Sanchita Islam Britain
On the Moon
Forever on the move in the quest of home, she belongs on the moon.
A character journeys through London, Bangladesh, Cuba, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and New York ending up at her final destination on the moon.
- Direction:
- Sanchita Islam
- Drawings, Camera, Edit & Music:
- Sanchita Islam
Sanchita Islam
Sanchita Islam
Sanchita Islam is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She completed her BSc (Econ) and MSc (Econ) at the London School of Economics before embarking on a Channel 4 sponsored MA at the Northern Media School in Directing and Screenwriting, and a BA in the Practice and Theory of Visual Art at Chelsea School of Art and Design. She has exhibited and screened her films in London, New York, Paris, Bangladesh, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Rome and Frankfurt. Sanchita has produced fifteen films to date including shorts and one-hour films. She recently signed with the publishers Chipmunka Press. The Arts Council, BBC, motiroti and British Council have funded her films and five books. These include From Briarwood to Barishal to Brick Lane, Old Meets Young, Hidden, Connecting Kids and Avenues. Sanchita’s company, Pigment Explosion, recently branched out into book publication producing its first publication The Cloud Catcher. Sanchita has been running Pigment Explosion, an organisation specialising in international art projects, for the last nine years. She lives and works in London and Brussels.