the gap
a film by Keerthigan Sivakumar
The Gap
A film by Keerthigan Sivakumar
- 2023
- Suisse
- 15 minutes
- VO tamil/french
End of the day, on a Swiss train. Yalini, a 27-year-old Tamil-Swiss woman, gets a call from her parents. Once again, they inquire about her agreement with a suggestion for an arranged marriage. As the conversation grows tense, one of the passengers approaches her and expresses annoyance that she’s speaking very loudly. She faces two worlds that do not understand her.
FESTIVALS
World premiere : Journées de Soleure
credits
With
Tifani Achilleas
Cédric Le Proust
Director
Keerthigan Sivakumar
Screenplay
Keerthigan Sivakumar
Director of photography
Patrick Tresch
Editing
Axel Chemin
Music
Darbuka Siva
1st Assistant director
Nikita Merlini
Sound
Timothée Montani
Costumes
Marie Bajenova
Hair and makeup
Virginie Pernet
Production
Box Productions
biographie du réalisateur
Born in 1988 in Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Keerthigan Sivakumar arrived in Switzerland as a refugee in 2009. Graduated in visual communication (2016), he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in cinema at ECAL (University of Arts, Lausanne) in 2021. His graduation film DOOSRA (2022) received the “Upcoming Talent” ward at the Solothurn Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best Graduation Film in Europe at the Premiers Plans d’Angers (2022) and was nominated for the Swiss Film Awards – Best Graduation Film in 2022.
He is currently developing his first feature documentary project.
He is currently developing his first feature documentary project.
