Assamese Short film “Ghormua”, directed by renowned Assamese Film Director and screenwriter Mukul Haloi will be screened at the 75th Locarno Film Festival, which will be held in Switzerland.
The director of Ghormua, Mukul Haloi, studied filmmaking at FTII. His documentary’ Tales from our childhood’ is included in the film course at Gottingen University, Germany. He has been a special invitee at Griffith Film School, Australia, and Berlinale Talents, Germany.
Ghormua is presently streaming on Movie Saints. And below is the screener of one of his earlier short films.
Ghormua Plot –
A young boy, Rahul, hopes to write a book about his experience growing up in his village. His mother, being deeply connected with nature, can sense messages and signs arising from nature. Urmila, a pregnant lady, is driven by sensory experiences. But, In contrast to the serenity and harmonious living, there lurks a violent societal past. These peaceful and quiet lives intersect in a space where traumatic memories of death and loss in Assam’s thirty years of secessionist movement keep resurfacing.
