Attihannu mattu Kanaja 2014 (Fig Fruit and The Wasps)
CREW & CREDITS
Director : M.S.Prakash Babu
Story and Screenplay : M.S.Prakash Babu
Produced by : NFDC and Bayalu Chitra
Producers : Nina Lath Gupta and Bhavani Prakash
Executive Producer: Vikramjit Roy
Cinematography : H M Ramachandra Halkare
Editor : M N Swamy
Music : Shrikant Prabhu
Sound Designer: Mahavir Sabannavar
CAST
Bhavani Prakash
Ranjit Bhaskaran
Manjunath Belakere
Achyut Kumar
Ravi Phoenix
Bhoomika
Shruti
Original title : Attihannu mattu Kanaja
English title : Fig Fruit and The Wasps
Type of film : Feature
Color : Colour
Running time : 90 min
Original Film Language : Kannada
Sub-Title: English
Country of production : India
Date of Production : 2014
Format: DCP
Synopsis:
Gouri, a documentary filmmaker takes a journey along with her friend. She is trying to collect material for her documentary project on instrumental music. They go to a village with the help of a schoolteacher. They travel to meet an instrumental musician, who has gone some place elsewhere to give a performance. Both are forced to stay in the village till the musician returns. Film tries to capture the human attitude when they are placed in a condition/situation/environment which is familiar and at the same time unfamiliar. As the seemingly simple yet complex situations develop, how these characters fits in to a landscape and climate as much mental as physical.
Some time “vision” isn’t what is visible, sound isn’t exactly what is heard.
About the Director:
M S Prakash Babu was Born in Chitradurga, India,
completed Post-graduation in Painting from Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan.
From 1997 to 2000 he had painting shows in India and abroad. In 2001 directed his first short film "Afternoon Song". He had been awarded a Fellowship in the field of Visual Art ( Film/ Video) at Helsinki (Finland) under the UNESCO-ASCHBERG 2001-2002. Between 2001 and 2013 he written and directed five short films. His short films screened in major international film festivals like Tehran International film festival, Mumbai International film festival, Jordan International film festival, International film festival of Kerala. 35th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2013, France.
FILMOGRAPHY
Madhyaanada Haadu (Afternoon Song) 2001 (Short)
Awarded: UNESCO-ASCHBERG 2001-2002
Three Months of Solitude 2002 (Short)
As Part of Artist in residency programme, Helsinki, Finland
Mungaara Mugilu (Monsoon Cloud) 2005 (Short)
Festivals: Tehran International film festival, IRAN (Competition), Mumbai International film festival, MIFF (Competition), Jordan International film festival, (Competition), International ?zmir Short Film Festival, TURKEY, Vibgyor Film Festival, Kerala, INDIA, Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival, Kolkata
Poorva Dikkina Gaali (The East Wind) 2008 (Short)
Festivals: International film festival of Kerala. 35th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2013,France.
Manna Payana (Journey of Earth) 2013 (Short)
Festivals: Indian Independent Film Festival 2013, Bengaluru, Vibgyor Film Festival 2015, Kerala,
Attihannu mattu Kanaja (Fig Fruit and The Wasps) 2014 is his first full-length feature film, it had been selected for the Work in Progress Lab, NFDC Film Bazaar, 2013, International Film Festival of India, Goa.
Film Festivals: 16th Mumbai Film Festival 2014, India GOLD Competition section.
7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014, Asian Competition section.
Awarded NETPAC Jury special mention.
Trailer Link http://youtu.be/1L05PFejrkg
Note: In film there are some silent blank (black) spaces used, which are part and structure of the film. Even in the end there is a long blank space with only sound appears, till the end scrolling title card starts.
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