Signatures In Motion
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust / Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 14th December
- 3.15 pm
- Sree
Screening 2
- 17th December
- 8.30 pm
- new 1
Ishan Shukla
Director's bio
Ishan Shukla
Ishan SHUKLA was born and raised in a family of artists where an interest in theatre, comic books and movies was fostered from a young age. After his graduation from the 3D Sense Media School, Singapore in 2008 he started out working in the TV, film and music video industry. After returning to India, he finished his first short film Schirkoa (2016) which screened at more than 120 international film festivals and made history as the first Indian animated short film to qualify for the Academy Awards. In 2020, he founded Red Cigarette Media to develop original, adult oriented animated films, graphic novels and video games. Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust (2024) is his debut feature film.
Synopsis
In a sophisticated, near-perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on their heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical land without the bags start to float, and a fresh council member sparks an accidental revolution.
Details of Cast
Will be updated
Details of Crew
Music Sneha Khanwalkar Sound Design Florent Fournier Sicre Nicolas Titeux
Producer Details
Main Producers Bich-Quân Tran, Ishan Shukla Co-producers Stephan Holl, Samir Sarkar Executive Producer Anushka Sha
Writer Details
Ishan Shukla
Stills
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- International Competition (14)
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- World Cinema (63)
- Country Focus (7)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (6)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
- Restored Classics (7)
- Jury Films (5)
- Opening Film (1)
- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- Ann Hui: Chronicler of the Outliers (5)
- The Female Gaze (7)
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- Festival Favourites (13)
- Viva el Cine: Latin American Films (5)
- Refracted Realities : The Existential Mindscapes of Hong Sang-soo (4)
- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
- Celebrating Shabana Azmi (5)
- Centennial Tribute (3)
