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A short film of SRFTI students, Cannes 2025, is scheduled for selection.
The title “Clay made from A Doll”, it has a Nigerian footballer.
The film was directed by Ethiopian student Cocob Gabvevaria Tesfe.
New Delhi:
Kolkata’s Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) is making a short film, making waves internationally – it is towards the 78th Festival de Kan 2025.
Film, titled A doll made of clayThe iconic la Cinef has been selected for the section, which works by film school students around the world.
A doll made of clay A 23-year-old Nigerian footballer, Ahmed, who originally came to the city to play a seven-a-side game-and somehow ended in front of the camera as an actor.
The film is written and directed by Cocobe Gabrevaria Tesfe, an Ethiopian student in SRFTI and produced by Sahil Manoj England.
Executive producer Uma Kumari said, “A small town in Haryana is coming from Rewari, and is now getting an opportunity to represent India on a global stage like ear.”
A doll made of clay The institute’s zero-budget program was built.
“SRFTI offers us shooting places and studios. I had to raise resources from within or outside the institute. This is the real challenge that we had to learn. The Times of India.
Kokob, who lives from Zalambaa in Tigre region of Ethiopia, studied dramatic arts at Adis Ababa University before coming to India from the Indian Council of Cultural Research. He enrolled in SRFTI’s direction and screenwriting course and brought his documentary experience to this fictional project.
“I created a documentary on African footballers in Kolkata. As an African filmmaker, this story is very close to my heart. The film is inspired by the real-life experiences of these young men-a story of Asha, Identity, Change and Existence. I was Putul Mahmud, Mehdi Jaan and Silditi said that he was a privilege to tell this.
The lead role is played by Ahmed, a non-professional actor of the Yoruba ethnic group in Nigeria.
“Many African players come to Kolkata to play seven-side or five-side games. We earn a match and this is what I have acted in primary school plays, but never faced the camera before. When asked to act, I played myself in front of the camera,” Ahmed shared.
A doll made of clay There is a mixture of Yoruba and Bengali languages ​​and dives deeply in the life of a young Nigerian player who sells his father’s land to chase a football dream in India – that dream is only crushed by a serious injury. The heart is broken and lost, he turns to his roots and ancestral rituals and to fix himself and find again.
