The film locates itself in nineteenth-century England where the sexism and other restrictive social norms of the Victorian era ensure that women’s potential and intelligence are dismissed with casual indifference and misogyny. The woman the narrative engages with is Ada Byron Lovelace, the mathematician known for writing what is considered the first-ever computer program. 

The performances and world-building both are achieved with seamlessness to bring this reality from two centuries ago to life. It tells an important, often overlooked story of a woman’s seminal role in the world of technological advancements, and does so with an unforgettable protagonist. 
Through Ada’s drive and relentless perseverance, even in the face of terminal illness and imminent death, the film shares a compelling piece of history. The end result, though not entirely seamless in narratorial progression, presents a story marked by skill and earnestness, and one that expertly conveys everything that it had set out to.

Ada | Spotlight

The good, the bad and what it could have been - it is perhaps these three narratives that the short film invokes. A man wakes up one morning to find several missed calls in his phone, and the news of a tsunami of catastrophic proportions on the television. The countdown on the news shows about two minutes left until the waves strike the shoreline. The next visual is of the protagonist looking out of his window to reveal the beach on which he lives. As the plot corners him into a place without the possibility of escape, the viewer too finds themselves pushed down a meandering, endless tunnel of the emotional journey of the trapped man. Thus begins a flow of memories, starting from his childhood up to the point of his current circumstance. From being a solitary figure, he is gradually endowed with a humaneness as the audience too becomes a participant in his experiences that, in turn, gives rise to a more intimate connection between them and the story. The film employs flashbacks and flash-forwards to communicate its message. Motifs like a red clock and a walking stick are utilised to give a sense of the forward moving motion of time, along with offering a portrayal of pain and the role it plays in this non-linear narrative which subverts all structures of chronology. The visuals are elegant and the VFX smooth, allowing Tsunami Falls to succeed on different levels.

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