In Their Own Time

10 10
2025
113min

English Bengali

English

Country: India

Original Title: In Their Own Time

Through the unseen voices of Srija, Tuhnu, and Jhumur, this intimate documentary blends the streets of Kolkata with stories of love, loss, and belonging, tracing their lives across three transformative years.

English Bengali
English
Country: India
Original Title: In Their Own Time

AWARDS: Prix Spécial du Jury in Documentary · Gange Sur Seine / Best Feature Length Documentary · Come on, Doc! / Best International Film · Legacy Theatre Independent Film Festival / Best Feature Documentary · Trujillo International Independent Film Festival / Jury Mention · Turicine Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION: MiradasDoc Market Catalog / Indian Film Festival of Melbourne’s IFFM365 / Gange Sur Seine / Come on, Doc! / Legacy Theatre Independent Film Festival / Prince George’s Film Festival / Trujillo International Independent Film Festival / Ojo Móvil Fest / International Film Festival with Alternative Media (FICMA) / Capri Hollywood – The International Film Festival / Izdoc: Izmir International Documentary Festival / Hill Film Festival Rangamati / Hill Film Festival Dhaka / Sorrento Film and Food Festival / OSA Blinken Archivum – Film Archival Initiative / Vancouver International Youth Film Festival / Turicine Film Festival / Echelon Studios International Film Festival / International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra & Awards / Kanazawa Film Festival / Esto Es Para Esto’s EIC Film Festival / DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival

In Their Own Time - Three women, one city, endless reflections

This insightful documentary is a lyrical journey into the inner worlds of three women from Kolkata—Srija, Tuhnu, and Jhumur. Shot across two phases over three years, the film unfolds without ever showing their faces. Instead, their words weave through vivid images of the city and its suburbs, turning daily scenes into mirrors of memory, identity, love, and change.

In the first phase, the women speak of family, routines, and friendships; later, they revisit these conversations, reflecting on how life has shifted, how dreams have evolved, and how their relationship with themselves—and with the director—has grown.

A meditation on time, memory, and universality, the film transforms the impersonal into the profoundly personal, revealing that the ordinary is never truly ordinary.