2026 / 20' / Banjara, Hindi / India
✦ Intersectional
Teenage sugarcane harvester Shivkanya confronts the realities of early motherhood and marriage, unspoken duties, an eccentric husband, and an uncertain future that shapes and constrains her dreams, identity, and hopes for her child and herself.
Director(s) : Madhurima Maiti
Producer(s) : FTII
Cinematographer(s) : Ritagnik Bhattacharya
Writer(s) : Madhurima Maiti
Editor(s) : Utpal Kant
Sound : Jayahari Kavalam
Music : Jayahari Kavalam
Madhurima Maiti is a filmmaker trained in Direction and Screenplay Writing at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Her student documentary, A Girl Beneath the Sun, received critical appreciation and grant support in various festivals, like Mumbai International Film Festival’s Doc Bazaar.
Her practice is rooted in relationships before it is rooted in footage. She approaches documentary filmmaking as an act of friendship first, believing that a camera should move closer only to someone who has already been let in.
