{"id":3629,"date":"2025-03-08T12:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T07:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3629"},"modified":"2025-03-08T12:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T07:26:03","slug":"under-the-open-sky","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/film\/under-the-open-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Under The Open Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-z123j-21a5d4a711f350f9491b508699069855\">\n.flex_column.av-z123j-21a5d4a711f350f9491b508699069855{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-z123j-21a5d4a711f350f9491b508699069855 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2626-1030x579.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2626-1030x579.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2626-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2626-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2626-705x396.png 705w, https:\/\/www.ourcinema.in\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2626.png 1366w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='av-horizontal-gallery-link' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue869' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' alt=''><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7yp5xml-8953bc4f7333a381b18938698377432f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-m7yp5xml-8953bc4f7333a381b18938698377432f{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-m7yp5xml-8953bc4f7333a381b18938698377432f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_horizontal_gallery  el_before_av_table  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-data-table-wrap av-24hgy2u-c62ab5a073d7d48d1c1743f26e7d5e48 avia_responsive_table avia-table-1'><table  class='avia-table avia-data-table avia_pricing_minimal  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  films-details-tab'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Table\" ><tbody><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>TITLE OF THE FILM<\/td><td class=''>Under The Open Sky<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>DIRECTED BY<\/td><td class=''>Sonum Sumaria<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>LANGUAGE<\/td><td class=''>Kutchi, Sindhi, Gujarati (English subtitles)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>YEAR<\/td><td class=''>2024<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>COUNTRY<\/td><td class=''>India, UK<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>DURATION<\/td><td class=''>100 minutes<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>SPECIAL NOTE<\/td><td class=''>Kolkata Premiere<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-19jykie-15d95f523105dbdd018ba3f8c7009c56\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-19jykie-15d95f523105dbdd018ba3f8c7009c56 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#767676;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-19jykie-15d95f523105dbdd018ba3f8c7009c56 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>PRINCIPAL CREW &amp; CAST<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div class='avia-data-table-wrap av-18mlfrq-68bc3e0a57fe8aa4b6b0a7b1624c2926 avia_responsive_table avia-table-2'><table  class='avia-table avia-data-table avia_pricing_minimal  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_video  films-details-tab'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Table\" ><tbody><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>WRITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY &#038; EDITING<\/td><td class=''>Sonum Sumaria<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>LOCATION SOUND<\/td><td class=''>Atul Lanjudkar, Shubham Bhamare<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>SOUND DESIGN<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=''>Atul Lanjudkar<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>SOUND MIX<\/td><td class=''>Atul Lanjudkar, Denis Colina Ferrer<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-highlight-col'>MUSIC<\/td><td class=''>Tajdar Junaid, Kausikan Rajeshkumar<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><br \/>\n<div  id=\"film-trailer\"  class='avia-video av-31pu2e-4ccd0e2d3549cef03651239bb009b745 avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1029361975'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Under The Open Sky trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1029361975?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&muted=0\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cp373-96234ba5e344b11f6749767d637b278f\">\n.flex_column.av-cp373-96234ba5e344b11f6749767d637b278f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cp373-96234ba5e344b11f6749767d637b278f av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7yqdvjw-57ded5c7c3a6c937173ea04841c83182\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m7yqdvjw-57ded5c7c3a6c937173ea04841c83182 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#767676;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7yqdvjw-57ded5c7c3a6c937173ea04841c83182 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>ABOUT THE FILM<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7yqfxir-ae2d61486db45342d1bb16e7a422cf5d\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m7yqfxir-ae2d61486db45342d1bb16e7a422cf5d .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#767676;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7yqfxir-ae2d61486db45342d1bb16e7a422cf5d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\">In the desert lands of Western India, against the backdrop of a rapidly industrialising country, the charming and charismatic family of Ahmed, Sakina and their five children are forced to give up their traditional way of life as nomadic camel-herders and adapt to a \u201csettled\u201d existence as daily labourers, spending their days loading carts of sand in the pursuit of a few hundred rupees. 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class='av_textblock_section av-m7yqg2qn-3d147199842edde4e8540a4b6286770b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"><b>Sonum Sumaria<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"> is an award-winning filmmaker who has been making documentaries with marginalised communities for the past twelve years. Her work includes \u2018In the Shadows of Moscow\u2019, a film exploring xenophobia in the Russian capital, \u2018Goppi, The Cuban Indian\u2019, a short about identity and belonging in Havana, and \u2018Even the Crows: A Divided Gujarat\u2019, a feature on Hindu nationalism which she co-directed with her sister Sheena. Sonum has a deep interest in nomadic and indigenous communities and is particularly drawn to the themes of identity and belonging.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3zzbxi-4ab47b98696e20fb4d8a46362f95a059\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3zzbxi-4ab47b98696e20fb4d8a46362f95a059{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3zzbxi-4ab47b98696e20fb4d8a46362f95a059 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7z02998-7623e560d4e2bee5f69674f4e8bfab7e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m7z02998-7623e560d4e2bee5f69674f4e8bfab7e .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#767676;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7z02998-7623e560d4e2bee5f69674f4e8bfab7e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>DIRECTOR&#8217;S STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-27msva-0f020d9b12bdead97c54dcc5c8fc9bab\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-27msva-0f020d9b12bdead97c54dcc5c8fc9bab .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#767676;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-27msva-0f020d9b12bdead97c54dcc5c8fc9bab '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p align=\"justify\"><em>\u201cFor me, nomadic communities embody freedom, a concept I value above all else. 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