कहीं एक मौसम (Kahin Ek Mausam) | Somewhere A Season

Title: कहीं एक मौसम (Kahin Ek Mausam) | Somewhere A Season
Runtime: 19 min
Language: Gujarati with English subtitles

This film was shot in the Dang forests of Gujarat. 

The forest-dwellers have seen multitudes of alterations throughout their existence. Even though they still keep bees and rear cows, a new rhythm (लय) prevails––a new existence within nature, reminiscent of nature's flow. The breath of the dwellers (i.e., the mother, the bees, and the cows) aligns with the breath of nature manifested as the changing seasons to create a larger synergy. This piece is an attempt to create a quality of attention (ध्यान) that makes this rhythm (लय) of nature palpable. 

Somewhere a forest stands still while the monsoon breathes. A calf is born, and her mother licks her clean. The bees breed. A mother sings a lullaby to put her son to sleep, and a villager disappears into his dream.The forest dwellers live in the contemporary as well as the cosmic. The present manifests and transforms endlessly. A gentle experience of 'laya' (temporality).

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Harsh Hudda is from Gujarat, India and studied filmmaking at Whistling Woods International in Mumbai, India. Prior to film, he studied design in Bangalore while at college. Design gave them a deep understanding of the aesthetic responsibility of every frame. Harsh’s films have been screened at Mumbai International Film Festival (MAMI), Ajyal Film Festival - Doha Film Institute (DFI), and Indian Cine film festival. He has worked as an Associate Director in a Gujarati feature film and is currently directing a documentary in Ahmedabad.