TIN SOTYI . . . (IN FACT . . .)

About the film

In-Fact…Ioffers us glimpses of lives that are lived on their own terms and in such living mark their resistance against stifling social norms that threaten to homogenise diversity into a logic of One. IIn Fact…I is a celebration of love and togetherness with a difference; it is a celebration of the struggles to live those differences; it is an inspiration to create spreading webs of liveabilities for non-normative lives and loves. The three snippets depict three different life-stories that talk of their selves, their loves and their dreams of different lives and intimacies. These are ordinary lives lived ordinarily and yet carry within their familiarity a critique of the conventional, the normal. Are we ready to shed our skins, overthrow our rigidities and open ourselves to a revaluation of the ‘normal’, or are we going to, once again, label, judge and banish?

Director Biography

Debalina is an independent filmmaker and camera person. She studied comparative literature and worked in television before becoming a freelancer. She started her career as a still photographer. She has worked on feature length documentary films, short films, travelogues, music videos, telefilms and mixed genre. She is passionate about issues on gender and sexuality, environment and occasionally writes for newspapers and magazines. Her films have been selected in the Berlinale Talent Campus, Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), British Film Institute (BFI), International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala etc.