SCHIRKOA: IN LIES WE TRUST
Film - CineRebels Competition

SCHIRKOA: IN LIES WE TRUST

Directed by Ishan Shukla

Info

Director: Ishan Shukla
Section: CineRebels Competition
Country: Germany, France, India
Year: 2024
Language: English
Version: Original version with German subtitles
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Asia Argento, SoKo, King Khan, Denzil Smith
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

An animated extravaganza based on an award-winning short film.

197A is a perfectly normal guy — to the extent you can tell from the paper bag he wears over his head like everyone else. Distinctions? Idiosyncrasies? These aren’t welcome in Schirkoa, which is why everyone is reduced to numbers and rigid smiley faces. Things are very different in Konthaqa, a land where people are rumored to go wild.

Show calendar

Calendar

  • (only P&I)
    Atelier 1
  • After the film: Q&A with Ishan Shukla

    ASTOR ARRI Kino
  • After the film: Q&A with Ishan Shukla

    ASTOR Club Kino

Meet the director

SCHIRKOA: IN LIES WE TRUST

Ishan Shukla

Ishan Shukla attended the 3dsense Media School in Singapore and subsequently worked in the television, film, and music video industry. His first short film, SCHIRKOA (2016), was screened at more than 120 festivals and earned several awards. His debut feature film of the same title premiered in Rotterdam in 2024. In 2020, he founded Red Cigarette Media in order to develop adult-oriented animated films, graphic novels, and video games.

Credits

Screenplay: Ishan Shukla
Film Editor: Ishan Shukla
Composer: Sneha Khanwalkar
Production Designer: Ishan Shukla
Costume Design: Antonio Grimaldi
Sound: Nicolas Titeux
Sound design: Florent Fournier-Sicre, Nicolas Titeux
Animation: Ishan Shukla
Producer: Bich-Quan Tran, Dissidenz Films, Ishan Shukla, Red Cigarette Media
Production Company: Dissidenz Films
Executive producer: Anushka Shah
Co-Producer: Stephan Holl, Rapid Eye Movies
Co-Production Company: Rapid Eye Movies HE GmbH
World Sales: New Europe Film Sales
Distributor: Rapid Eye Movies