Who Are You, Nanu?

After her Nanu’s (‘grandfather’ in Hindi) ceremonial cremation brings her to the Holy Ganges River in India, ten year-old oddball Isha befriends the phantom of her Nanu’s own rambunctious seven year-old self. After being told those who die end up on the Moon by her father, a sentiment from a traditional Indian lullaby, Isha and her Nanu’s ghost go there themselves, fueled by curiosity and a yearning for the connection they could never form whilst Nanu was alive. Together, they discover the journey that lies after death.

Film Content Advisory: Grief

Credits
Writer: Anjini Taneja Azhar
Producer: Suchitra Pillai, Sudhir Sherigar, Anjini Taneja Azhar, Devika Taneja (co-producer), Monique Efta (co-producer)
Executive Producer: Ness Wadia, Mike Morrisroe, Mia Vyzis, Jacques Lafitte, David Beazley, Mahfuz Majumdar, Navroz Udwadia
Director of Photography: Gary Long
Editor: Bucky Illingworth
Production Designer: Bindiya Chhabria & Arvind Ashok Kumar
Composer: Alex Winkler
Sound Designer: Christina Wen
Music: Alek Winkler

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Echoes From Beyond

Journey through memory and the mysterious forces that shape our past and future. From indigenous cosmology to ancient folklore—told by deities and ghosts, whispered in dreams, and revealed through trance—Echoes from Beyond showcases films that draw inspiration from the mesmerizing bond between nature, life, and the spiritual.