Soham Kundu
Directing
Biography
As a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist, Soham's approach is rooted in auto-ethnography, employing film to intricately depict layered narratives for screen-audiences. Central to his artistic practice is the intimacy of human-relationships, delicately exploring family-histories, generational-trauma, new expressions of masculinity and the tensions and isolation of city-life. His works can also be read as expression/exploration of vulnerability, desire, and grief within confined environments. Soham is an Indian born, he moves to London to study filmmaking from University of the Arts London upon receiving a scholarship. His short form works have screened and won awards internationally and has been distributed online. Soham is also a member of BAFTA Connect and Directors UK.
Known For
Afan (19) grapples with heartbreak as he embarks with close friend Kush (30) on a day's trip to celebrate his upcoming marriage. Tensions rise, forcing them to confront their past and mend their bond, amidst their shared grief and hope for a brighter future.
Farewell
Experiencing their son’s life after his unnatural death while navigating their failing marriage; mourning parents Mira and Pradeep cannot overcome their grief but start to build their lives around it.
Love Death and Eevrything In Between
A young man finds comfort in an unexpected encounter as he navigates his initial isolation from the world, leading him on a journey of spiritual discovery
Isola by The Shivers
An Asian film crew’s attemptsat making a film while navigating the strict laws of filming in the UK. They don’t have a budget or enough preparation, all they have is a shared passion to create. Stay Maybe is a comparison of cultures, at times sublimely political and desperately hilarious; it is made by and for the people who are divided by language but united by cinema; a film about filmmaking – blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film
MOTHER and DAUGHTER are left alone in the house to navigate the grief of SON’s unnatural disappearance. As they slowly start descending into delirium, DAUGHTER tries to emulate behavioural traits of he brother, where as MOTHER starts talking to the LIGHT. It becomes DAUGHTER’s responsibility to stop mother from meeting the same fate as SON while dealing with her sorrows.
AALO The Light
Dithsa comes back home to live with her mother. She finds that some distances take longer to bridge.