Sisak, India's gay short film, won 6 awards at the VII Venezuelan Film Festival of Diversity FestDivQ 2017
Without a parliament, without a single word said, but with a well-written literary architecture, Sisak also received the Best Script award, written by Faraz Arif Ansari, who also won the Best Director award.
10,23 minutes present the romance of two young people (maybe teacher and student) who love each other deeply, want to touch each other in the light of the world, want each other without control or restrictions, but can not do so publicly in a country where homosexuality is considered a crime. This helped the film win Best Diverse Approach.
The music of this short film that premiered in April 2017 recreates an atmosphere that perfectly matches this story. Although the soundtrack, under the baton of Dhawal Tandon, received no award for Best Music, the melody recreates an atmosphere that fits perfectly with the audiovisual discourse. The film has already received more than 10 awards at various world festivals, the jury said.
Looks lighted in desire and sadness that stumble over and over again, the silence of impotence in tears is more deafening than the train, and the cry born from the entrails —strong inner desire— that generates anxiety in the viewer, are some kinesthetic elements that are conjugated in the masterful performance, undoubtedly, of DhruvSinghal accompanied by Jitin Gulati.
Sisak, India's first silent LGBTQ love story, was also awarded with the Best Sound award at FestDivQ, whose sound design was performed by Pritam Das.
And to put the cherry to the ice cream, the film, with brushstrokes for the LGBTQ community, takes to India the award for Best Production, by Aparna Sud & Futterwacken Films.
The news was known in Caracas at the FestDivQ, an show that took place from October 3 to 5. In addition to Sisak, 12 short films were screened at this festival, among Latin Americans and Europeans.
You can learn more about this story in their social networks. They are on Facebook & Instagram as @ sisak.thefilm.