Trailer
Synopsis
“Aaba” (“Grandfather”) is set in a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh in North East India. An orphan girl staying with her grandparents comes across the news of her grandfather being in the advanced stages of lung cancer and would probably survive just a few weeks. With not much to do the grandfather spends rest of his days revisiting his personal possessions and digging his own grave. But life has its own surprises…
Credits
- Director
- Amar Kaushik
- Writers
- Amar Kaushik
- Producer
- Amar Kaushik
- Cast
- Dani Randa, Chunya, Sunku
- Other Credits
- Cinematography: SOUMIK MUKHERJEE; Music: ALOKANANDA DASGUPTA; Sound: SHAJITH KOYERI; Editing: ARINDAM GHATAK
Festivals and Awards
- BERLINALE - INTERNATIONALE FILMFESTSPIELE BERLIN, Berlin, SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY, Germany
- ASPEN SHORTSFEST, BEST SHORT DRAMA, United States
- FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE HUESCA, ANSELMO AWARD FROM YOUNG JURY, Spain
- NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVA, BEST SHORT FILM, United States
- DADA SAHEB PHALKE FILM FESTIVAL, BEST SCREENPLAY, India
- INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF KERALA, BEST SHORT - JURY AWARD, India
- INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES IFFLA, BEST SHORT - JURY AWARD, United States
- NATIONAL AWARD OF INDIA, BEST SHORT FILM, India
- INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF STUTTGART, Germany
- BUSAN INTERNATIONAL KIDS AND YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL, Korea, Republic of
- INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMWOCHE REGENSBURG, Germany
- SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL, Japan
- PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FEST, United States