| TITLE OF THE FILM | Kill The Buddha |
| DIRECTED BY | Duttatreya |
| LANGUAGE | Bengali, Hindi (English subtitles) |
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COUNTRY | India |
| DURATION | 20 minutes |
| SPECIAL NOTE | International Premiere |
PRINCIPAL CREW & CAST
| WRITING & EDITING | Duttatreya |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Ritam Sarkar |
| LOCATION SOUND | Saptak Sarkar, Anik Bose, Aneesh |
| SOUND DESIGN & MIXING | Saptak Sarkar |
| MUSIC | Arka Sengupta |
| PRINCIPAL CAST | Archishman Biswas, Shreyashi Majumdar, Sampritee Ghatak |
ABOUT THE FILM
A loner with deep-seated prejudices and anger issues confronts two female friends who seem to be a couple, in his neighbourhood in old Calcutta. Subsequently, strange things start happening in his body as years of unprocessed sensations rear their ugly head.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Duttatreya Dey is currently studying filmmaking at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, India. He is interested in documentary and experimental fiction films which aim at exploring the transcendental nature of human beings and their locus in a constantly changing world. His first film ‘When the Earth Rusted’ premiered at the Dharamshala International Film Festival 2023 and was screened at the Kolkata People’s Film Festival 2024, among other film festivals.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
“Where does hatred arise from? How do unresolved traumas make their home deep inside one’s body? How does a person get trapped in them leading to a never-ending cycle of violence? These were the questions that were circling in my mind in the summer of 2021 when, during the pandemic, West Bengal was going through a hate-filled, fever-pitched election season. Our collective unprocessed social traumas were rearing their ugly heads, leading to a wave of communal and xenophobic hatred.”
