Aashpordha (Audacity)
SYNOPSIS
It starts over a song and ends up where no one could have expected. A thirteen-year-old Indian girl has her first real confrontation with authority when her father forbids her to play the American dance music she loves. When she decides to get back at him, the situation quickly escalates to become a neighborhood scandal. Shot in the style of early Bengali neo-realism films, Aashpordha is a dark comedy about the eternal conflict between the powerful and the powerless.
Film website: Aashphordha
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
- Winner, Audience Choice Award, Short Film, IFFLA, 2012
- Winner, Festival Committee Award, Miami Short Film Festival, 2012
- Winner, Award of Merit, Best Short Film, Lucerne International Film Festival, 2012
- Nominated, Best Short Film, NYIFF, 2012
TELEVISION AND THEATRICAL SCREENINGS
- Part of the theatrical release of Short, across 27 cities in India. Distributor: Anurag Kashyap Films Private Limited
- Telecast on SBS, Australia. Distributor: Georg Gruber Filmproduktion
- Telecast on SVT, Sweden. Distributor: Georg Gruber Filmproduktion
- Telecast on Multicanal Iberia, Spain and Andora. Distributor: Georg Gruber Filmproduktion
FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
- Vancouver International Film Festival, 2012
- AFI Festival, 2012
- Dallas International Film Festival, 2012
- Paris Silhouette Art Festival, 2012
- Boston International Film Festival, 2012
- International Film Festival of Kerala, 2012
- Newport Beach International Film Festival, 2012
- Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2012
- Miami Short Film Festival, 2012
- Lucerne International Film Festival, 2012
- New York Indian Film Festival, 2012
- Stuttgart Indian Film Festival, 2012
- Orlando South Asian Film Festival, 2012