LULLABY OF WAVES
(সোঁতৰ নিচুকনি )

Ayon Pratim Saikia
India 2023 | 15 Min. | EN subs, mp4

Fri, 30-May-25 10:00 PM
Q&A with:
Ayon Pratim Saikia
» Trailer

The film unfolds as a poignant explo­ration of the film­mak­er’s jour­ney toward under­stand­ing and accept­ing the pro­found sense of belong­ing tied to space and time. It chron­i­cles the moth­er’s expe­ri­ence fol­low­ing an unex­pect­ed turn in the remote land of Sadiya, reflect­ing upon the ways it impact­ed both mother and son. The region is divid­ed and detached from the rest of Assam, with the only access being a cross­ing over the Brahma­pu­tra River - mark­ing the begin­ning of Assam and a tip that was never truly con­nect­ed to the main­land. Through the moth­er’s voice and her deep con­nec­tion to the for­mi­da­ble Brahma­pu­tra, the nar­ra­tive delves into a search for iden­ti­ty, reveal­ing events that have shaped and will con­tin­ue to shape their future.

Ayon Pratim Saikia
is a film­mak­ing stu­dent orig­i­nal­ly from Sadiya, sit­u­at­ed on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. He holds a BA in Eng­lish lit­er­atur from Tezpur Cen­tral Uni­ver­si­ty, Assam, and is cur­rent­ly pur­su­ing a MA in Design at Nation­al Insti­tute of Design in Ahmed­abad. His vision is to create with empa­thy and kind­ness and wishes to under­stand things beyond as he grows.