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Five Pebbles

Like every day, 7-year-old Miri sets on a journey across the desert of Salt Pyramids to deliver lunch to her father. Socially outcast Suba follows Miri because friends don't draw lines between them, they form a circle.

  • Ankit Kothari
    Director
  • Ankit Kothari
    Writer
  • Shreya Kapadia
    Producer
  • Kuldeep Mamania
    Cinematographer
  • Manan Bhatt
    Editor
    An Insignificant Man
  • Ankit Kothari
    Editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Paanchika
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 6 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 10, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    17,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Gujarati
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • New York Indian Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    July 20, 2020
    Official Selection
  • International Film Festival of India
    Goa
    India
    January 17, 2021
    India Premiere
    Opening Film
  • International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
    Oberhausen
    Germany
    May 8, 2021
    German Premiere
    Competition
Director Biography - Ankit Kothari

Ankit Kothari is a mumbai based film maker and graphic designer. After completing his undergrad in Fine Arts he worked as an art director in the advertising agencies like Ogilvy. He was the graphic designer and assistant director to Indian films like Oye Lucky Lucky Oye(2007), Love Sex aur Dhokha(2009) and Shanghai(2011). He recently completed his stint as the First Assistant Director For "Tumbbad". It was the opening film of Venice International Film Critics' Week (2018)

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Director Statement

Even today, India judges with a lens of caste and religion. "Paanchika" (Five Pebbles) portrays how friendship survives all these social norms.