The Desire For Desires [Shorts Session 4]
“Men and women cannot subsist on the scanty satisfaction which they extort from reality” – Sigmund Freud.
Lovers, friends and casual acquaintances get caught up in each others lies; lies used everyday to escape the banality of their existences in a millennial metropolis.
Director
Sidharth Mathawan is a Screenwriter and Director based in India. With over 10 years experience as a Production Designer/ Art Director having worked with several eminent directors such as Wong Kar-Wai, Emmanuel Lubezki, Deepa Mehta, Farhan Akhtar & Bharat Sikka, Sidharth focused on bringing to life their artistic visions. He was selected for his production design work as a Berlinale Talent in 2010. The logical next step on his quest for creative exploration led him towards screenwriting and direction. His shorts have screened at prestigious festivals, ‘Mela’ a visual documentary played at Boddinale Festival 2014, Berlin, ‘CutOff’, was a nominated finalist at the ZFF 72, Zurich Film Festival 2016, ‘Analog Girl’ screened at the Debrief Cannes 2018, La Peniche Cinema, Paris. He formed Electric Monk Motion Pictures with Gagan Mathawan in 2017 and ‘The Desire For Desires’ is their first short film under the banner. Another short, ‘À La Carte’, is in post production. He is a member of Screenwriters Association, India. The screenplay for his feature ‘The Deleted’, a psychological drama set in Berlin, was a finalist at the Mediterranean Film Institute film 2 script workshops 2017. Another feature film screenplay ‘Marie’, a drama set in Paris, was selected by the Maison Des Scénaristes’ platform WeFilmGood for authors-producers meeting at Festival Du Cannes 2018 and was further selected for TorinoFilmLab Extended – Script Development 2018 program.