SUDDENLY TV
Roopa Gogineni | Qatar, Sudan 2022 | 19 min. | Arabic with English subtitles
MONDAY, 20.05. | 5pm
De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
PART OF THE SHORT FILM PROGRAMME ISA I
Austrian premiere
The film crew of an imaginary TV station need nothing but a cardboard box as a camera and a water bottle as a lens to go out and as reporters mingle with the demonstrating students. What starts as a game soon turns into an urgent evocation of a longed-for new Sudan. SUDDENLY TV is a courageous film about civil rebellion that skillfully balances humour and seriousness.
Director: Roopa Gogineni (she/her)
Cinematography: Roopa Gogineni, Trevor Snapp, Mohamed Aminn, 3ayin
Editing: Roopa Gogineni, Isidore Bethel
Sound: Moinak Bose, Romain Ozanne
Production: Roopa Gogineni, Gisa Productions
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2022
MiradasDoc 2023
South by Southwest (SXSW) 2023
IndieLisboa 2023
Sheffield DocFest 2023
Snake Alley Festival of Film 2023
MakeDox 2023
Curta Kinoforum 2023
Festival Internacional de Cine de los Derechos Humanos 2023
Camden International Film Festival 2023
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2023
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival 2023
Spektrum Film Festival 2023
Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2023
Double Exposure 2023
DOC NYC 2023
Leeds International Film Festival 2023
BIOGRAPHY
Roopa Gogineni is an Indian-American director and photographer focused on historical memory and modes of resistance. Her films have screened at festivals around the world including IDFA, SXSW, Hot Docs, Full Frame and Sheffield Doc/Fest. Gogineni’s practice is rooted in long-term engagement and co-creation. Her short film I AM BISHA earned the Oscar-qualifying Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short, a One World Media Award, and a Rory Peck Award. Her most recent short, SUDDENLY TV, is a dispatch from Sudan’s revolution now traveling to festivals. She has directed documentaries for The New York Times, BBC, and Al Jazeera and has received fellowships from CatchLight, Logan Nonfiction and FRONTLINE/Firelight.
