LIQUID BORDERS

The documentary film finds its beginning , born out of the need to explore existing geographical & political boundaries of India, juxtaposed with, human, emotional & spiritual bridges . Geographically speaking , India is a peninsula .Three sides are flanked by water . Specifically the east , west & south .Incidentally , the north too , is serrated by mighty rivers . This makes boundaries of India fluid , inclusive & accessible to our neighbours. The same adjectives interpreted in the political jargon means , menace of porosity, infiltration & threat to security. The magnitude and the irony of this dichotomy is the need to address this subject , as a film.

In a sometimes dark and hopeless world , we need stories reminding us of the constructive options that are always present .

The film is to engage , enthuse , envision a new-found look at liquid borders .

Director: BARNALI RAY SHUKLA

Barnali Ray Shukla is a filmmaker and a writer. Starting off as a cell-biologist specializing in plant tissue culture and a topper of

the University of Delhi , in both at graduate and post graduate level, Barnali soon turned towards film-making.

Over the years, she has worked with

Ram Gopal Varma, Sudhir Mishra and Ekta Kapoor. Her first feature-film as a writer-director Kucch Luv Jaisaa, was released in May 2011. In two consecutive years, 2013 and 2014 her scripts were longlisted for the SUNDANCE-Mahindra Script Lab one of which she will be making as a feature film in Bengali . Apart from story and scriptwriting, she also writes poetry and was published in Kitaab last July. Her first short story 'Suzanna Roger' got published last month. She has just completed her first documentary film ‘Liquid Borders’ , with the Films

Division. She likes to describe herself as a ‘mutant poet’ and when she is not doing any of the above, she goes off to climb mountains.

Specifications

Film Type:Documentary

Runtime:38 minutes

Completion Date:June 5, 2015

Production Budget:10,000 USD

Country of Origin:India

Country of Filming:India

Film Language:English