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The Unsent Letter

The film is about a girl named Tua, in her early thirty's, of Bengali origin. She was raised by her grandmother. Since the age of five, she has been staying abroad with her parents. After so many years, she comes back to her ancestral home in Kolkata, learning her Thhamma (grandmother) 's demise.
The story revolves around her. She explores the house from one corner to the other and frantically searches for her precious memories. Though faded, she finds some relics of the past. Through this unsent letter, she grasps at these fleeting memories until they become indelibly etched upon her consciousness. Tua slowly discovers herself in one with her last attachment, her Thhamma (grandmother).

  • Mushfica Masud
    Director
    The Anniversary, Jazz Lady, Granted
  • Mushfica Masud
    Writer
    The Anniversary, Jazz Lady, Granted
  • Mushfica Masud
    Producer
    The Anniversary, Jazz Lady, Granted
  • Tathagata Mukherjee
    Producer
  • Gargi Banarjee
    Key Cast
    "Tua"
  • Subarna Chatterjee
    Key Cast
    "Grandmother"
  • Tathagata Mukherjee
    Cinematographer
  • Mushfica Masud
    Editor
    The Anniversary, Jazz Lady, Granted
  • Abhijeet V. Sapre
    Sound Designer
    Kharvas
  • Mayukh Chatterjee
    Art Direction
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, experimental, memoir
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 36 seconds
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bengali, English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Direct Monthly Online Film Festival

    December 5, 2019
    Best Screenwriter of The Month
  • Košice International Monthly Film Festival
    Košice
    Slovakia
    May 27, 2020
    Finalist
  • Film Only Film
    Wembley, London
    United Kingdom
    January 11, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Rome Independent Prisma Awards
    Rome
    Italy
    January 5, 2020
    Official Selection
  • FROSTBITE International Indie Fest
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    United States
    January 2, 2020
    Official Selection
  • White Deer International Film Festival
    Guildhall Arts Centre, Saint Peter's Hill
    United Kingdom
    September 5, 2020
    Best Sound Design (for the 2019/2020 )
  • Cinema of the World
    Mumbai
    India
    January 17, 2020
    Semi Finalist
  • Durgapur International Short Film Festival
    Kolkata
    India
    September 13, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Pune Short Film Festival
    Pune
    India
    November 27, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 3rd South Asian Short Film Festival
    Kolkata
    India
    October 18, 2020
    Official Selection
  • New Indie Film Festival of London
    London
    United Kingdom
    May 30, 2020
    Official Selection
  • FESTPRO Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    May 13, 2020
    Semi Finalist
Director Biography - Mushfica Masud

Mushfica Masud is a director and editor, completed her MFA in Post-Production at Feirstein Graduate school of Cinema, New York. She has been awarded the prestigious Nikon Storytellers
Award, for her short film ‘The Anniversary’ in 2018.
Her thesis film, ‘Granted’ was one of top three
films at the Brooklyn College Film Festival and was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Design.
In 2013, she was awarded the Motion Picture Editor’s Guild award as for her editing work. She is most drawn to work that deals with the dynamics of familial relationships.

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Director Statement

“The Unsent Letter” came to me as a concept. At first, it was just a character exploring her ancestor’s home after staying for many years abroad. However, more I thought about the story; more I realized that it has a significant similarity to my own experience. I was born in a South Asian country but raised in the West. All of a sudden, I became Tua, and this character walked me through my memory lane. This film was made from some personal feelings, experiences, and deeper emotional connections. This is not just a story but an experience of pure human emotions tied to his/her roots. No matter how far one can go, he/she always desires to come back to where their soul relies upon.