Private Project

On Floating Bodies

The film explores the spatial dimensions of a being who alternately enters and exits a fragmented world of projections where thoughts, memories and dreams blend into a strange loop of treacherous images. The film explores multiple layers of in-ness such as inclusion, depiction and representation.

  • Sibi Sekar
    Director
  • Sibi Sekar
    Writer
  • Ambika Sekar
    Producer
  • Raju Sekar
    Producer
  • Uddish Pasupathy
    Key Cast
  • Mahesh Mani
    Cinematographer
  • Marius Paulikas
    Soundtrack
  • Sibi Sekar
    Editor
  • Sibi Sekar, Marius Paulikas
    Sound Design
  • Malavika S Udayan
    Paintings
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    பாய்மம்
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Surrealism
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 5, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English, Tamil
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9, 3:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Experiments in Cinema v16.1
    Albuquerque
    United States
    Official Selection
  • AUSTIN ARTHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL
    Austin, Texas
    United States
    Nominee
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo
    Japan
    Official Selection
  • Varese International Film Festival
    Varese
    Italy
    Award Winner
  • Dreamachine International Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Award Winner
  • Ciudad del Este Independent Film Festival
    Ciudad del Este
    Paraguay
    Official Selection
  • Venice Shorts
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    Official Selection
  • IndieX Film Fest
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Beyond the Curve International Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    Official Selection
  • AltFF Alternative Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • New Cinema Film Festival
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    Official Selection
  • Lime Light Film Festival
    Online
    Award Winner
Director Biography - Sibi Sekar

Sibi Sekar was born on April 29th, 1997 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He fell in love with cinema at an early age upon viewing the works of filmmakers such as Luis Buñuel and Sergei Parajanov. Sibi began making experimental films and directed his first short films, "Thoughts Out Of Season", “Night Train Light On Track “ and “Teal City,” during his postgraduate years. Sibi has since directed, produced & edited one feature film, and ten short films. His works have been screened at over thirty festivals across five continents. He recently graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras with a master's degree in Humanities and Social Sciences and is currently working on explorative films that are primarily an ascetic representation of resistance. The thematic dispositions of his films concern the symbolic depiction of being, nothingness and the transcendental space.

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Director Statement

Borrowing the words of William Faulkner, I would describe this film as "the human heart in conflict with itself." The film is an attempt to capture a world of shadows where a being manifests the self as 'projections' or 'floating bodies'. The projections of the self lurk around feeling lost, acting as a catalyst for us to explore the notions of identity and personhood. As time passes, the projections fight against the self leading to the 'great internal conflict'.