Private Project

#Cafe2022

Tara wakes up confined (quarantined) in a room but there are voices coming from a mysterious café that tells her she is on a date.

  • Sudipto Roy
    Writer
    Kia and Cosmos
  • Sudipto Roy
    Director
    Kia and Cosmos, Afternoon Audition, The Cabin Guard
  • Christopher Cornelsen
    Producer
  • Prasenjit Saha
    Producer
  • Sudipto Roy
    Producer
  • Madhurima Ghosh
    Key Cast
    "Tara"
  • Arjun Radhakrishnan
    Key Cast
    "Cyrus"
  • Joy Sengupta
    Key Cast
    "Sashi"
  • Deboprasad Halder
    Key Cast
    "Jeff"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, Thriller, Speculative Fiction
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 20, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English, Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    18:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Jaipur
    India
    January 15, 2021
    India Online Premiere
    Best Actress, Best Editor
  • Jaipur International Film Festival [JIFF]
    Jaipur
    India
    July 14, 2021
    India Premiere
    Best Actress, Best Editor
  • Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
    Bengaluru
    India
    September 20, 2021
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Christopher Cornelsen
    Country: Germany
    Rights: Internet, Video on Demand, Pay Per View
Director Biography - Sudipto Roy

Writer, Journalist and an independent filmmaker, Sudipto Roy developed the passion for storytelling that is hard to leave. He aspires to profess and practice visual storytelling with an amicable blend of fiction, non-fiction, mainstream and arthouse content.

Roy's debut feature film, Kia and Cosmos was released in 2019 in India, USA, GCC countries and later released on Netflix. The film garnered prominent international acclaim from festivals in Cannes, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona, Glasgow, New York and got featured in national as well as international cine magazines.

Roy's recent works include the web film The Cabin Guard, streaming on Hoichoi, MX Player, Airtel Digital and Vodafone Play.

Another featurette as a part of an anthology, Paanchphoron Season 2, and named as Afternoon Audition is streaming now on Hoichoi, MX Player, Airtel Digital, Vodafone Play.

A travel journalist for nearly a decade Roy worked with public as well as private sector organisations in India and abroad on non-fiction and commercial projects. The list includes reputed companies such as TATA, SREI, India Tourism Ministry, TEA Board of India, West Bengal Tourism, Vietnam Tourism Board, Singapore Tourism, World Tourism Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, AIME Melbourne, ATM Dubai, SATTE Mumbai and ITB ASIA.

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Director Statement

This 25' short is very close to a dystopian reality that we as human beings are fast nearing towards... I'm scared and excited!