Stark Electric Jesus


Stark Electric Jesus is a 2014 short film inspired by the poem Prochondo Boidyutik Chhutar or Stark Electric Jesus written by Malay Roy Choudhury. The film has won the official selection as the only Indian film at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festivalin New Media section and has been selected for screening at Leeds Independent Film Festival. The film also won 27 official selection in 20 different countries and also won 'Best Video Art' from Poland, 'Most Promising Artist' Award from Madatac, 06, Spain and 'Best Fantasy Film' award from Hrizantema International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Serbia.

Plot

A mentally disordered man hallucinates and dreams 'unnatural' things where comes references of mythology, sexual identity and protest against sexual harassment.

Cast

  • Anirban Laulaa as bride from the refugees
  • Kingshuk Das as a refugee
  • Mriganka sekhar Ganguly as Mental Patient
  • Satyajit Biswas as Groom From the Refugees
  • Srija Bhattacharya as Sex worker
  • Sudipta Das as Sex worker
  • Sanjukta Ghosh as bride from the refugees

Cine-poem

This is probably the first cine-poem or poefilm or Film-poem in India. It breaks the narrative structure and creates a language of poetry in film.

Selections and awards

Bucharest, Romania
  • Hrizantema International Horror & Fantasy Film Festival
Subotica, Serbia/Montenegro
Awards
Best Fantasy Film
  • Festival de Cine Experimental de Bogotá / CineAutopsia
Bogotá, Colombia
Awards
Nomination for Best Film - Coctel Inauguración
Minsk, Belarus
Awards
Nomination for Best Experimental Film
  • Family Film Project
Porto, Portugal
Awards
Nomination for Best Film
Barcelona, Spain
Awards
Most Promising Video Artist Award
Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Awards
Nomination for Best Film
  • Festival Internacional de Cinema Gai i Lèsbic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Awards
Nominee for Best Short Film-LGTIB Award
  • No Gloss Film Festival
Leeds, United Kingdom
  • Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinemas
Paris, France
Awards
Nomination for Best Prix : Compétition Internationale
  • CologneOFF X – 10th Cologne International Videoart Festival
Cologne, Germany
  • Gender Reel Festival
Boston, U S A
  • Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Manitoba, Cameroon
  • flEXiff 2014
Sydney, Australia
  • Fuencaliente Rural Film Festival
Balearic Islands, Spain
  • Haxan Film Festival
Oakland, U S A
  • Dialogues International LGBT Film Festival
Kolkata, India
  • Les Lieux de Traverse Vidéo: Du 17 Au 31 Mars
  • Post Mortem, Mexico