PROJECT NAME

Herstory


FOR

Urgent Action Fund – Asia & Pacific


ROLE

Direction

Animation

Visual Development


YEAR

2021

Over the past four years, UAF A&P has been learning and evolving as a regional feminist fund supporting the resistance and resilience of women and non-binary human rights defenders of Asia and the Pacific.


This film is a conversation-starter; I co-directed and animated it, illustrating their story of growing and empowering women and non-binary human rights defenders in Asia and Pacific and creating a network of care and support together.

CONCEPT SKETCHES

Initial Concept sketch – UAF A&P as the nurturing tree

Initial Concept Sketch – Branches form a shield for a human rights defender

Initial Concept Sketch – A grandmother revelling her grandkids with stories on a woven flying carpet

Initial Concept Sketch – Two human rights defenders protect a tree from the anarchist police forces

Initial Concept Sketch – Human rights defenders hide a tree under a blanket of invisibility as eyes of surveillance prevail

Initial Concept Sketch – Umbrella Protests in Hong Kong

CHARACTER DESIGN

CO-DIRECTION

Savni Ranade

Kaushani Majumder

SCRIPT

  • Savni Ranade

ANIMATION

SOUND DESIGN

Savni Ranade