Let’s break free beyond our walls – it’s a new era, time for flights of fantasy and intrigue. Breathe deep and explore the extraordinary odyssey of the human and cosmic phenomena.
Shot with 16mm film stock that expired in 2002—the same year as the state-sponsored anti-Muslim genocide in Gujarat—and filmed amid the anti-CAA protests in Delhi, the filmmaker traces lines and lineages of ancestral memory, poetry, history, songs, and ruins from his birth in 1989.
MEET THE FILMMAKER: SUNEIL SANZGIRI
Suneil Sanzgiri is an Indian American artist, researcher, and filmmaker working to understand how systems of oppression are informed and reinforced by trauma, history, and memory. His work spans experimental video, animations, essays, and installations, and contends with questions of identity, heritage, culture, and diaspora in relation to structural violence. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Masters of Science in Art, Culture, and Technology in 2017 and was a 2016 resident of the SOMA program in Mexico City.
His film "At Home But Not At Home" made its World Premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in January 2020, with a nomination for the Found Footage Award. His follow-up film Letter From Your Far-Off Country made its world premiere at the New York Film Festival in the fall of 2020 and was entered into the Ammodo Tiger Shorts Competition at IFFR in 2021. His work has been screened at festivals and galleries nationally and internationally. Sanzgiri was also selected as a co-programmer of the Flaherty Seminar NYC 2020. He will be a resident at Pioneer Works Studio Residency program in Spring of 2021.
- Year2020
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Urdu
- CountryIndia, USA
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorSuneil Sanzgiri
- ScreenwriterSuneil Sanzgiri
- ProducerSuneil Sanzgiri
- CastShashi Sanzgiri
Let’s break free beyond our walls – it’s a new era, time for flights of fantasy and intrigue. Breathe deep and explore the extraordinary odyssey of the human and cosmic phenomena.
Shot with 16mm film stock that expired in 2002—the same year as the state-sponsored anti-Muslim genocide in Gujarat—and filmed amid the anti-CAA protests in Delhi, the filmmaker traces lines and lineages of ancestral memory, poetry, history, songs, and ruins from his birth in 1989.
MEET THE FILMMAKER: SUNEIL SANZGIRI
Suneil Sanzgiri is an Indian American artist, researcher, and filmmaker working to understand how systems of oppression are informed and reinforced by trauma, history, and memory. His work spans experimental video, animations, essays, and installations, and contends with questions of identity, heritage, culture, and diaspora in relation to structural violence. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Masters of Science in Art, Culture, and Technology in 2017 and was a 2016 resident of the SOMA program in Mexico City.
His film "At Home But Not At Home" made its World Premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in January 2020, with a nomination for the Found Footage Award. His follow-up film Letter From Your Far-Off Country made its world premiere at the New York Film Festival in the fall of 2020 and was entered into the Ammodo Tiger Shorts Competition at IFFR in 2021. His work has been screened at festivals and galleries nationally and internationally. Sanzgiri was also selected as a co-programmer of the Flaherty Seminar NYC 2020. He will be a resident at Pioneer Works Studio Residency program in Spring of 2021.
- Year2020
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Urdu
- CountryIndia, USA
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorSuneil Sanzgiri
- ScreenwriterSuneil Sanzgiri
- ProducerSuneil Sanzgiri
- CastShashi Sanzgiri