Umbro (The Threshold)
Movies
1.0 hrs
January 11, 2025 7:00 pm Saturday
About the film: Umbro, the threshold of a home, is the liminal space that speaks to the lives of women, including the filmmaker's mother and her friends who live in the small town of Dhrangadhra in Gujarat, India. The film explores joyful friendships among women, often dismissed and unsung - carrying in them moments of shared stories, solidarities, conflicts and, most of all, routine acts of resistance. Umbro locates these flights of desire in the everyday, while celebrating the women’s indomitable love for life, and each other.
Organizer
Prachee Bajania
Prachee Bajania is a filmmaker, editor and writer. An alumna of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Prachee's journey is marked by eleven independent documentaries commissioned by esteemed institutions such as India Foundation for the Arts, Charles Correa Foundation, Sahapedia, Rough Edges and more. Her most recent film Umbro (The Threshold) won the ReelFocus Award for Best Documentary at the 14th Beijing International Film Festival and Second Best Film, Short Documentary at the 16th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2024. Her work has screened at festivals and institutions in China, Germany, England, Bangladesh and India.