Cha - Animated Short Film 2020

  • Gagandeep Chahal

Bibi is plagued by memories of the past, and her granddaughter Simran is starting to notice. In resolving to teach Simran how to make Cha, they are pulled into the past, to Bibi's memories of one fateful day in Delhi, 1984. NFTS 2020 BAFTA Longlisted 2021

DIRECTOR: Gagandeep Chahal PRODUCER: James Bowsher WRITER: Shyam Popat EDITOR: Constance Brannick COMPOSER: Saul Bragman SOUND DESIGNER: João Fonte CINEMATOGRAPHER: Graham Boonzaaier PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Anna Wołoszczuk PRODUCTION MANAGERS: Holly Mann, Ewelina Dziedzic PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Vigdís Perla Maack RESEARCH PRODUCTION MANAGER: Lára Theódóra Kristjánsdóttir COMPUTER GRAPHICS: Jordan Carter GRADER: Nigel Tadyanehondo ANIMATION ASSISTANTS: Jordan Brunton, Laura Patricia Carter, Kyle Xuereb Cunningham, Lucy Hirst CASTING DIRECTOR: Xanthe Spencer-Davidson PUNJABI TRANSLATOR AND RESEARCHER: Paramjit Kaur Kalirai CAST: BIBI: Neelam Bakshi CAST: SIMRAN: Manpreet Bambra CAST: AMAN: Jitendra Shah SPECIAL THANKS: Harvinder Singh Phoolka, Bibi Jagdish Kaur, Bibi Bhupinder Kaur, Baljinder Singh, Prem Singh Sahota, Lakhvir Kaur Sahota, Jatinderpal Singh Badial, Meherban Singh ADDITIONAL CREDITS: GETTY IMAGES MUSIC: STREETS, DJ TWINBEATZ FEAT. SIMAR PHOTOGRAPH: ASHOK VAHIE