camera Sound Recordist Boom Operator Wardrobe Art Assistant Editor VFX Color Grading Sound Design |
Sushma Khadepaun Ankur Singh (India) Markus Wulf (US) Catherine Kosiba Tania Romero Nikhil Arolkar Anmol Chavan Sudhanshu Gaur Prasenjit Das Vidhi Gala Vaishvy Mistry Sushma Khadepaun Rob Bellon Donggyun Han Sushma Khadepaun Gabriel Gutierrez Arellano |
CAST LIST
Tanu Naisha Dalal Ba Indu Mistry Mother Shital Shah Dad Nehal Shah Friends Shreya Katargamwala Dhruvi Shah |
