Film Festival Schedule
May 16th 2008
Everyday
by Anupama Srinivasan / 7 minutes
A reflection on relationships. A story of a pigeon
Manpasand – The Perfect Match
by Dhwani Desai / 11 minutes
An animation film about the journey of a father in search of a suitable groom for his daughter
Morality TV & the Loving Jehad
by Paromita Vohra / 29 minutes
The film looks outside the frames that weave the frenetic tapestry of Breaking News on India's news channels to uncover a town's complex dynamics – the fear of love, the constant scrutiny and control of women's mobility and sexuality, a history of communal violence, caste brutalizatio0n and feudal mindsets
The Sky Below
by Sarah Singh / 75 minutes
A contemporary portrait of India and Pakistan vis-à-vis the lingering fallout of the Partition, from Kutch to Kashmir and Karachi to the Khyber Pass
May 17th 2008
Taaza Khabar
by Bishakha Dutta / 31 minutes
An all-woman team of journalists publish " Khabar Lahariya " from a small town in Uttar Pradesh, covering all the news that the mainstream media forgot.
Migration
by Mira Nair / 18 minutes
The film deals with the AIDS virus as a great class leveler in society by following its transmission through interweaving stories linking urban and rural India
Remembrance of Things Present
by Chandra Siddan / 80 minutes
A woman enquires into her first marriage forced on her when she was a child.
May 18th 2008
M S Amma
by Swati Thiyagrajan / 22 minutes
A shy girl from Madurai . A journey into the life and times of legendary M S Subalakshmi through the eyes of her granddaughter –
The Birth of a Brain Fly
by Nandita Kumar / 6 minutes
An animation chjarting the surreal course of a psyche's evolution within the invisible landscape of the mind-
Leap Frog
by Nandita Das / 4 minutes
3 spots on education and water harvesting.
Ek Ajeeb Si Jhunjlahat
by Ein Lall / 3 minutes
The covered face, the pestle, mortar; the excessive force with which the pestle swings down; the remorseless regularity of stone pounding on stone; all contribute to a strange tremor of unease.
Losing to Win
by Uma Sudhir / 22 minutes
On Gujarati Muslim families sending their children away from their "watan" to complete their studies.
Ayodhya Gatha
by Vani Subramanian / 62 minutesWhat does it mean to belong to a city that has become a symbol of religious intolerance, majoritarian aggression and communal tumult in India- Ayodhya?
Everyday
by Anupama Srinivasan / 7 minutes
A reflection on relationships. A story of a pigeon
Manpasand – The Perfect Match
by Dhwani Desai / 11 minutes
An animation film about the journey of a father in search of a suitable groom for his daughter
Morality TV & the Loving Jehad
by Paromita Vohra / 29 minutes
The film looks outside the frames that weave the frenetic tapestry of Breaking News on India's news channels to uncover a town's complex dynamics – the fear of love, the constant scrutiny and control of women's mobility and sexuality, a history of communal violence, caste brutalizatio0n and feudal mindsets
The Sky Below
by Sarah Singh / 75 minutes
A contemporary portrait of India and Pakistan vis-à-vis the lingering fallout of the Partition, from Kutch to Kashmir and Karachi to the Khyber Pass
May 17th 2008
Taaza Khabar
by Bishakha Dutta / 31 minutes
An all-woman team of journalists publish " Khabar Lahariya " from a small town in Uttar Pradesh, covering all the news that the mainstream media forgot.
Migration
by Mira Nair / 18 minutes
The film deals with the AIDS virus as a great class leveler in society by following its transmission through interweaving stories linking urban and rural India
Remembrance of Things Present
by Chandra Siddan / 80 minutes
A woman enquires into her first marriage forced on her when she was a child.
May 18th 2008
M S Amma
by Swati Thiyagrajan / 22 minutes
A shy girl from Madurai . A journey into the life and times of legendary M S Subalakshmi through the eyes of her granddaughter –
The Birth of a Brain Fly
by Nandita Kumar / 6 minutes
An animation chjarting the surreal course of a psyche's evolution within the invisible landscape of the mind-
Leap Frog
by Nandita Das / 4 minutes
3 spots on education and water harvesting.
Ek Ajeeb Si Jhunjlahat
by Ein Lall / 3 minutes
The covered face, the pestle, mortar; the excessive force with which the pestle swings down; the remorseless regularity of stone pounding on stone; all contribute to a strange tremor of unease.
Losing to Win
by Uma Sudhir / 22 minutes
On Gujarati Muslim families sending their children away from their "watan" to complete their studies.
Ayodhya Gatha
by Vani Subramanian / 62 minutesWhat does it mean to belong to a city that has become a symbol of religious intolerance, majoritarian aggression and communal tumult in India- Ayodhya?