Tanko Bole Chhe

Director:  Nina Sabnanibr
India | Gujarati
2009 | 8min | Colour Subtitles: English
Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak) is an animated documentary which celebrates the art and passion of the Kutch artisans associated with Kala Raksha. The film traces multiple journeys made by the participants towards defining their identities and towards forming the Kala Raksha Trust and the School for Design. The film uses their narrative art of appliqué and embroideries through which they articulate their responses to life, and events as traumatic as the earthquake and as joyful as flying a kite. Through conversations and memories four voices share their involvement in the evolution of a craft tradition.

Nina Sabnani

Nina Sabnani graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Vadodara and trained further at NID in Animation Film Design. She pursued her MA at the Newhouse School, Syracuse University, NY, USA, as a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship. She taught at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in the areas of Animation and Visual Communication until 2007.  Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay where she is also pursuing her Doctoral Research in the area of Storytelling, with a particular focus on the Kaavad tradition of Rajasthan.

Credits

Director: Nina Sabnani
Producer: Kala Raksha Trust
Screenwriter: Nina Sabnani
Cinematographer: Nina Sabnani
Editor: Bharti Bahrani, Nina Sabnani
Music: Dhaivat Shukla, Amit Thakkar
Cast: Raniben Ratilal Bhanani, Megiben Rupa Meriya, Prakash Bhai Bhanani, Judy Frater

Festival Appearances & Awards

Chennai International Film Festival, 2010 – Best Creative Film
Society for Visual Anthropology, 2011, Montreal – Best Short Film
Bollywood & Beyond, Stuttgart, 2010 – Best short Animation Film
MIFF, 2012 – Dreamworks Eye Candy animation film collection
International Film Festival Rotterdam
13th Annual Washington DC Independent Film Festival