I am Ramdeen Trailer (2020)
Channel: Khela Films
Date: 2020-10-11

Trailer for our new stop motion short film, ‘I am Ramdeen’.

‘I am Ramdeen’ is a stop motion short film based on the issue of death penalty in India. It is a visual representation of a poem written by Jahnavi Misra. It aims to highlight the fact that the simple violence of punitive measures like capital punishment often belies systemic inability or refusal to deal with deeper societal problems like poverty and inequality.

The film shows a death row prisoner named Ramdeen, celebrating on finally receiving a verdict on his case, after waiting for twenty years. It is a fully handmade animated film and the materials used are terracotta clay and paper.

The short is written by Jahnavi Misra and is animated by Apoorva Mundoor and Jahnavi Misra. Voices are by Ramashanker Misra and Lokendra Sharma.


Festivals:
Tagore International Film Festival - Outstanding Achievement Award
Berlin Flash Film Festival - Honorable Mention
Rome Independent Prisma Awards - Semi-Finalist
Screen Culture Film Festival - Official Selection
The Monthly Film Festival Glasgow - Official Selection
7th Goa Short Film Festival 2020 - Official Selection