Bittersweet

'Bittersweet', 2019

Photographed and filmed over a ten year span, the images here were once a means of escaping director Sorhab Hura’s heavy home life, yet they soon became a method to confront his mother’s diagnosis with acute paranoid schizophrenia. Focusing on the relationship between his mom and her enduring pup, Hura exposes sinister qualities of the quotidian and underscores the strength of vulnerability.

Photographed and filmed over a ten year span, the images here were once a means of escaping director Sorhab Hura’s heavy home life, yet they soon became a method to confront his mother’s diagnosis with acute paranoid schizophrenia. Focusing on the relationship between his mom and her enduring pup, Hura exposes sinister qualities of the quotidian and underscores the strength of vulnerability.

Director

Sohrab Hura

Runtime

14 minutes

Type

Short

Genre

Documentary

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Bittersweet

Sohrab Hura, 2019

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Countries

India

Country of filming

India

Languages

English

Awards

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival

Winner

2020

Principal Prize

Winner

2020

Second Prize of the Jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Prize of the NRW Competition

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Photographed and filmed over a ten year span, the images here were once a means of escaping director Sorhab Hura’s heavy home life, yet they soon became a method to confront his mother’s diagnosis with acute paranoid schizophrenia. Focusing on the relationship between his mom and her enduring pup, Hura exposes sinister qualities of the quotidian and underscores the strength of vulnerability.

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Photographed and filmed over a ten year span, the images here were once a means of escaping director Sorhab Hura’s heavy home life, yet they soon became a method to confront his mother’s diagnosis with acute paranoid schizophrenia. Focusing on the relationship between his mom and her enduring pup, Hura exposes sinister qualities of the quotidian and underscores the strength of vulnerability.

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