Name of the film A HOME FOR MY HEART (HRIDOY BOSOT)
Directed by Sankhajit Biswas
Duration 63 minutes
Year 2022
CountryIndia
Language Bengali (English subtitles)
PRINCIPAL CREW
Director Sankhajit Biswas
Cinematograhy Sankhajit Biswas & Sourabh Kanti Dutta
Editing Sankhajit Biswas
Sound Design Sukanta Majumdar
Music Santajit Chatterjee
About the film
The film is an intimate portrayal of Sudeb Suvana, a transgender who undergoes Gender Affirmative Surgery to negotiate the conflict between her body and mind. This decision creates turmoil in her family, who fear societal backlash. As love remains elusive as always, Sudeb realises that the surgery could not change her destiny as a transgender, forcing her to reconcile with reality anew.
About the director
Sankhajit Biswas is a Kolkata-based documentary editor and filmmaker. An editing graduate of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, he participated in the Berlin Talent Campus. His edited films have screened in major festivals – Berlin, Toronto, BFI London, IDFA, and Busan. His directorial debut 'Dui Dhuranir Golpo' ('In-between Days' / Documentary / 2012), was screened at CPH: DOX, Yamagata, Docpoint Helsinki and won the Best Documentary Award at the Kolkata International Film Festival 2014. 'The Wind in the Maruwa Field' screened at IFFI Goa as part of Indian Panorama 2016. 'Hridoy Bosot' ('A Home for My Heart') premiered at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2022 and won the Jury’s Special Mention at SiGNS Film Festival, Kerala.
