Sky People   |   Sci-FI Fantasy   |    Shorts Block C 
Directed by: Shanti Thakur
2008   |   13m   |   USA   |    www.shantithakur.com

Scientists discover that the farther you are from earth, the slower time passes and therefore, the longer you’ll live. A lyrical satire on class in New York City, the film follows 21 different characters’ race to be a “sky-person” - the elite one percent who live above the 13th floor.

Screening Times: Sinclair Auditorium
Thursday, 9:15 pm / Friday, 7:30 pm / Saturday, 5:00 pm


About the Director:  Shanti Thakur’s award-winning films have been screened at over 200 film festivals including the Montreal World Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art (New York) and showcased by Kodak at the Cannes Film Festival. Working easily between fiction, documentary and experimental, her films KAIROS (2002), SEVEN HOURS TO BURN (1999), TWO FORMS (1998) CIRCLES (1997) and DOMINO (1994) have won 13 awards and have broadcast in 22 countries, including the Sundance Channel. Her directorial work has been supported by the National Film Board of Canada, the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts and the Pew Fellowship of the Arts. Raised in Montreal, she received her M.F.A. from Temple University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.