In Flanders Fields is a ghost story. Directed by Rajasthan-based filmmaker Sachin, the short film is a poetic meditation on war, colonial erasure, and ancestral presence in foreign land. The director introduces us to a rarely acknowledged fact in dominant historical narratives: during the First World War, as many as 1.4 million Indians were conscripted by the British and sent to the frontlines in Flanders. This revelation sets the stage for a cinematic elegy to those forgotten men.
