Shillong, Jan 7: “A Late Autumn Dream”, a film made in the backdrop of Meghalaya, has made quite a buzz as it has been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival. It was part of the Women in Film India delegation to the famed festival.
The debut feature film by Pramati Anand blends realism with myth and folklore and engages with themes of identity, displacement, and human connection against the backdrop of a sensitive border landscape.
Set in Meghalaya, the story follows two young women — a Bengali student and an Indigenous Khasi girl — who find themselves lost in a forest inhabited by a mythical presence.
For Pramati Anand, the screenplay draws from personal experience during a UNESCO project, grounding its poetic narrative in lived reality.
The project entered WAVES Film Bazaar at an early stage through the NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab. It was here that the screenplay began to find clarity, confidence, and industry readiness, according to a press release.
The film’s narrative, a lyrical socio-political drama set in Meghalaya, was shaped through focused mentorship, it added.
