Ratthum

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 10mins
Year: 2023

Shanti finds blood in her underwear at the worst possible time. Against the backdrop of a Tamil coming-of-age ceremony where fertility is celebrated, menstruation is shunned and infertility is silenced, Shanti struggles to keep a secret.

FILM CREW:
Director: Vathana Suganya Suppiah
Producer: Daljinder Johal
Exec Producer: Aaliah Simpson
Writer: Vathana Suganya Suppiah
DOP: Ailsa Aoika
Editor: Elise Butt
Sound Design: Tom Corbett
Composer: Roshan Gunga
Production Design: Rosalind Grégoire
Costume Design: Andrea Fiquitiva
Hair & Makeup: Maisie Boyd
VFX: Ark Studios
Casting: Leah Harrison

Cast: Bairavi Manoharan, Shruthi Yasothan, Neelam Bakshi, Taru Devani, Jeffin Kunjumon, Mohana Rajagopal


FESTIVALS:
London Breeze Film Festival October 2024
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival September 2024
Manchester International Film Festival March 2024
British Shorts January 2024
This Is England November 2023
SCAD Savannah Film Festival October 2023
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival October 2023
Newport Beach Film Festival October 2023
BFI London Film Festival October 2023
North East International Film Festival September 2023
Tribeca Film Festival June 2023