Directed by Naveen Singh
University of Southern California, USA
27,000 Days is an innovative and fragmented narrative about a dying man and his
disintegrated relationship with his family, his faith, and even his own cultural identity.
Suffering from an incurable brain tumor, the man writes a final letter to his estranged son - a burning confessional.
As he puts words to paper, the man's advancing illness forces him to confront buried
moments from his life: the rift between father and son, acts of intimate betrayal, the
painful aftermath of unspeakable violence - impressions of the harrowing and the
poignant.
Casual and momentous events are connected through expressive faces, stark imagery, and
rhythmic editing. And the foreboding specter of disease - with its corrosive
relentlessness - pervades through the film as both literal and metaphoric deterioration.
Ultimately, the man's search for respite collides with the existential and even the
spiritual, as he awakens to his final epiphany.
Category: Experimental
Run-Time: 10:00
School: University of Southern California, USA
Year of production: 2007
Shooting locations: USA
Shooting format: Super 16 (B&W) and Super 8 (Color)
Screening format: DigiBeta
People/Crew
Father Subash Kundanmal
Mother Naila Azad
Son (adult) Anup Sugunan
Son (boy) Jamen Nanthakumar
Other Woman Michelle Haner
Sikh Man Kavi Raz
Writer, Director Naveen Singh
Producers Greg Johnson & Lauren Wagner
Director of Photography Bryon Cunningham
Production Designer Richard B. Lewis
Editors Jeremy Phillips & Naveen Singh
Music Carrie McGlothlen
Additional Music Stars of the Lid
Filmmaker Bio
Naveen Singh
Naveen Singh was born in Canada, but his filmmaking roots began at a young
age in Michigan, where he made several short videos. He studied English
literature and film studies as an undergraduate at Michigan State University.
Finding his calling in film, he relocated to Los Angeles and enrolled at the
University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television as an MFA
candidate in Film Production.
While at USC, he was awarded the prestigious Broccoli Scholarship for academic
achievement. His recently completed master's thesis project, 27,000 Days, is an
innovative and fragmented narrative about an ailing man who re-experiences
harrowing moments from his life.
In addition to his work as a writer/director, he has edited several projects that
have screened at venues as diverse as the DGA, the Television Academy,
Country Music Television, and Yahoo Music online. He is also an Honoree of
Film Independent's Project: Involve, a workshop for emerging filmmakers.
Currently, he is in development on several feature screenplays.
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