Imagination is boundless in the world of fiction. And yet, writers in the genre will tell you otherwise. For filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, this limit is drawn by reality. Tomorrow, the duo will host a special screening of their 2018 narrative feature film The Sweet Requiem, at a Versova venue, which will be followed by a discussion on how documentary evidence can shape fictional filmmaking.

“The film tells the story of Dolkar, a 26-year-old Tibetan exile, who lives in Delhi. She had escaped from Tibet with her father 18 years ago, making a perilous trek across the Himalayas that ended in tragedy. Dolkar has suppressed all recollection of that traumatic incident, but when she unexpectedly encounters Gompo, the guide who abandoned them during their journey, memories of her escape are reignited and she is propelled on an obsessive search for retribution and closure,” Sonam, who was born in Darjeeling to Tibetan refugee parents, shares.