Natasha Mendonca returns to Mumbai, the city of her birth, after the devastating floods of 2005. Alongside all the silent witnesses to nature’s violence, she primarily records the personal consequences of this destruction and the way the disaster undermined the security of hearth and home. Jan Villa is not a linear narrative, but an impressive associative essay whereby the images seem sucked inwards as if in a vortex.
Featured in these combined programmes
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Short Film Marathon 2011 – Part Two
Peaks from the Spectrum Shorts programme of the last ten days brought together one more time in a 14-hour film marathon in two parts. Non-stop. -
South Asian Shorts: Inhabited Spaces
In South Asian experimental films we often see a playful use of cinema language and the distinctive cultural roots of the authors. Juggling between mythology…
Film details
- Countries of production
- India, USA
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 20'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
