Congratulations to LFS alumnus Fateme Ahmadi whose film CHANDRA has been officially selected to screen in both the East End Film Festival and Palm Springs Film Festival this year.
In CHANDRA, Seven-year-old Chandra and his elderly grandfather have to travel on foot through earthquake-hit Kathmandu in order to get to hospital, where Chandra's mother has just given birth. Chandra is oblivious to the scenes of misery on the streets, and is fascinated by the many curious and beautiful sights, and excited about meeting his new sibling. Grandfather, who knows the sheer scope of destruction, attempts to protect Chandra from the grim reality of it all, while gradually coming to terms with the fact that the city is no longer the same, and that the hospital may not even stand.
Written and codirected by LFS alumnus Fateme Ahmadi and supervised by Award winning director, Naomi Kawase, CHANDRA is the result of South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival and Youku (the biggest Chinese video hosting website) collaboration project titled "Asian Masters and Newcomers”. It was premiered at the 20th Busan International Film Festival and Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland.
Ahmadi's graduation film from LFS titled ONE THOUSAND AND ONE TEARDROPS was one of the nominees for the Best UK Short at the East End Film Festival in 2015 and got Special Jury mention.