Where the Taro Grows

As the region of Barak Valley, Assam, India, is swiftly giving way to newer formations, structures, and beliefs, two siblings converse over the phone about their deserted childhood home situated in the same region while residing far from it.

  • Anunay Barbhuiya
    Director
  • Anunay Barbhuiya
    Writer
  • Rajiv Mehrotra
    Producer
  • Anunay Barbhuiya
    Cinematographer
  • Anunay Barbhuiya
    Editor
  • Shashank Kothari
    Sound Designer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 28, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bengali
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 16th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
    Thiruvananthapuram
    India
    July 29, 2024
    World Premiere
    Short Documentary Focus section (Out of Competition)
Director Biography - Anunay Barbhuiya

I am an independent filmmaker-artist from Assam, India. I am interested in ethnography, experimental documentary, and hybrid art that deals with the distinctions and overlaps of experience, reality, and truth. I studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. My student film, Wet Blue Tarpaulin (2019/India), premiered at the 15th International Short and Independent Film Festival, Dhaka. It was awarded at the 11th Indian Film Festival of Bhubaneswar, the 11th Cut.In National Students' Film Festival, TISS Mumbai, and the 9th DMCS National Film Festival, Pune.

In 2023, I was awarded the Doc_Commune Film Fund by PSBT, India, for the development of a short documentary project based in Barak Valley, Assam, India. In 2024, my first feature length documentary was selected for the MIFF Doc Film Bazaar Work-In-Progress (WIP) section.

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