After premiering his feature docu-fiction Letters Unwritten to Naiyer Masud at IFFR 2023, Shahi A.J returns to the festival with the short form. An older woman’s voice describes how she navigates a waning web of memories and the corresponding images that come before her mind’s eye. Through suggestive collage work, the film visualises this surreal mental landscape, in which forgetting unfolds as a process of mourning, acceptance and release.
– Loes van Keulen
Also in this combined programme
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like moths to light
Blending scientific research with visual poetry, here is a call to protect our dreams. -
The Apple Doesn’t Fall…
Domestic routines are exaggerated into rigid performances in this claustrophobic family portrait. -
The Tragic Movement of the Spheres
The Tragic Movement of the Spheres is a mysterious object investigating nothing less than the meaning of life.
Film details
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2026
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2026
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
Shows of "Smriti~"
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Pathé 3
This screening consists of the following films:
- Smriti~
- like moths to light
- The Apple Doesn’t Fall…
- The Tragic Movement of the Spheres
In-personwith Q&AEnglish subtitledSoon available -
Pathé 6
This screening consists of the following films:
- Smriti~
- like moths to light
- The Apple Doesn’t Fall…
- The Tragic Movement of the Spheres
In-personwith Q&AEnglish subtitledSoon available -
Cinerama 6
This screening consists of the following films:
- Smriti~
- like moths to light
- The Apple Doesn’t Fall…
- The Tragic Movement of the Spheres
In-personEnglish subtitledSoon available -
Pathé 6
This screening consists of the following films:
- Smriti~
- like moths to light
- The Apple Doesn’t Fall…
- The Tragic Movement of the Spheres
In-personEnglish subtitledSoon available