The Field | |
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Directed by | Sandhya Suri |
Written by | Sandhya Suri |
Produced by | Balthazar De Ganay Thomas Bidegain |
Starring | Mia Maelzer Ravi Choudhuri Vittha Nagnath Kale |
Cinematography | Benoît Soler |
Edited by | Nicolas Chaudeurge |
Production companies | Film London Lionfish Films L'Homme du train |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
Countries | France India United Kingdom |
The Field is a short drama film, directed by Sandhya Suri and released in 2018.[1] The film stars Mia Maelzer as Laila, a woman who works in the cornfields in the small agricultural town of Shahzadpur, Haryana, who has secret romantic interludes with her lover in the fields at night. [2]
The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best International Short Film.[3]
The film was a British Independent Film Award nominee for Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards 2018,[4] and a BAFTA Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards in 2019.[5]