Germ

This is a story of a boy who is afflicted by cancer and makes an album of black and white passport picture that he found as a child.  His brother is a filmmaker and he sees this book.  Inspired after watching the pictures, he begins to collect pictures of the metropolis where they live, observing the changing horizon of the city.

  • Award: Best experimental film at 13th International Student Film Festival, Tel-Aviv, Swarna Kamal award for the best Non Feature Film in the 58th National Film Award, Best Editor in the 58th National Film Award 2010 (Non Feature film), Best cinematography, Munich International Film Festival of Film Schools.
  • Director: Snehal Nair
  • Camera: Sayak Bhattacharya
  • Edit: Tinni Mitra
  • Sound: Ayan Bhattacharya
  • Year: 2009
  • Language: Hindi
  • Format: Film (35mm)
  • Duration: 26:00 min 26:00 min
  • CourseCinema: Post Graduate Programme in Cinema
  • Batch: 2005 - 2008