Hanoi, in the Japan­ese indus­tri­al zone: two young women who have left their vil­lage strug­gle to escape tem­po­rary work and short-term con­tracts. Becom­ing a real worker is a dream, which … read more

A broth­er and sister, aged eleven and eight respec­tive­ly, are sur­vivors of a deadly cyclone on the island of Min­danao in Decem­ber 2011. With extreme mod­esty, Kiri films their child­hood … read more

At a bend in the Rue de Charonne, I come across the letter car­ri­er start­ing his second daily round on foot. He wants me to accom­pa­ny him. It’s very, very … read more

In 2022, a col­lec­tive from the Sudan Film Fac­to­ry began a project to por­tray some people in Sudan’s cap­i­tal, ini­ti­at­ed by British film­mak­er Phil Cox (Native Voice Films). In the … read more

Ini­tial­ly, Gul­noza thought she knew her­self well enough and was open enough to start a film project about the rela­tion­ship between her and Denis, her boyfriend. She didn’t want to … read more

Zamira is fes­tive­ly attired, singing in a choir. A line from a love song poses the ques­tion “What is my pur­pose in life here on earth?”, becom­ing the guid­ing theme … read more

The night is still black. In the narrow beam of her torch, Quralai counts the money for the sweet corn she is about to buy from the pick­ers. At home, … read more

Can pass­ing through a forest change the fate of a 16-year-old girl overnight? The lives of Runa and her family are now divid­ed into before and after cross­ing this forest. … read more

Koka is a pretty grown-up kid who lives with his father and two dogs in a coastal vil­lage on the Bering Sea. Under his father’s edgy instruc­tions, he helps with … read more

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.