Shorts & Mid-length
Still Life
Directed by Lara Jaydha
Screens as part of Programme 10: Alternative Grammar.
Screening at DIFF 2026
Sat31
to Saturday 31 Oct · PictureTime 3
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- Runtime
- 6 min
- Year
- 2025
- Countries
- Belgium, Finland, India, Portugal
- Language
- English
Synopsis
On a split screen two parallel and contrasting narratives unfold. The world of art and the realm of the everyday are integrally connected and yet hugely disparate. A pair of hands working relentlessly inside a home fade away; while a painting hanging quietly in a museum gains fame.
Director
Lara JaydhaLara Jaydha is an animation filmmaker and visual artist from India. She completed her degree in Animation from Re:Anima European Joint Master programme funded by the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship in 2025. She specialises in 2D animation, exploring digital and analogue techniques. Through her work she creates poetic…Cast and crew
- Producer
- Re:Anima Joint Masters Program, Lara Jaydha
- Writer
- Lara Jaydha
- Editor
- Lara Jaydha
- Sound
- Rahul Nadkarni
- Music
- Rahul Nadkarni
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