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My Comrade

Amar Comrade

VIFF Short Forum

Canadian Premiere

A romantic spark between a villager and a wounded Naxalite insurgent emboldens their solidarity and threatens their safety.

Director
Cast

Sounak Kundu, Aratrick Bhadra, Adrija Majumdar

Credits
Country of Origin

India

Year

2024

Language

In Bengali and Santali with English subtitles

Links
18+
25 min
Cinemas of Asia Drama LGBTQIA2S+ Romance Shorts

Credits & Director

Producer

Tathagata Ghosh

Screenwriter

Buan G.

Cinematography

Tuhin Saha

Editor

Amir Mondal

Original Music

Nabarun Bose

Tathagata Ghosh headshot

Tathagata Ghosh

A Berlinale Talents alumnus, Tathagata has always believed in telling the stories of people who do not have a voice of their own. His short films If (2024), Miss Man (2019), Footprints (2023), The Scapegoat (2021), The Meat (2020), and The Demon (2018) have travelled to numerous prestigious international film festivals and won several awards.

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