Ormajeevikal (Memory Beings)
Exploring the realms of memory, music and longing through the stories of Kozhikode and its people, deeply immersed in music. Selected at festivals at Delhi, Győr, Kolkata, Taipei, Thrissur and Trivandrum.
Directed by Sudha Padmaja Francis | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Sudha Padmaja Francis is a filmmaker from Kerala, who studied Creative Enterprise (Film) at the University of Reading, UK, and Cultural Studies at Hyderabad. A recipient of the Felix Scholarship, her first short film, Eye Test, won the National Award for Best Cinematography, along with other awards, and screened at many international festivals. Sudha writes on cinema and has published several poems in English.
Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....
PSBT is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it has produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)
PSBT is led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.
Credits
Script Writer, Researcher: Sudha Padmaja Francis
Cinematographer: Appu Prabhakar
Editors: Sudha Padmaja Francis, Minu Abubaker
Location Sound Recordist: Adarsh Joseph Palamattom
Sound Designer: Dawn Vincent
Assistant Director: Appu
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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Last updated: June 2020