Goat Fish Snake Sparrow
Goat Fish Snake Sparrow is an ethnographic film that captures the migration stories, folklore, songs, and rituals associated with Koda, a nearly extinct language spoken by the Kora tribe in India. Through the socio-personal narrative of a young woman, the film explores themes such as love, aspiration, and decline. The Koda language lacks a written form and survives only through its dwindling speakers. With each death in the Kora community, it is believed that the deceased takes away at least seven Koda words, which will be lost forever and never remembered or spoken again. This film is the first ever made in the Koda language.
2025 (24mins)
Director/filmmaker: Abhradeep Ganguli
Producer/production company: Snehasis Mitra
Country of production: India
Country/location of film: India
Screening: 18.40 Wed 8th Oct at the Museum of Macedonia
An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Abhradeep Ganguli is an independent filmmaker, author, and educator. His films consistently give voice to the marginalized. He has authored a book in Bangla about the renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. Currently, he is working on documentaries focusing on one of India’s endangered languages and his second book, a collection of short stories.
NAFA 2025 