Short film ‘Meal’ lands in Arctic Circle!

Abhiroop Basu’s short film ‘Meal’ continues its festival round receiving appreciation from all corners. Now, the short is an official selection at the Arctic Film Festival 2019 scheduled to be held from September 14-19 in Svalbard, Norway.
‘Meal’ will also compete at the 9^th Bengaluru International Short Film Festival for the top prize in August. The short will also travel to Croatia to attend the Brac Film Festival (August 7-9) and then the long awaited Oscar Qualifying 44^th OFF - at Odense International Film Festival to end the month.
Featuring Adil Hussain, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee and Avishek Jain, the 11-minute film is well crafted and layered. It explores the suffocating atmosphere in a household from which peace has escaped.
The story of ‘Meal’ sees a communal tension instigated by political factions having a devastating effect on a below middle class family as they have their last meal together. The terrified atmosphere in the house represents the actual meaning of chaos in crisis as everybody is a victim and suffers in equal measure. The USP of ‘Meal’ is also the chilling silence which would make the viewer a bit uncomfortable. The haunting background sounds and voices only make it more interesting.