Marriage & Chocolate
   Dramatic 16mm short  film
   10 minutes
   by Shreela Chakrabartty

   A Dolce Veda Production
  
   A newly married Bengali woman
   recently moves in with her husband
   only to discover on the occasion of
   Diwali, the festival of light, that he
   doesn't celebrate. A chance
   encounter with Shiva of the chocolate mountains
   helps her realize the significance of chance
   and that everything is as it should be.

   Nominated for Best Experimental Award by the
   Alberta Motion Pictures Industries Association

   Sponsored by:
   FAVA Film & Video Arts Society
   Alberta Foundation for the Arts
   Vedanta Society of Edmonton
   National Film Board of Canada
   Bernard Callebaut Chocolatier
   Indo Furnishing & Design
   Pure Design
   Libaas Fashions
   New Panjabi Stores (Calcutta)
   Vincent Henry

   Cast:
   Uma Viswanathan
   Bali Panesar

   Original Music by:
   Vinod Bhardwaj
   Brad Bowie
   Amritpal Singh
   Andrew Buhr

   Screened in the following cities:
   Edmonton
   Calgary
   New York
   Atlanta
   Kolkata

   Contact:
   Shreela Chakrabartty
   Dolce Veda Productions
   by email: shreela@telusplanet.net
photo by Jaroslaw Malanowski
Background Stories
Production Stills
Bernard Callebaut
Shreela Chakrabartty
Filmmaker:
Email: toosweetjas@yahoo.com
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