Projects - Sloan Science & Film

11 Weeks Dipesh Jain, 29:51

Set in an old-age home in Kashmir, India, 11 Weeks is a story about a 60 year-old research scientist who learns the meaning of humanity from a 10 year-old Muslim orphan visiting him for community service.

CREDITS

Directed and written by Dipesh Jain. Produced by Shuchi Jain, Dipesh Jain, and Eric Berghemanm. Edited by Tyler Earring and Beth Moody. Photographed by Prasahant Rai. Music by Layla Minoui. Production design by Sidarth Mathawan. Principal cast: M.K. Raina (as Nir Nehru), Dion Deboulle (Aslam Jehangir).

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Biology

AWARDS

2007, USC School of Cinematic Arts: Production Award

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.