Atmakala Productions
All Your Yesterdays
Short Film (Runtime 15:06)
A husband reveals scathing truths to his wife of 40 years as they downsize and empty their house of possessions with no one to inherit their estate.
This is an experimental film insomuch as any marriage is an experiment worth exploring.
Film Festivals & Awards
New York Shorts International Film Festival
Premiere
(October 15, 2023)


Director's Statement
Producer / Director / Writer
This film is a contemplation on the lifespan of secrets. Do the secrets we keep from our spouse in our childbearing ages remain potent in our old age? Or, when do these secrets convert into beliefs we hold about ourselves, and when do those beliefs turn into core components of our identity? I was most compelled to explore this question through Marty and Diane’s dynamic and marriage--their individual perception of it and one another.
What is marriage but a negotiation, a choice of the life we envision for ourselves. When we don't have all the information pertinent to make that decision, how will that reframe the life we've led for forty years? Will there ever be anything our spouse can say that might rectify the betrayal? Or do we choose to believe the lie they've been telling themselves as a final act of grace?
There is a controversial and somewhat experimental scene that takes place half way through the movie where I made the explicit decision to keep the camera as wide and still as possible. Marty and Diane are seated on the couch, surrounded by all the things from yesterday. It is in this moment of inaction, of boredom, of ennui, where a confession takes place - the confession that feels unbothered by time, and doesn't fully understand perhaps, what fracture it provokes.
For this movie, I was very inspired by the film "Amour" and the desire to create as much of a play-like quality in film as I could get away with.
From Storyboarding to Filming
Screengrabs
The details of our film journey

Team
Key Cast ("Marty")
Bill Karnovsky
Key Cast ("Diane")
Linda Bradshaw
Writer-Director-Producer
Dini Parayitam
Producer
Prashant Vankamamidi
Producer - Director of Photography - Colorist
Kirby Gamel
Producer - Script Supervisor
Amy McPeak
Editor
Carroll Chiramel
Assistant Director
Tom Santos
Associate Producer
Robin Bissett
Gaffer
Cade Tindell
Music Composer - Sound
Zach Broyles
Post Production Supervisor
Zen Dot
1st Assistant Camera
Juliette Roberts
Key Grip
Audrena Engelsen
Grip
Grace Sevier
Grip
Duncan Harrist
Grip
John Brown
Production Assistant
Henry Mayes
Production Assistant
Clint Finley
Production Assistant
Rajeev Visakha
Production Assistant
Greg Caponigro