PRISON
Prison is the story of a recluse going through existence with a battered soul. His house is his Prison where he has isolated himself by his own will. It is the microcosm of the freedom-less larger world where he has managed to find a little freedom of his own.
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Nilip DebDirector
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Nilip DebProducer
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Swapnnil RalkarKey Cast
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Dipak NayakCinematographer
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Munazir KhanEditor
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Paritosh HajareMusic Composer
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Rajender PrasadSound Designer & Mixer
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Irfan ShaikhCo-Producer
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Neel ChoudhuryAssociate Producer
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Nilip DebStory
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, Social, LGBTQ
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Runtime:10 minutes 38 seconds
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Completion Date:February 13, 2019
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Production Budget:1,500 USD
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Country of Origin:India
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Druk International Film Festival 2019Paro
Bhutan
July 13, 2019
Silent Film - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS -
ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival 2019Shanghai
China
FINALIST -
Best of India Short Film Festival 2019Santa Monica, California
United States
Official Selection -
LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival 2019Missoula MT
United States
Official Selection -
Asia South East - Short Film Festival 2019Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Honourable Mention -
Pune International Queer Film Festival 2020Pune
India
Official Selection
Nilip Deb, a post-graduate in Cinema with a specialization in Cinematography. He graduated from India’s premier Film School – Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) in 2005.
He has more than 15 years of experience in film-making.
Nilip has shot feature films, short films, mini-series, promos, music videos, as well as documentaries only for premier international channels.
Prison is his first experimental short film as director.
As a creative individual, I have always being excited about the chemistry between relationships. Words like freedom, expression, societal norms have always piqued my interest. I have always tried decoding things from my point of view. Sometimes, I imagine myself in others shoes and want to see the world through their eyes. Nowadays we all propagate EQUALITY for MAN and WOMAN, but what if someone is not a man or woman or an animal? Animals cannot speak still they can convey their feelings. We are social animals and we can speak, but can we express our feeling always? These are the points which served as the key sources for me to conceive the concept.
The theme is close to my heart because I believe that a creative piece of work can also go the extra mile to underline issues that may soften stances a little and help those by empathizing with them. Maybe it can garner a bit of courage for them to tackle their life situation a little better. In a nutshell, it is not a story of a transgender rather it is the story of suffocation, of a mental condition of a particular person, who happens to be an undisclosed transgender.
Poet Seamus Heaney’s one quote actually struck a chord with me and made me to rethink on this subject and arrive at the concept. “If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.” But what if you do not have the words... what if you have the words but don’t know how to express yourself?
I hope that audience will like the experiment and appreciate the film. I want the film to make my audience think twice about the issue and interpret the story in their own way.