SIBI SEKAR

(Índia - India)

SIBI SEKAR - Was born on April 29th, 1997 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He fell in love with cinema at an early age upon viewing the works of directors such as Luis Buñuel and Sergei Parajanov. Sibi began making experimental films and directed his first short films, "Thoughts Out Of Season", "Night Train Light On Track" and "Teal City," during his postgraduate years. Sibi has since directed, produced & edited around fifteen short films. His works have been screened at over forty festivals across five continents. He recently graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras with a master's degree in Humanities and Social Sciences and is currently working on explorative films that are primarily an ascetic representation of resistance. The thematic dispositions of his films concern the symbolic depiction of being, nothingness and the transcendental space.

17-1S  TEAL CITY -  Sibi Sekar   1ª SESSÃO | 1st SESSION

IMAGE PLAY ► International Video Art Festival - III Edition 2021 (Funchal, Madeira - Portugal)

CREDITS:

Sibi Sekar Shot, Edition and Direction

SYNOPSIS:

TEAL CITY: A flight lands in Teal City. A man is trapped in a frame. A wave of verticals hit the city. The film is a partial adaptation of the ideas discussed in a chapter titled 'Walking in the City' from Michel de Certeau's book, 'The Practice of Everyday Life'.

TÍTULO - TITLE                              DURAÇÃO - TIME              ANO - YEAR             PAÍS - COUNTRY                FORMATO - FORMAT

YOU ARE, I AM                                         06'00''                            2019                      (Índia - India)                                 16:9     

13-2S  YOU ARE, I AM - Sibi Sekar  2ª SESSÃO | 2nd SESSION

IMAGE PLAY ► International Video Art Festival - III Edition 2021 (Funchal, Madeira - Portugal)

CREDITS:

Sibi Sekar Shot, Edition and Direction

+ Cinematographer: Mahesh Mani  |   Cast: Ashwin Ravichandran, Bhargavi Ravi

SYNOPSIS:

YOU ARE, I AM: XX and XY find themselves struggling against oblivion, while an external entity referred to as 'The Rose', infringes their identities. The hows and whys are not applicable, although XX and XY claim that 'The Rose' distorts their understanding of the roles they've occupied.