NEELU BHUMAN // Artist. Filmmaker. [email protected]
Feature-length Documentary
Young Muslim transman Adam Harry dreams of becoming a commercial pilot. After escaping pernicious family persecution, he is armed with a Kerala government scholarship, a growing fanbase, and media presence. Will this be enough to help Adam defy bureaucratic discrimination and continue his training to become the first transgender commercial pilot of Indian origin?
Transfinite is a sci-fi omnibus feature film composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.
Duration: ~ 1 hour 10 mins
Production Format: 2.39:1 4K Anamorphic
Exhibition Format: DCP (NTSC/PAL), Blu-Ray (NTSC/PAL), MP4/MOV
Film By:
Neelu Bhuman
Sweet Faces:
Neha Chriss, Neelu Bhuman, Andrew Nicholson
Camera Magician:
Pallavi Somusetty
Sound:
I Love Tha Future
Set to the soul beat of Assata Shakur, a trio resists dystopia with a bowl of joy, intimacy and love.
Duration: 1 mins. 20 secs.
Production Format: 16:9 1080p 59.94FPS
Exhibition Format: DCP (NTSC/PAL), Blu-Ray (NTSC/PAL), MP4/MOV
Distributed By: CFMDC @ http://www.cfmdc.org/film/4511. Also available as part of CFMDC's compilations - New Trans* Works, New Queer Works and New Bisexual Works.
Film By:
Neelu Bhuman
Editor:
Pablo Saura (http://pablosaura.com)
Friends in Film:
Mouna Bemmousa
Truc Thanh Nguyen
Neelu Bhuman
Soukaina
A kaleidoscopic view of friendship transcending borders.
Duration: 5 mins. 10 secs.
Production Format: 16:9 1080p 24FPS
Exhibition Format: DCP (NTSC/PAL), Blu-Ray (NTSC/PAL), MP4/MOV
Film By:
Neelu Bhuman
Performers:
Alicia Stephen, Adrian Orozco Blair, Neelu Bhuman
Cinematography:
Andrew Nicholson
Non-Poem:
Dr. Tripthi Pillai
Editor:
Nile Connolly-Martin
Sound Design:
Poulomi Desai (http://www.usurp.org.uk)
A sassy comedy exploring the prismatic mystery of bodies, senses and difference.
Read Dr. Tripthi Pillai's long synopsis here.
Duration: 6 mins.
Production Format: 16:9 1080p 24FPS
Exhibition Format: DCP (NTSC/PAL), Blu-Ray (NTSC/PAL), MP4/MOV
Film By:
Neelu Bhuman
Sound:
Mukul (http://ambienttv.net/)
Lips & Fingers:
Mijke Drift & Neelu Bhuman
Text :
ZAMI: A New Spelling of My Name. Book by Audre Lorde
Translation:
Kusuma Kumari Palavali
An abstract film exploring gender and race through the power of erotics and love.
Read Mijke Drift's essay here.
Duration: 5 mins. 15 secs.
Production Format: 16:9 1080p 24FPS
Exhibition Format: DCP (NTSC/PAL), Blu-Ray (NTSC/PAL)
Writer, Director, Producer:
Neelu Bhuman
Voice Artist:
Ria Oberoi
Sound Designer:
Mustafa Bal
Set Design & Animation:
Neelu Bhuman
Andrew Nicholson
Trailer:
Nile Connolly-Martin
Basic dignity of queer people in India is under attack, yet again. The scorching IPC Section 377 is re-unleashed to police to criminalise “gay sex” in India. While the law and the Supreme Court dated themselves back a few hundred years, an adorable Indian mother has her knowledge of “gay sex” in mint condition, wheeling out a tidbit or two for her heartbroken queer daughter in an effort to cheer her up. The pair are shocked into action by the Supreme Court's latest rejection.
Duration: 4 mins. 46 secs.
Production Format: 16:9 4K 24FPS
Exhibition Format: DCP (NTSC/PAL), Blu-Ray (NTSC/PAL)
TRANSLATIONS:
Korean, Serbian, Brazilian Portugese, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew
ARTICLES:
Director/Editor/Producer:
Neelu Bhuman
Faces:
Tripthi Pillai, Andrew Nicholson, Neelu Bhuman
Voices:
Kusuma Kumari Palavali, B. Subramanyam Reddy, Rahul Bhuman, Swetha Polamreddy, Lakshmi Palavali, Vivek Anand Palavali
Sound:
Anders Dahl
Amidst a multiplicity of voices of family members, this short film is an honest and uplifting portrayal of the experience of queer identity.
Duration: 7 min. 15 secs
Production Format: MiniDV
Exhibition Format: MiniDV (NTSC), DVD (NTSC), DigiBeta (NTSC)