Karissa Hamilton-Bannis

Screenwriter
  • The Dumping Ground - The Joseph and Taz Files
    The Dumping Ground - The Joseph and Taz Files

    Joseph tries to video a comet, but captures strange midnight activity instead. He's convinced it can all be explained by science, but Taz believes it's a ghost. How will they solve the mystery?

  • Kahānikār (The Storyteller)
    Kahānikār (The Storyteller)

    7 year old Nirmala attempts to grapple with the demons of her grandfather's dementia when he forgets the details of her favorite story. Nirmala confidently takes up her grandfather's role of storyteller, by putting on his glasses, in the hope that by telling the story correctly, she can get rid of the demons that riddle her grandfather's version. Based on a myth about how the coconut got its face from Southern India, this film delves into different landscapes of their two unique imaginations, exploring how age and time can change human experience and morph familiar stories, lives and even relationships.

  • The Spider - Play
    The Spider - Play