My debut animated feature film.

“In a sophisticated near perfect society ‘Schirkoa’, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical land without the bags start to float and a fresh council member sparks an accidental revolution…”

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Written, designed and directed by Ishan Shukla
With the artistic collaboration of Bich-Quan Tran
Based upon the short film “Schirkoa” created by Ishan Shukla
Original score by Sneha Khanwalkar
Sound editing and sound design Nicolas Titeux
Designs Ishan Shukla, Yaning Feng
Lies’ clothes are designed by Antonio Grimaldi
Storyboard Shahab Serwaty
Cinematography, FX, Lighting Ishan Shukla
Editing and Compositing Ishan Shukla
3D Animation Supervisor Piyush Mittal
MoCap SolidAnim
Sound Mixing Florent Fournier-Sicre, Nicolas Titeux
Additional Music King Khan, Saba Lou, Sun Ra, Benny Turner, Asia Argento with Morgan, Golshifteh Farahani, BROTHER

Voice Cast Golshifteh Farahani, Asia Argento, SoKo, King Khan, Denzil Smith, John Sutton, and introducing Tibu Fortes and Shahbaz Sarwar
Voice Guest Stars Lav Diaz, Karan Johar, Shekhar Kapur, Anurag Kashyap, Piyush Mishra, Gaspar Noe

Produced by Bich-Quan Tran, Ishan Shukla
Co-Produced by Stephan Holl, Samir Sarkar
Executive Producer Anushka Shah

A Dissidenz Films and Red Cigarette Media production
In co-production with Rapid Eye Movies
In association with Civic Studios and Cofinova 18
With the support of Aide aux Cinémas du Monde – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée – Institut Français, Epic MegaGrants, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in partnership with the CNC

Filmed in France and India

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Festivals

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024 – World Premiere
Bright Future
(NETPAC Award Winner)

Göteborg Film Festival 2024 – Nordic Premiere
Voyage
(Youth Jury Dragon Award nominee)

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
White Raven Competition

Mykolaichuk open film festival
Under the constellation of Gemini

Taipei Film Festival – Asian Premiere
Wonderland

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Metal Noir

Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival
Asian Competition

Munich Film Fest
Cine Rebel Compeition

Indo German Film Week

Cine Days
Best Script Award Winner

Edinburgh International Film Festival
Out of competition

L’Etrange Festival
New Talents Compeition

Strasbourg Film Festival
International Animated Film Competition

Sitges
Noves Visions Competition

Festival Nouveau Cinema
Compeition Temps O

Sao Paulo International Film Festival
New Directors Competition

Trieste Sci-Fi Festival
Asteroid Competition

Splat! FilmFest
Fantastic Section

The Utopias International Science Fiction Festival
International Feature Film Competition

Heroes International Film Festival

International Film Fhttps://iffk.in/filmdetail/MTgzODYzODMuNA==estival of Kerala
Kaleidoscope