A=AA is a new Kannada short film from WinterSun Studios. There are 16 main cast and 15 supporting cast in this film. The story, screenplay and dialogues are penned by Goutham Kanade while the cinematography, editing, color grading, background score and direction are also handled by Goutham himself.
The speciality of this film is that it has been entirely shot in the Netherlands. All the cast and crew of this film are Kannadigas living in the Netherlands.
The central theme of this film revolves around the assumption that every human being on Earth is just one soul reborn over and over again, which signifies that doing good to someone means that we do good to ourselves, and on the flipside, harming someone means harming ourselves. It signifies empathy and dealing with struggles in life in a very positive way without asking “Why did this happen to me?” This film is a Kannada remake of the English short film titled “END – A New Beginning” also directed by Goutham in 2018 in the UK.
This film has won the best short script award at the MEI International Film Festival. The Teaser is releasing on Ugadi this year while the film itself will be released on the WinterSun Studios Youtube channel in the first week of April 2026.
About the Director
Goutham Kanade is a software professional who made indie short and feature films as a passion since college days. He assisted the renowned Kannada filmmaker Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar for his film “India vs England” in 2018 in the UK.
Goutham wrote, produced and directed a Kannada science-fiction crime thriller feature film titled “Stabiliti” and released in the cinemas in 2022 across Bengaluru. The film has won 9 awards for the best screenplay in various international film festivals, as well as rated 8.7 on IMDb.
Technical Metadata:
Title: ಅ=ಆ
Language: Kannada
Length: 30 min
Aspect Ratio: 2.39×1 (Cinemascope)
Resolution: 4K (4096×1716)
FPS: 24
Video Bitrate: 25 mbps
Audio: Stereo
Audio Bitrate: 192 kbps 48kHz
Subtitles: English
Contact:
support@wintersunstudios.com
https://wintersunstudios.com
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