Indonesian Premiere
13+
Pankaja
14 minutes | 2026 | USA, India | Drama | Telugu, Kannada
SYNOPSIS
The story follows Pankaja, a woman who, along with her daughter Lalli, desperately navigates Bangalore’s city slums and bureaucracy in a quest to find her missing husband.
SCHEDULE
Sun, 29 Nov 2026 | 12:45 | EMPIRE XXI | STUDIO 2
CREDIT
| Production Company | Anooya Swamy, Nakirekanti Swamy, Archana Swamy, Vindhya Gupta |
| Producer | Jonas Egert, Sylvain Cruiziat |
| Director | Anooya Swamy |
| Scriptwriter | Anooya Swamy |
| Cinematographer | Luke Kao |
| Production Designer | Divya Runwal |
| Editor | Anooya Swamy, Maria Belu Poncio |
| Main Cast | Harshini Boyalla, Padmashree G. |
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| Contact | lightson@lightsonfilm.org |
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Anooya Swamy
Anooya Swamy is a New York–based Indian filmmaker born and raised in Bangalore, pursuing her MFA in film/TV production at Tisch School of the Arts, where she served as Spike Lee’s assistant. She is an Ang Lee Scholar, a BAFTA Scholar, and a Sundance Ignite x Adobe fellow.
Her debut film, Pankaja, premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival 2026.
