| 19 September 2009, Saturday |
| Time |
Film & Programme |
Director |
Country |
Duration
(min) |
Synopsis |
| 11:00 – 13:00 |
Welcome and introduction |
15 |
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| Theme: Gender
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Gender Trouble |
Roz Mortimer |
UK |
24 |
Four inter-sex women speak about their lives. |
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Where’s Sandra? |
Paromita Vohra |
India |
18 |
Is she naughty? Is she nice? Looking for Sandra from Bandra. |
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A Certain Liberation |
Yasmine Kabir |
Bangladesh |
38 |
30 years ago, during the Liberation War for Bangladesh, Gurudasi Mondol had lost her entire family. Her indomitable presence as a feared and loved crazy woman today, asks many questions: what is the meaning of Liberation? Has madness chosen her, or has she chosen madness? |
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Colours Black |
Mamta Murthy |
India |
31 |
How to break the silence around sexual abuse in families? How to make sense of the fragmented memories of a jagged childhood? |
| 13:30 – 15:30 |
Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears |
Simon Chambers |
UK |
62 |
Two feisty and rebellious London Bangladeshi sisters go “back home” against their will for arranged marriages. |
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Discussion with subject specialist & Filmmakers
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60 |
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| Theme: Citizenship
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| 15:45 – 18:20 |
Mom and Dad, I know you can hear me |
SCM student film |
India |
20 |
A film about a daughter’s thoughts on her hearing impaired parents |
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Hot Off the Press |
Bishakha Dutta |
India |
31 |
‘Khabar Lahariya’, published every fortnight from a small town in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district, covers all the news that mainstream media forgot. |
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Bilal |
Sourav Sarangi |
India |
88 |
The story of a little boy Bilal, growing up with blind parents. |
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| 20 September 2009, Sunday |
| Time |
Film & Programme |
Director |
Country |
Duration |
Synopsis |
| Theme: Citizenship
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| 11:00 – 13:00 |
Holiday Camp |
Jennifer Lyons-Reid & Carl Kuddel |
Austrlia |
48 |
Investigating current Australian immigration policies in the context of 200 years of colonisation. |
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The Bond (Naata) |
Anjali Monteiro & K. P. Jayasankar |
India |
45 |
Naata is about Bhau Korde and Waqar Khan, two activists and friends, who have been involved in conflict resolution, working with neighbourhood peace committees in Dharavi, reputedly, the largest ‘slum’ in Asia. |
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A Day in the Life of Ponga Pandit |
Sanjay Maharishi & Sudhanva Deshpande |
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23 |
A performance that no one saw in response to an attack that barely happened . . . |
| 13:30 – 15:45 |
Kamlabai |
Reena Mohan |
India |
47 |
A gentle, gleaming portrait of Kamlabai – the first woman to act on the Indian screen. |
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In The Flesh |
Bishakha Datta |
India |
53 |
In The Flesh is an intimate exploration of the lives of two women and a transgender individual in prostitution. |
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Tales from the Margin |
Kavita Joshi |
India |
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The grim human rights situation in Manipur and the extraordinary protests by its womenfolk for justice and peace. |
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Discussion with subject specialist & Filmmakers
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60 |
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| 16:00 – 18:20 |
Out of Thin Air |
Shabani Hassanwalia & Samreen Farooqui |
India |
47 |
An intimate look into the indigenous Ladakhi film industry |
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Word within the word |
Rajula Shah |
India |
74 |
The “wretched of the earth” hold fast the spirit of Bhakti, the Word resonating in and with their lives. As they sing the poetry of Kabir and Gorakhnath they embody, far beyond the scope of any intellectual resolve, a refusal to die, a bid to seize eternity from historic annihilation. |
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| 21 September 2009, Monday |
| Time |
Film & Prog |
Director |
Country |
Duration |
Synopsis |
| Theme: In Focus – Camera
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| 11:00 – 13:00 |
Brahma Vishnu Shiva |
R. V. Ramani |
India |
20 |
Creation, sustenance and destruction – an artist spends a day on the beach. |
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.in for motion |
Anirban Datta |
India |
59 |
Like a road movie along the information superhighway, .In for Motion investigates recent innovations in IT in India. |
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Discussion on cinematography and shooting
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45 |
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| Theme: In Focus – Editing
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| 13:30 – 15:45 |
Listener’s Tale |
Arghya Basu |
India |
76 |
A journey into the ever-changing canvas, witnessing fact and fiction dissolve in the dialogue between artist as medium and common man as spectator… |
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Discussion on film editing
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45 |
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| Theme: In Focus – Concept & Script
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| 16:00 – 18:00 |
Rewind |
Atul Taishete |
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9 |
One likely heist – two untamed bullets – three good friends. |
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Setu |
Shyamal Karmakar |
India |
9 |
Encroachment of one’s space… |
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Listen O’ Friends |
Madhusree Dutta |
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13 |
A musical on the fear of young girls’ sexuality and trafficking. |
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Nusrat has left the building… But when? |
Farjad Nabi |
Pakistan |
20 |
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s metamorphosis from a genuine popular artiste to a mass produced exotica of the east. |
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Morality TV & The Loving Jihad |
Paromita Vohra |
India |
30 |
A sting operation on lovers in a Meerut park uncovers a town¹s complex dynamics, the fear of love, the scrutiny and control of women’s sexuality, a history of communal and feudal violence, and the alternate realities of breaking news |
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Discussion on topic selection, conceptualising and scripting
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45 |
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A Festival of Contemporary Political Films