Absent (2017) by Sudarshan Suresh (16 min)
Zola can barely keep her head above water between the demands of a stressful job and the heavy burden of taking care of her invalid elderly mother. When she runs into an old fling, she sees a fleeting chance to escape the mundane treadmill of her life, and just for one night indulge in some romance, but things do not go exactly as expected.
Sudarshan Suresh presents a film that examines the balance between what someone wishes and what he is “obliged” to do, along with the difficulties modern life presents, particularly for people who have to take care off someone invalid and work at the same time. His take on the subject is quite obvious, since the night Zola spends is not as great as she imagined, with the ties that bond her with her mother eventually taking charge. On the other hand, the...
Zola can barely keep her head above water between the demands of a stressful job and the heavy burden of taking care of her invalid elderly mother. When she runs into an old fling, she sees a fleeting chance to escape the mundane treadmill of her life, and just for one night indulge in some romance, but things do not go exactly as expected.
Sudarshan Suresh presents a film that examines the balance between what someone wishes and what he is “obliged” to do, along with the difficulties modern life presents, particularly for people who have to take care off someone invalid and work at the same time. His take on the subject is quite obvious, since the night Zola spends is not as great as she imagined, with the ties that bond her with her mother eventually taking charge. On the other hand, the...
- 7/12/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Empathy always makes a difference. This superb stop-motion animated short film Tokri, aka The Basket, comes from an animation studio in India. The film is about a young girl who decides to make baskets and sell them on the street in Mumbai in hopes of making money so she can repair her father's broken pocket watch. Featuring a music selection of Bollywood songs. Animation filmmaker Suresh Eriyat was inspired after he had an encounter with a basket seller and shooed her away, only to think later about how he doesn't know what her life is or why she needs a bit of money for peace at home. Hand-made stop-motion animation is always nice to see. "Suresh wished to revive the popularity of clay animation through this film. Although clay animation is known to be a painstaking process... it's an art that gives life to inanimate objects, bringing with it an...
- 7/10/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016 (Taaf) is an international animation film festival that aims to promote animation and was held at Toho Cinemas Nihonbashi from March 18th to March 21st.
Feature Film Competition
Grand Prize
Long Way North by Rémi Chayé – France, Denmark | 2015 – 81 min.
Award of Excellence
Monkey King: Hero is Back by Tian XiaoPeng – China | 2015 – 83 min.
Short Film Competition
Grand Prize
Off Belay (Penjaci) by Mataic Sinisa – Croacia, Denmark | 2015 – 10 min.
Award of Exccellence
Fisherwoman and Tuk tuk by Suresh Eriyat – India | 2015 – 15 min.
I can’t breathe by Sayaka Kihata – Japan | 2015 – 6 min.
Seiko Award
The Orchestra by Mikey Hill – Australia | 2015 – 15 min.
Feature Film Competition
Grand Prize
Long Way North by Rémi Chayé – France, Denmark | 2015 – 81 min.
Award of Excellence
Monkey King: Hero is Back by Tian XiaoPeng – China | 2015 – 83 min.
Short Film Competition
Grand Prize
Off Belay (Penjaci) by Mataic Sinisa – Croacia, Denmark | 2015 – 10 min.
Award of Exccellence
Fisherwoman and Tuk tuk by Suresh Eriyat – India | 2015 – 15 min.
I can’t breathe by Sayaka Kihata – Japan | 2015 – 6 min.
Seiko Award
The Orchestra by Mikey Hill – Australia | 2015 – 15 min.
- 3/24/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
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