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THE STILLNESS WE CARRY Performance-based Film
Duration - 23minutes 28seconds

The Stillness We Carry explores the tension between societal expectations and personal autonomy, delving into the silent burdens inherited through tradition, culture, and gender. Aparna reflects on the struggle to reconcile the self with imposed roles, drawing from her own lived experiences to highlight the universal pressure to conform. The film asks: What does it mean to bear a legacy you did not choose? When does duty become imprisonment? Can we ever untangle ourselves from the webs of tradition, or are we complicit in weaving our own cages?

Through its poetic structure, the work meditates on the fragility of human agency within systems of power, questioning how the weight of expectation transforms over time. Resisting definitive answers, the film invites viewers into a liminal space where restraint and resistance coexist. The Stillness We Carry becomes an immersive inquiry into autonomy, entrapment, and the elusive possibility of transcendence.