Women Cinemakers meets
Anjini Taneja Azhar Lives and works in Los Angeles, California, USA
see the dark world of . An inner struggle with only two ways out. I wrote film for a school project. I wrote it before I had even graduated high school.
. This is the way we to be a small-scale short
is a story about a young girl who lives, submerged in her dark world of an eating disorder. It is meant to be a journey, an exploration, of Ellie’s battle. I wanted to create a world that caused unease and worry with dark colours and slow, twisted camera movement. A world that would then relax the unease it had caused in the audience when a brighttoned resolution eased into the story. I wanted to create a story where unease was cured with hope. I wanted this to be a new way to bring forth awareness. At sixteen years old, I directed, produced, and wrote . It grew to be a large-scale short film, shot professionally with a crew of starving artists and a RED. Since then it had been officially selected for film festivals across the country such as the SOHO International film festival in New York City and won awards such as the Award of Merit (Best Shorts) at the IndieFest Film Awards in California. I am passionate that with everywhere
travels, it brings hope and awareness.
An interview by Francis L. Quettier and Dora S. Tennant womencinemaker@berlin.com
Ambitiously constructed and marked out with gorgeous cinematography, THIRD OPTION is a captivating work written and directed by actress and filmmaker Anjini Taneja Azhar: when walking the viewers through the epiphanic story of a young girl struggling to achieve perfection, her film provides the viewers with a moving
and emotionally charged visual experience, to explore the idea of vulnerability and unexpected turns in life. Featuring sapient narrative, THIRD OPTION, involves the viewers through mesmerizing narration: we are particularly pleased to introduce our readers to Azhar's captivating and multifaceted artistic production. : Hello Anjini and welcome to before starting to elaborate about your artistic production, we would ask you some questions about