Printed Rainbow is a 2006 Indian animated short film directed, animated and produced by Gitanjali Rao. It was first screened in International Critic's Week 2006 film festival held in Cannes, France.[1][2][3]

Printed Rainbow
The poster features protagonist of the film and the title appears at top.
Official poster designed by K. K. Muralidharan
Directed byGitanjali Rao
Written byGitanjali Rao (also Animator)
Produced byGitanjali Rao
Music byRajivan Ayappan
Release dates
Running time
15 minutes
CountryIndia

Plot edit

A lonely old phillumenist woman lives in a little flat and uses her collection of matchboxes covers to dream away to more adventurous and fantastical worlds.

Music edit

Background score for the film is composed by Rajivan Ayappan. It also features one folk song Na Ja Balam Pardes sung by Begum Akhtar.

Awards edit

Three awards as best short film at the Cannes International Critic's Week 2006 festival including:

References edit

  1. ^ Benarjee, Debalina (2014). Boundaries of the Self: Gender, Culture and Spaces. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 91–92. ISBN 9781443857062.
  2. ^ a b c Dwivedi, Richa (2017). The Ultimate Guide to 21st Century Careers. Hachette India. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9789351951476.
  3. ^ "Cannes International Critics' Week Edition 2006". unifrance.org. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

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