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Ratthum (Blood)

Synopsis

Shanti bleeds during a Tamil coming-of-age ceremony. In a culture where fertility is celebrated, menstruation is shunned and infertility is silenced, Shanti hides a secret.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 min 59 sec
Director
Vathana Suganya Suppiah
Producer
Daljinder Johal
Editor
Elise Butt
Screenwriter
Vathana Suganya Suppiah
Director of Photography
Ailsa Aikoa
Production Designer
Rosalind Grégoire
Composer
Roshan Gunga
Principal cast
Bairavi Manoharan, Shruthi Yasothan, Neelam Bakshi, Taru Devani, Jeffin Kunjumon, Mohana Rajagopal

Genre

Asian Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Little Stitch Productions

10 Aintree Crescent
Oadby
Leicester
LE2 5GD

Sales Company

Little Stitch Productions

10 Aintree Crescent
Oadby
Leicester
LE2 5GD

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