Shishir Jha

Along the coast of Odisha, India, the sea is slowly swallowing entire villages. Once-fertile land is turning into barren plains, and an older generation is being left behind, with the memories of the past.

When you are married for 50 years you look back on life rather than look forward to it. However when this couple with an empty nest have a desire to see their grand daughter it sparks new life into their daily routine.

An anthology of 8 short films around the theme of "Interval", mentored and curated by Imtiaz Ali, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anand Gandhi.

In a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, India, a Santali couple copes with the loss of their daughter. The grieving couple express themselves largely through song and ritual, blurring the boundaries between personal pain and communal trauma. Tortoise Under The Earth is a poetic elegy to a world that is rapidly disappearing, subsumed by unchecked development and displacement.

Along the coast of Odisha, India, the sea is slowly swallowing entire villages. Once-fertile land is turning into barren plains, and an older generation is being left behind, with the memories of the past.

Along the coast of Odisha, India, the sea is slowly swallowing entire villages. Once-fertile land is turning into barren plains, and an older generation is being left behind, with the memories of the past.

When you are married for 50 years you look back on life rather than look forward to it. However when this couple with an empty nest have a desire to see their grand daughter it sparks new life into their daily routine.

When you are married for 50 years you look back on life rather than look forward to it. However when this couple with an empty nest have a desire to see their grand daughter it sparks new life into their daily routine.

An anthology of 8 short films around the theme of "Interval", mentored and curated by Imtiaz Ali, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anand Gandhi.

An anthology of 8 short films around the theme of "Interval", mentored and curated by Imtiaz Ali, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anand Gandhi.

In a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, India, a Santali couple copes with the loss of their daughter. The grieving couple express themselves largely through song and ritual, blurring the boundaries between personal pain and communal trauma. Tortoise Under The Earth is a poetic elegy to a world that is rapidly disappearing, subsumed by unchecked development and displacement.

In a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, India, a Santali couple copes with the loss of their daughter. The grieving couple express themselves largely through song and ritual, blurring the boundaries between personal pain and communal trauma. Tortoise Under The Earth is a poetic elegy to a world that is rapidly disappearing, subsumed by unchecked development and displacement.