BRAIR KANI (CAT’S ATTIC)
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
Brair Kani, or Cat's Attic, explores an ancestral house located in Srinagar, Kashmir. A document written by the filmmaker’s grandfather traces the history of the house to shed light on its changing ownership.
Through architectural elements and objects with embedded histories, the house comes alive with stories. Using the attic as a site of reflection, the film navigates the relationship between space, belonging and personal history. Inhabiting the confines of the attic, the house spirits exist simultaneously as carriers of collective memory and as manifestations of the emotional landscape. Characters—human, material and mythical—contribute to this temporal experience of the home, as the dilapidated attic stands witness to the lived and living experiences of its inhabitants. The past, present and future are bound by uncertainty as the different narratives create a space that transcends beyond the attic to address the larger themes of home as belonging.
Festival screenings: IDSFFK, 2023 (International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala) IDFFB, 2023 (International Documentary Film Festival of Bhubaneshwar) The Himalayan Film Festival, 2023 Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2023 25th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2023 IAWRT, 2024 ( International Association of Women in Radio and Television) IFFS , 2024 (International Film Festival of India)
Through architectural elements and objects with embedded histories, the house comes alive with stories. Using the attic as a site of reflection, the film navigates the relationship between space, belonging and personal history. Inhabiting the confines of the attic, the house spirits exist simultaneously as carriers of collective memory and as manifestations of the emotional landscape. Characters—human, material and mythical—contribute to this temporal experience of the home, as the dilapidated attic stands witness to the lived and living experiences of its inhabitants. The past, present and future are bound by uncertainty as the different narratives create a space that transcends beyond the attic to address the larger themes of home as belonging.
Festival screenings: IDSFFK, 2023 (International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala) IDFFB, 2023 (International Documentary Film Festival of Bhubaneshwar) The Himalayan Film Festival, 2023 Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2023 25th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2023 IAWRT, 2024 ( International Association of Women in Radio and Television) IFFS , 2024 (International Film Festival of India)
