Umbro, the threshold of a home, is the liminal space that speaks to the lives of women, including the filmmaker's mother and her friends who live in the small town of Dhrangadhra in central Gujarat. The Film explores joyful friendships among women, often dismissed and unsung - carrying in them moments of shared stories, solidarities, conflicts and, most of all, routine acts of resistance. Umbro attempts to locate these flights of desire in the everyday, while celebrating the women’s indomitable love for life, and each other.

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Best Documentary, ReelFocus, Beijing International Film Festival

Second Best Film, Short Documentary, International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, Trivandrum

Indian Documentary Film Festival, Bhubaneswar

Dharamshala International Film Festival

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai

IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival, Delhi

Kos Minar International Documentary Film Festival, Haryana 

Habitat Film Festival, Delhi

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Prachee Bajania is a filmmaker, editor and writer based in Gujarat. An alumna of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Prachee has been making films since 2011. Her documentary work has been supported by institutions such as India Foundation for the Arts, Charles Correa Foundation, Sahapedia, Rough Edges and more. Prachee has written and directed four short fiction films including  The Spell of Purple, a distinguished entry in the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India, Goa. Prachee has worked in the direction team of the web show Jee Karda, produced by Maddock Films, released in June 2023 on Prime Video. Her interest in history, poetry, life sciences and the ordinary influences her film work. Prachee's films have shown at many national and international film festivals and institutions.

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Writer, Director: Prachee Bajania

Cinematographer: Sejal Kothari

Location Sound: Sneha Sundar

Editor, Sound Designer: Prachee Bajania

Re-Recording Engineer: Jikku M Joshi

Verse: Sandeep Yadav

Verse Translator: Susan Vivien George

Colourist: Prithvi Buddhavarapu

Picture Finishing: Bridge PostWorks

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