My Grandfather’s House by Alvina Joshi | Flat Bol Mumma Flat! by Vedanti Londhe | Ek Tha Gaon by Srishti Lakhera | Cinema House | The Woman’s Voice : Non-Fiction
The four walls of a home evoke memories, both cherished and repressed.
The films in this time slot question the idea of patriarchy, migration, gender and the social conditioning that starts at home.
My Grandfather’s House by Alvina Joshi
The films in this section question patriarchy, social conditioning and memories which are
Alvina visits her late Grandfather’s House, on the 5th anniversary of his demise. She and her grandmother bond over their memories and affection towards him. As they spend slow afternoons together, talking about him, his patriarchal tendencies begin to surface. Alvina speaks to her father, and a childhood of fear and tyranny surface in her father’s recollections. Her grandmother’s experiences as a woman and a wife are colored by the same tyranny. These well kept secrets only had the tree outside the balcony and the walls of the house as witness, and their burden brings the house to life, and makes the tree restless.
Flat Bol Mumma Flat! by Vedanti Londhe
Shifting to a flat from a chawl may promise better living, but it can cause losing the sense of long-term togetherness.
Ek Tha Gaon by Srishti Lakhera
In the Himalayan foothills, an 80-year-old woman and a 19-year-old girl are two of the seven remaining inhabitants of an abandoned village. The two women struggle with the choice to leave for an alienating city life or continue living in a lonely village.
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