COMPETITION LONG DOCUMENTARY
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Directors: Gautam Sonti
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2026
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English, Hindi, Telugu
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India
TechnoCats
Synopsis
Competing against a million applicants, 7 students from 7 parts of the country gain admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), but are soon disillusioned. The filmmaker, an IIT alumnus, follows the 7 students over 7 years. Interwoven with their journey are 4 of the filmmaker’s classmates from 35 years ago, including one who made an audiovisual on IIT student life. His discovery of the old slides and audio track frame the film’s exploration of winning at all cost.
Details of Crew
Rikhav Desai (Editor), Ananth Menon (Music), Gautam Sonti (Cinematographer), Shreyank Nanjappa (Sound Designer ), Nikhil Cariappa (Other), Shubham Solanki (Other)
Producer Details
Tara Rao, Gautam Sonti
Writer Details
Sonali Sathaye - script consultant