India is a land of Subaltern deities. Each deity has an unique legend and these legends are often interwoven with socio-historic tropes of India.
Puthirai vannaar is an ‘unseeable’ Dalit caste group, in southern India.Their forced-occupation is to wash clothes of other Dalits, the dead and the menstruating women. This film is a tale about a young girl who grew up in Puthirai vannaar caste group and how she came to be immortalised as their local deity, Maadathy.
Independent Feature Film I Drama I Mystery
Color I Cinemascope(1:2.35) I 2K I DCP I Dolby 5.1
Original Language I Tamil
Subtitles I English, French
Festivals - Selected List
🎬 World Premiere, Busan International Film Festival, October 2019
🎬 India Premiere, International Competition, Kolkata International Film Festival, November 2019
🎬 Latin American Premiere, Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival – FICCI, March 2020
🎬 Asian Competition, Third Eye Asian Film Festival, December 2019
🎬 Inaugural Film, Panchajanyam International Film Festival, 2020
🎬 FIPRESCI Jury Award, Golden Kailasha for Best Film, Best Actress and Best Cinematography Awards, Aurangabad International Film Festival, 2020
🎬 International Narrative Features Competition, Herat International Women Film Festival, Afghanistan, 2020
🎬 Official Competition, Jaffna International Film Festival, Srilanka, 2020
🎬 Special Screening, Colombo International Women’s Film Festival, SriLanka, 2020
🎬 North American Premiere, Coalition of South Asian Festivals of North America formed by Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (TSAFF), Seattle; Chicago South Asian Film Festival (CSAFF), Chicago; DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF), Washington DC; Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF), Toronto; Nepal America International Film Festival (NAIFF), Maryland; South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM), Montreal; and Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival (VISAFF), Vancouver
🎬 Finalist, Les Rimbaud du Cinema Awards, France, 2020
🎬 Official Competition, Regina International Film Festival, Canada, 2021
🎬 Official Competition, Ottawa Indian Film Festival, Canada, 2021
🎬 Inaugural Film, Wench Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2021
🎬 Invitation Screening, IView World Human Rights Film Festival, New Delhi/New York, 2021
🎬 Top 20 Films Nominations, FIPRESCI- India Grand Prix Awards, 2020
🎬 India Premiere, International Competition, Kolkata International Film Festival, November 2019
🎬 Latin American Premiere, Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival – FICCI, March 2020
🎬 Asian Competition, Third Eye Asian Film Festival, December 2019
🎬 Inaugural Film, Panchajanyam International Film Festival, 2020
🎬 FIPRESCI Jury Award, Golden Kailasha for Best Film, Best Actress and Best Cinematography Awards, Aurangabad International Film Festival, 2020
🎬 International Narrative Features Competition, Herat International Women Film Festival, Afghanistan, 2020
🎬 Official Competition, Jaffna International Film Festival, Srilanka, 2020
🎬 Special Screening, Colombo International Women’s Film Festival, SriLanka, 2020
🎬 North American Premiere, Coalition of South Asian Festivals of North America formed by Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (TSAFF), Seattle; Chicago South Asian Film Festival (CSAFF), Chicago; DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF), Washington DC; Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF), Toronto; Nepal America International Film Festival (NAIFF), Maryland; South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM), Montreal; and Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival (VISAFF), Vancouver
🎬 Finalist, Les Rimbaud du Cinema Awards, France, 2020
🎬 Official Competition, Regina International Film Festival, Canada, 2021
🎬 Official Competition, Ottawa Indian Film Festival, Canada, 2021
🎬 Inaugural Film, Wench Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2021
🎬 Invitation Screening, IView World Human Rights Film Festival, New Delhi/New York, 2021
🎬 Top 20 Films Nominations, FIPRESCI- India Grand Prix Awards, 2020