Tina
TINA is a psychological thriller about a woman who is haunted by an Indian classical dancer. Ultimately, she is forced her to confront herself in a way she never expected.
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Gayatri BahlDirectorFirst Time Filmmaker
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Gayatri BahlWriter
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Brian HollarsDirector of PhotographyJurassic World, Pitch Perfect 2, Hot Tub Time Machine 2
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Gayatri BahlProducerThe Waiting Room, Let's Dance, Just My Luck
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Anuj GoyalProducer
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Anuj GoyalAssistant Director
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Gayatri BahlKey Cast"Tina"Law and Order, Vinyl
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Shalini BathinaKey Cast"Dancer"Grey's Anatomy, Raven's Home
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Sarah BaskinKey Cast"Jane Friedman"Divorce, Blindspot
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Surina JindalKey Cast"Sam"Outsourced, Succession
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Amanda DeSouzaHairstylist, Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects
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Gayatri BahlEditor
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Anthony DimeriEditor
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Vick KrishnaEditor
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Bhaskar SarmaSound Mixer
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Dimitri SerovProduction Assistant
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Jessica MitchellProduction Assistant
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Frank BaylosisColorist
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Alistair FarrantBoom Operator, Sound Mixer
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Alistair FarrantBoom Operator
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George PortAdditional Re-Recording Mixer
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Steven TolleAdditional Re-Recording Mixer
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Huda HaqqaniProduction Designer
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Huda HaqqaniCostume Designer
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Jared WindlerGrip
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Dimitri SerovStill Photographer
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Jessica MitchellTransportation Captain
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Joe BradyAssistant Camera
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Kelley LordLine Producer
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Lakota Ruby-Eck2nd Assistant Camera
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Myles SalazarGaffer
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Nick ShuhanStunt Coordinator
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Reema SampatLogo Design
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Rushi VakilOriginal Music/ComposerBhinti Maage, Winner of the Dadasaheb Falke award for best short film
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Rushi VakilSound Editor
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Shubham RavalAssistant Sound Editor
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Sumika RajguruChoreographer
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Thomas WilsonVFX Supervisor
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Mayank AnandDance Costume Design
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Shraddha NigamDance Costume Design
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Thriller, Suspense, Film Noir, Fantasy
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Runtime:8 minutes 50 seconds
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Completion Date:February 1, 2019
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:ProRes/DNxHD
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Aspect Ratio:2.35 (SCOPE)
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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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Jaipur International Film FestivalJaipur India
India
January 21, 2020
Indian Premiere -
14th Annual Vancouver International Women in Film FestivalVancouver
Canada
March 9, 2019
World Premiere -
Big Apple Film Festival (Winner - Best Short Film)New York, New York
United States
May 18, 2019
US Premiere
Winner - Best Short Film -
New York Shorts International Film FestivalNew York, New York
United States
June 4, 2019 -
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (Winner - Dark Side Award)Brooklyn, New York
United States
June 8, 2019
Winner - Dark Side Award -
Women's International Film & Art FestivalNew York, New York
United States
June 8, 2019 -
Festival of CinemaNew York City
United States
August 3, 2019
Nomination: Best Sound Editing -
7th Annual Chain Film FestivalNew York
United States
August 17, 2019 -
Fem Film FestivalNew York City
United States
August 22, 2019 -
Chicago South Asian Film FestivalChicago
United States
September 21, 2019
Chicago Premiere -
DC South Asian Film FestivalWashington D.C.
United States
September 22, 2019
Washington D.C. -
SAG New York Short Film ShowcaseNew York City
United States
September 26, 2019 -
Shortcut 100 Independent Film FestivalChicago
United States
September 28, 2019 -
Tasveer South Asian Film FestivalSeattle
United States
September 29, 2019 -
Adirondack Film FestivalGlenn Falls
United States
October 18, 2019 -
YoFi Fest, The Yonkers Film FestivalYonkers
November 1, 2019 -
South Asian Film Festival of AmericaLos Angeles
United States
November 2, 2019
Los Angeles -
Philadelphia Asian American Film FestivalPhiladelphia
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Boston Asian Ameirican Film festival
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Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival
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Berlin Independent Film Festival
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Shorts on TapLondon
Gayatri Patel Bahl is a multi-disciplinary artist, award-winning filmmaker, actress, Indian classical dancer and entrepreneur.
Gayatri’s journey has led her through Bollywood as the lead of the Hindi Film "Let's Dance"; from founding Textured, a web development company, to co-founding Leblum, a Techstars NYC 16′ company; and finally to writing, directing and starring in TINA, an award-winning short film which is currently on the festival circuit.
Performing for over 25 years, Gayatri can be seen in Mr. Robot, Showtime's The Loudest Voice, HBO's Vinyl, Law & Order SVU, the Hindi Film Let’s Dance, and Rishta.com (Netflix).
As an Indian classical dancer, Gayatri was featured by Elle Magazine's Movement Series and has graced the stage of the world renowned Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre, NYC’s SummerStage, NJPAC and has been featured in the Huffington Post, Elle Magazine US, Times of India, Real Bollywood, Sa Dance Company, Filmfare Magazine and ETC Networks.
Learn more at GayatriBahl.com
As a South Asian American, there is an entire generation of us, as children of Immigrants, who connected with our heritage by training extensively in the Indian classical arts every weekend in someone's garage or basement across America. Rarely do we ever see Representation of Indian classical dance in western media. When we do, it is a caricature of Bollywood cinema as a part of a wedding sequence. Indian classical dance is so much more than that, it's the foundation of our storytelling.
In TINA, I aimed to break the stereotype of the south asian woman who is the perfect lawyer, doctor or engineer, by exploring deep conflict with my personal identity through the experience of a South Asian woman who is haunted by a part of her heritage in the form of a genre-bending thriller.