Sister Midnight + Short

Part of Wellington Films - 25th Anniversary Celebration

Karan Kandhari’s darkly funny, BAFTA-nominated feminist fable - produced by Broadway-based production companies Wellington Films and Griffin Pictures - is a wonderfully unpredictable film, accompanied by an eclectic and irresistible soundtrack. Fresh from their arranged marriage, Uma moves into her husband’s cramped one-room home in Mumbai. It’s an awkward start and Uma soon seeks independence by venturing out into the city. However, she starts to experience symptoms of a mysterious feral illness that she cannot shake off.

Screening with short film Doggy Bag

Without Roger Knott-Fayle, Wellington's Rachel and Alastair would not have met, and would not have started making films together, for it was on the Intermedia course, which Roger ran in the 1990s, that they were first trained on the physical side of filmmaking. Roger remained a mentor and great friend for life, and is dearly missed – this screening is dedicated to him.

This is how Roger described the film: “It took 2 days to shoot and involved a bizarre and unusual cast of performers. These included: 1 copulating couple, 1 weeping woman, 1 pregnant woman, 2 female wrestlers, 1 male stripper, to name but a few.”