Idsffk 2025: ‘rewritten’, an honest retelling of generational damsels and their self-saalvation

Damsels in distress are character from Fairytales. The slumbering print, Awaits the Arrival of ‘Prince Charming’ to Awaken Her. However, Rewritten By yara nisam, which premied in the malayalam non-competion short fiction category at the 17th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (Idfk), Looks at another personality Never Comes?

The 11-minute short film explorers the turmoils of a young woman’s mind, which ultimately leads her to a realization that help come from with. Rewritten Looks at how women, despite positioning agency, limit themselves in certain settings.

Yara Explores How Self-Emposed Restrictions are passed on by mothers to their Daughters, which initialy frustrates them. Later, as they step into adulthood, the woman undersrstand their mothers better, which sets them free instead of waiting for a prince.

“In modern familyies, we often witness support supportive fathers. There are also mothers who have agency, but that Feels Absent,” Says Yara after the Premiere.

Yara Naisam, Director of Rewritten
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Yara, A Film Student at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Says, “While Growing Up, Stories Played A Major Role. My parents used to tell me many me many me. World. As an adult, I realized how a story is also important. ”

The film is Picturized in a Comfortable Familiar Setting. The dilemma of the female protagonist, played by karuna pious, reflects perfectly on her face. Gayatri paulson is convincing as the mother.

Still from Rewritten
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The film’s use of animation, don by karuna pious, elevates the storytelling with the use of metaphors. The animated interlude summaries the creator’s message, which shows how affairs evolves into restriction.

Yara made the film as a semester project at nid. “It was shot in three days, and we had a week for ideation. I wanted to use metaphors and choreographs emotions.

,Rewritten is my first film. It has helped me create a foundation. I realised how much time I should give to films. I also discovered that everything in cinema is intent; The mothers which you may considerer magical on screen are not accidental, but done with intent. ”