| TITLE OF THE FILM | Places I Have Called My Own |
| DIRECTED BY | Sushma Khadepaun |
| LANGUAGE | Hindi (English subtitles) |
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COUNTRY | India |
| DURATION | 29 minutes |
| SPECIAL NOTE | Kolkata Premiere |
PRINCIPAL CREW & CAST
| WRITING | Sushma Khadepaun |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Alana Mejia Gonzalez |
| EDITING | Clemence Carre |
| MUSIC | Ashni Dave, Neha Jiwrajka |
| PRINCIPAL CAST | Aditi Vasudev, Bhumika Dube, Amardeep Jha |
ABOUT THE FILM
Yearning for motherhood and at a critical point in her IVF fertility treatment, Tara, a young queer woman, returns from her life in the US to India to attend her father’s funeral.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Sushma Khadepaun, an Indian-born writer and director based in New York, explores ideas of immigration and feminism, home and identity in her films. Sushma was listed as one of Filmmaker Magazine‘s 25 New Faces of Independent Film (2021), and was a Fellow at the Film at Lincoln Center’s Artist Academy. Her films have played at major film festivals including Venice, Stockholm, PÖFF Shorts and Palm Springs. Sushma is currently developing her first feature film, ‘Anita’. She is an alumna of the Film MFA Program at Columbia University.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
“This film was born out of my deepest fear of losing family and my greatest desire to have a family in the places I’ve called my own. As we find ourselves in times overwhelmed by harsh realities, I believe it is important to dream. To be aware of the cruelty of reality and dream in spite of it.”
