(UN)SEEN

“(UN)SEEN”, by Anjana Ghonasgi.

Project Type: Dance-Film – Production Manager
Location: Pondicherry
Year: 2022

‘(UN)SEEN’ a dance-film by Anjana Ghonasgi, developed and executed at AuroApaar’s Manifest Dance-Film Incubator 2022. I was part of the crew in the capacity of ‘Production Manager’ during my internship at AuroApaar, fresh off organizing the Manifest Film Festival, the first ever dance-film festival in India.

The shoot schedule was also rather intense, with a lot of scenes scheduled for the first day and the second day wrapping much after the scheduled wrap time, but my crew pulled through and helped me bring my story from script to screen. That said, it was a really fun experience with a lot of takeaways for me as an aspiring filmmaker.

FILM SYNOPSIS:

‘Tethered between her own worlds of captivity and escapism, Maya finds herself.’

We belong to time but time doesn’t belong to anyone. Our relationship with time will remain an unsolved mystery. Some days it is moving too fast, on some other days too slow but on most days it is passing by like clockwork. And TIME is the most manipulative when spent alone. This film reflects my [Anjana’s] journey with mental health. We are perpetually told to seek the light at the end of the tunnel, but nobody seems to know how. Is there even a light at the end?

CAST:

Anjana Ghonasgi as Maya

CREW:

Directors – Pratik Iyer & Anjana Ghonasgi
Cinematographer – Anshu
Sound Engineer – Hanosh Khan
Producer, Choreographer & Performer – Anjana Ghonasgi
Post Production by – AuroApaar
Production Managers for AuroApaar – Ved Murarka & Archita Wadhwani
Media Partner – Narthaki.com
Mentors – Anita Ratnam (Movement), R Narayan Kumar (Direction and Cinematography) & Arjun Gourisaria (Editing)

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS AND SCREENINGS:

1. Official Selection at Venice under the stars International Film Festival, Italy – April, 2024.
2. Semi Finalist at Yeti International Film Festival, Iceland – 2024.
3. Semi Finalist at Climax International Film Festival, Spain – 2024.
4. Official Selection for Sans Souci Festival’s Women’s History Month celebrating films made by women filmmakers – March 2024, Colorado USA.
5. Best Art Film award at Experimental Dance & Music film festival (LA & Toronto) 2023.
6. Official selection for screening at Frame Rush 2023, London UK.
7. Official Selection to be included in ‘Shifting Perspectives’ category for Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema virtual screening Oct-Nov 2023, Colorado USA.
8. Official Selection to be included in London International Screen Dance Festival (LISDF) 2023. In person screening at Laban Theatre, London – October 2023.
9. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT Award at Black Swan International Film Festival (Kolkata,
India) 2023.
10. Screening at Soho House Mumbai on March 8th 2023. Part of International Women’s Day celebratory curation of films made by women.

OTHER DETAILS:

Duration – 7 minutes and 12 seconds
Genre – Dance-Film
Format – Digital (HD)