The Prediction

Kanippu

World Premiere

Synopsis

Sinopsis

A grieving boatman and an earnest meteorologist share their knowledge of the seas and weather, but find themselves helpless in the face of unpredictable climate.

Schedule

Jadwal

Director's Biography

Biografi Sutradara

Rishi Chandna

Rishi Chandna's debut short documentary, Tungrus (2018), was shown at Hot Docs, Visions Du Reel, BFI London Film Festival, IDFA and became an Oscar-qualifying short documentary after winning at Slamdance Film Festival. His second short, PARTY POSTER (2022), showed at Palm Springs SF, Krakow Film Festival, DocAviv, Glasgow SFF and more. Both films released online on New York Times’ OP-DOCS, PBS POV SHORTS, Criterion and more. His third short film (fiction), Virundhu/The Feast has premiered at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024 in International Competition and was awarded the Special Jury Award.

Credit

Kredit

Production Company	Chicken Roll Films & Krea University
Producer	Rishi Chandna, Anita Arjundas, Jessica Seddon, Rahul Muralidharan
Director	Rishi Chandna
Scriptwriter	Rishi Chandna, Rahul Srivastava
Cinematographer	Viraj Singh
Production Designer	Rishi Chandna
Editor	Ashwin Arvind
Main Cast	Charles Vinoth – Venkat, Aditi Balan – Padma, Pranav Theophine – Shaukat
Director’s filmography	Tungrus (2018, India, 13’, Non-fiction) Party Poster (2022, India, 20’, Non-fiction) Virundhu/The Feast (2024, India, 25’, Fiction) The Prediction/Kanippu (2025, India, 23’, Fiction)
Notable Achievement	–
Contact	[email protected]