Ruptured Lines explores Painter Francis Newton Souza’s raw interrogations of faith, flesh, and form. At its core lies his tumultuous relationship with the sacred and the sensual: the maternal figure as both god and ghost, nudity as revelation and rebellion, and nature as both cradle and chaos. Drawing from his vivid essays as well as his formative years spent in Goa, the film examines Souza’s bold exploration of vulnerability, primal energy, and internal conflict.
Harshil Bhanushali (b. 1990, Mumbai, India) is an independent filmmaker and video artist whose work explores landscapes, migration, and identities in transition. Trained in journalism and film direction, he engages with hybrid forms of cinema at the intersection of fiction and documentary, using films on artists and their practices as a space for formal experimentation, alongside fiction works rooted in lived experience. His film Picturing Life won Best Sound Design at the 16th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK), and Leaving Home received 2nd Prize at Wild Viewing Video Art festival, later screening at the Ljubljana Biennale (2024). 
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and
short films made from, of, and about the Indian subcontinent in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres.
