Amayi

Amayi was created at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, by animator Subarna Das. It tells a powerful story of a mother who’s haunted by her past and realises she cannot conform to the traditions and customs of her community, when she is asked to circumcise her daughter. There’s a tangible sense of conjured memories and movement through architectural spaces that brings to life Shih-Yen Huang’s tale of domestic upheaval, as a family is broken apart. Mirrored in a succession of uncared for pets, it’s a colourful, delicately drawn reminiscence of the distances that can form between us.