30 Days of Autumn
Sudipto Roy
India. 2024. 45 min

An ambitious young woman on a month-long government assignment in rural Bengal grapples with loneliness while forming a complex bond with her teenage house help. As his innocent crush and aspirations clash with the impermanence of their relationship, their brief connection leaves her profoundly changed.

An Intimate Indie Gem Exploring Love, Loss, and Longing through a Tagorean Lens.
30 Days of Autumn is a poignant and lyrical indie film written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sudipto Roy (Kia and Cosmos, Tasher Ghawr)
Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s classic short story Postmaster, 30 Days of Autumn is a quiet yet powerful meditation on human connection, impermanence, and the unspoken emotions that bind us. With a visual and emotional language rooted in the traditions of independent cinema, the film traces the delicate relationship between a transient visitor and a village boy—two lives brought together by chance, and pulled apart by circumstance.

SUDIPTO ROY

Sudipto Roy is a filmmaker and creative director whose work blends emotional depth with sharp social insight. Based in Mumbai, his stories often navigate the fragile intersections of love, identity, and morality, reimagining classics and crafting originals that resonate with modern audiences.

Roy’s debut feature film, Kia and Cosmos (2019), was released across India, the USA, and GCC countries before streaming on Netflix. The film garnered international acclaim, travelling to festivals in Cannes, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona, Glasgow, and New York, and was widely appreciated in both national and international cine dailies and magazines.

In 2020, his chamber drama Tasher Ghawr (Hoichoi) became a major OTT success, and critically praised for its bold narrative form and psychological intensity during the pandemic lockdown. His most recent works include 30 Days of Autumn, where he revisits Tagore’s Postmaster through a striking gender-flip lens, furthering his exploration of identity and narrative experimentation. Beyond filmmaking, he has built a strong creative presence in Indian television and OTT, being an active creative force shaping long-form storytelling that bridges mainstream appeal with layered, meaningful narratives.

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The First Film
Piyush Thakur
India. 2023. 19 min

In a small town in 1960s India, deep-rooted in orthodox traditions, cinema is believed to corrupt young minds, and women are forbidden to watch films. Devi, a 14-year-old girl, is obsessed with films and dreams of watching one in a theater. Her neighbor, Mohan, a 14-year-old mute cinephile boy, narrates stories from his favorite films to her at night. When an unforeseen incident shakes their world, Devi has one last chance to pursue her dream. The First Film celebrates friendship, courage, and the magic of cinema.

PIYUSH THAKUR

Piyush Thakur is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). His student short film The Real Millionaire was nominated for the International Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and traveled globally to more than 75 film festivals, winning multiple awards. He was selected from India for the International Student Film Camp in Serbia.

After FTII, he worked as an assistant director to Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the film Bajirao Mastani. He was also selected for the Kyoto Filmmakers Lab in Japan and Platform Busan at the Busan International Film Festival.

His latest short film, The First Film, had its world premiere at the Festival de Cortos de Bogotá – BOGOSHORTS in Colombia and was recognized as a ‘Short Film Market Pick’ by the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and ‘Film Bazaar Recommends’ by NFDC Doc Film Bazaar. It won The German Star of India – Audience Award at the Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart and Best Short Narrative International Award at the Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival.

DIRECTOR´S NOTE

The period from the early 1950s is considered the ‘Golden Age’ of Indian Cinema. Movie theaters were flooded with iconic hits, and the newly Independent nation was discovering new fantasies through films. I have been inspired by many stories told by my grandparents, who, like me, were obsessed with films. The magic of being transported to another world and experiencing it up close has always excited me, both as an audience member and a storyteller. I began to ponder: How far would a cinephile go to watch a special film?

The First Film is about recreating the magic of watching films, an emotion that binds us all.

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Mother Daughter
Eyas Almokdad
Belgium. 2022. 29 min

A 40-year old politician who fights against immigration, returns to the family house to take care of her elderly mother Hanna who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. During her stay, she discovers a hidden side of her mother’s early history.

EYAS ALMOKDAD

A Syrian Belgian filmmaker and Choreographer, Al Mokdad holds a Master in Audiovisual Arts (Film) from The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) 2021, an Advanced master’s degree in Audiovisual Arts from Luca school of arts Brussels, Belgium 2013. A bachelor’s degree from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts – Ballet Department in Damascus – Syria in 2005.
Films:
THE FINAL SCENE: Feature experimental documentary 97′ 2022 Belgium
MOEDER DOCHTER: Short fiction 29′ 2022 Belgium
THE HANGAR: Short Fiction 33′ 2022 Belgium
THE OTHER HALF OF YOUR SHADOW: Short experimental fiction 33′ 2015 Belgium
UNDER THE TANCK: Short documentary 10′ 2014 Belgium

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info@windcinema.com

In the Rough
Julius Gintaras Blum
Germany. 2023. 19 min

13-year-old Linus, the son of success-oriented German-Lithuanian parents, begins to question the values of the adult world when he meets the fisherman Arūnas during a holiday in Lithuania.

JULIUS GINTARAS BLUM

Julius Gintaras Blum was born in Dresden in 1995. Following professional education as a media designer for film and sound, he worked as a freelance director and DoP on documentaries, short films and commissioned work. Since 2019 he has been studying directing documentary film at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.

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Granica
Joshua Neubert
Germany. 2023. 20 min

In the exclusion zone between Poland and Belarus, Oliwia’s decision to help a stranger in need turns into a tragic struggle for humanity.

JOSHUA NEUBERT

Born 1994 in Germany, he spent 10 years of his childhood in Tanzania. After shooting his first short films during his studies in audiovisual media, he worked as an assistant director on feature film and TV productions in Berlin. Since 2020 he has been studying film directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.

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festivals@filmakademie.de

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Markus Toivo
Spain. 2022. 22 min

A glimpse in the day of a son visiting his sick father. The film follows the son as he helps his father with his daily routines, while trying to create a connection with the distant figure.

MARKUS TOIVO

Filmmaker from Finland who has studied cinema in Helsinki and Tallinn, and recently graduated from ECAM in Madrid, majoring in film direction. He works both in documentaries and fiction. In his opinion, often one inspires the other. Markus is interested in telling intimate stories that explore the struggle and coexistence of beauty and ugliness. The documentary Wanha Markku (Under Construction) is Markus’ first feature length film.

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The Beekeeper
Mano Khalil
Switzerland. 2013. 100 min

In the mid-1990s, Ibrahim Gezer, a Kurd, was living happily in Turkey with his family, making a good living producing honey with his 500 bee colony.

Then came the Turkish-Kurdish war and he lost everything. On the run for seven years, he arrived in Switzerland as a refugee.

This moving documentary tracks the story of how this gentle soul, nearing retirement age, was able to rebuild his life—with nothing more than his faith in humanity and his love of bees.

MANO KHALIL

Mano Khalil was born in Kurdistan – Syria.
1981-1986 Studied history and law at Damascus University in Syria. 1987-1994 Studied fiction film direction in the former Czechoslovakia.
1990-1995 Worked as independent film director for Czechoslovakian and later for the Slovakian Television. Since 1996 lives in Switzerland, working as independent film director and producer. 2012 grounded the production film company Frame Film.

FILMOGRAPHY

2021 Neighbours – Fiction 124 Min
2018 Hafis & Mara – documentary 88 Min
2016 The Swallow – Fiction 102 Min
2013 The Beekeeper – documentary 107 Min
2010 Our garden of Eden. Documentary 97min
2009 My Prison, my Home. Documentary 33 Min.
2007 David the Tolhildan, Documentary, 54 Min
2005 Al-Anfal, in the name of Allah, Baath and Saddam Documentary.
2003 Colorful dreams. Fiction 52 Min
1999 Triumph of Iron. Fic-Doc.
1995 Kino-ocko (Kino eye) Doc.16mm, 20Min
1992 The place where god sleeps. doc.16mm, 30Min

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The Life of a Snowflake
Kazim Oz
Turkey. 2022. 110 min

During the last days of autumn, snow falls like never before in Trabzon and the roads are blocked. Miase and Adar, who attend the same school but have never met before, meet that dayat a bus station, while they are waiting for the bus which is late. They fall in love at first sight. Miase, who is the daughter of a Turkish family from Trabzon and Adar, who is the son of aKurdish family from Hakkari skip classes, they meet up everyday, walk for hours and they live aromantic love story for thirty-one days. On the night of New Year’s Eve, Adar disappears.Miase hits the road and heads to Dersim in order to find Adar. This movie tells the story of Miase looking for her lover in Dersim for a week, of her fluctuating emotions, and of her gloomy and broken love story, which we witness beneath the snow.

KAZIM OZ

Kazim Öz, who is known as a director, scenarist, editor, cinematographer and producer of many awarded films, was born in 1973 in Dersim in Turkey with a Kurdish origin. He started his career in 1992 by acting at Teatra Jiyana Nu and at the same time, he worked as a director. During these times, he also became one of the founders of Mezopotamya Sinema & Yapim 13 film production.
With his first short film Ax (The Land), he won recognition in national and international level and the movie was awarded in many festivals as the ’Best Short Film.
His first feature-length film ‘’Fotoğraf (The Photograph)’’ is completed in 2001. The film was screened in many festivals and one of these festivals is National Geographic All Roads Film Festival. The film also is granted many awards. Unfortunately, like some of his films, it was released in Turkey and Germany in 2002.

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