Shabnam Sukhdev

Having the need to resolve the unfinished relationship with her father who had died suddenly when she was only fourteen, Shabnam decides to confront her mother and talk to all the people who had known him. She is eager to fill the holes in her sketchy memory only to find out that he had always been there with her and influenced her at every stage in her life without her knowing it. After thirty years she is now ready to claim her father as she discovers his significance in her life.

Sustainability of an ideology through the mission and vision of Didi Contractor's mud architecture

Unfinished is a 40-minute personal documentary that encapsulates the struggle of a daughter's mental illness as seen through the lens of her mother. Over a series of hospitalizations through involvement of the ‘invisible’ medics treating her daughter, the mother’s frustrating enquiry to understand and untangle the conundrum of her daughter’s mental health condition unfold. The filmmaker-mother critically examines home videos filmed by her during her daughter’s first episode that unravels the family’s genetic archive. She fears that her past films may be a foreshadow of their lived experience.

Unfinished is a 40-minute personal documentary that encapsulates the struggle of a daughter's mental illness as seen through the lens of her mother. Over a series of hospitalizations through involvement of the ‘invisible’ medics treating her daughter, the mother’s frustrating enquiry to understand and untangle the conundrum of her daughter’s mental health condition unfold. The filmmaker-mother critically examines home videos filmed by her during her daughter’s first episode that unravels the family’s genetic archive. She fears that her past films may be a foreshadow of their lived experience.

the story is very personal as it explores the dynamics of the relationship between siblings coloured by the complexities of relationship between their parents

Inspired by Gabirel Garcia Marquez's short "I Only Came To Use The Phone." When Uma finally decides to reunite with her husband, her car breaks down. What follows is a series of attempts to meet her husband, which she finally does. But will she ever reunite with him?

Inspired by Gabirel Garcia Marquez's short "I Only Came To Use The Phone." When Uma finally decides to reunite with her husband, her car breaks down. What follows is a series of attempts to meet her husband, which she finally does. But will she ever reunite with him?

Having the need to resolve the unfinished relationship with her father who had died suddenly when she was only fourteen, Shabnam decides to confront her mother and talk to all the people who had known him. She is eager to fill the holes in her sketchy memory only to find out that he had always been there with her and influenced her at every stage in her life without her knowing it. After thirty years she is now ready to claim her father as she discovers his significance in her life.

A pre-emptive fictional story that expresses the filmmaker's feelings about her marital relationship with her first husband.