Portraits: 2020

10min  |  Bengali, English, Hindi  |  Satire

Portraits : 2020 is an intimate observation of how the pandemic had affected us as human beings both on a social as well as a psychological level.It observes 6 scenes occurring around a death : from hungry mad men in search of food, single mothers losing jobs, young couples forced to move house to PPE clad body removal workers trying to deal with their jobs.As the sun sets over such a day, we are left wondering whether we can hold onto our humanity in such dark times.
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Synopsis

Portraits : 2020 is an intimate observation of how the pandemic had affected us as human beings both on a social as well as a psychological level.It observes 6 scenes occurring around a death : from hungry mad men in search of food, single mothers losing jobs, young couples forced to move house to PPE clad body removal workers trying to deal with their jobs.As the sun sets over such a day, we are left wondering whether we can hold onto our humanity in such dark times.

Filmmaker Bio

Amartya Ray

Amartya Ray

Director, Producer

Amartya Ray is a 27 year old film direction alumni from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Also being a singer-songwriter and an actor, he believes that the inter-disciplinary forms allow him in telling a better story.

Credits

director: Amartya Ray

writer: Amartya Ray, Samrat

producer: Amartya Ray, Chaiti Ray

cast: Chaiti Ray Ghoshal, Samrat, Shovan Chakraborty

Cinematographer: Soham Dey

Sound Recording and Sound Design: Arka Dey

Edit: Ranajit Ray