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An elderly woman under strings of festival lights at night, sacred ash on her forehead.

Documentary
Production Studio

Stories the land still remembers.

We make documentaries from the far south of India: films about people, belief and place, told with patience.

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We believe a documentary begins long before the camera does: with time spent listening, and the trust that comes from it.

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Sacred Stones

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A documentary on the folk deities of the Tamil land, and the people who have never stopped tending them.

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How we work

Slow work,
made with care.

A documentary is only as good as the time given to it. Ours move through four stages, and none of them is rushed.

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  1. 01

    Listen

    Every film starts as a conversation, long before a frame is planned.

  2. 02

    Research

    Archives, oral histories, scholars and elders: what is known, and what was never written down.

  3. 03

    Film

    A crew sized to the story, and enough days for things to happen in their own time.

  4. 04

    Shape

    Edit, sound, colour and subtitles. The film is found in the cut.

From Sacred Stones

“Deities like Madan arose from the people, and Isakki’s roots lie in this land. That’s why these deities are my own gods.”

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Have a story that should be on record?

Tell us who it is about and why it matters now. A few lines is enough to begin.

Studio
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu