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Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films

Ade (On A Sunday)

India

Tenyidie

2024

17 mins

Asia Premiere

Festival History

Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam | Indian Film Festival Los Angeles | IndieLisboa | Int’l Film Festival of South Asia Toronto
IndieLisboa
Film Festival Della Lessinia
International Film Festival of South Asia(IFFSA) Toronto

Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films

Ade (On A Sunday)

India

Tenyidie

2024

17 mins

Asia Premiere

Festival History

Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam | Indian Film Festival Los Angeles | IndieLisboa | Int’l Film Festival of South Asia Toronto
IndieLisboa
Film Festival Della Lessinia
International Film Festival of South Asia(IFFSA) Toronto

The year is 2002. Eight-year-old Ade resides in a Nagaland village with his mother, father, and brother. His father, a low-ranking constable, drowns his sorrows in alcohol while his mother sells local rice beer to make ends meet. One Sunday, Ade joins his best friend and partner in crime, Abu. Together, the boys skip Sunday school to swim in a nearby pond. Their curiosity leads them down a path where they encounter the adult world for the first time. This film was shot on 16mm.


This film is part of the Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Package - 1

19 October 2024

Juhu PVR Dynamix Mall, Juhu - Audi 2

10:30 AM

24 October 2024

Juhu PVR Dynamix Mall, Juhu - Audi 5

12:30 PM

Credits

Lead Cast

Visalie Kuotsu

Kedo Kuotsu

Writer

Theja Rio

Director of Photography

Natdanai Ham Naksuwan

Editor

Yiwei Pu

Sound Designer

Liam Sharpe

Music Director

Nir Perlman

Production Designer

Dan Pusa

Costume Designer

Dan Pusa

Producer/s

Theja Rio

Nancy Nisa Beso

Dan Pusa

Production Company/ies

Winter Hymns Films

Contact


Rights Holder

Theja Rio

thejario@gmail.com


Director

Theja Rio

Theja Rio, a London-based writer and director, shot his debut short film Dissociate in 2015, which was showcased at film festivals throughout Europe. His short, Angh (2021), won an award at Clermont Ferrand besides garnering accolades at film festivals such as Palm Springs. Rio is pursuing an MA in Directing Fiction at the esteemed National Film & Television School, in England.