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With the nation gearing up to decide its leaders, April’s Cinema House is curated with the idea of capturing moments in Indian history, when the power of democracy prevailed above all. Titled, ‘The Eve of Elections‘, the line-up for this…
Bombay fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the great Koli knowledge system—a way to harvest the sea by following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods while Ganesh has strayed away from…
Outside Kolkata a few jute mills crank on, virtually unchanged since the industrial revolution. Powered by steam and sweat, work is a dance to the rhythms of the century-old machines. The Golden Thread follows the weft and warp of jute…
A journey between dream and reality, Payal Kapadia’s short films are documentary fictions which are testament to the subversive practice of filmmaking that is becoming a part of the filmmaker’s filmography. About the filmmaker: Payal Kapadia is a Mumbai based…
Bawa’s Garden is a road movie in search of the work of renowned Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. The film follows a protagonist scouring the island for the ‘lost’ garden of Lunuganga. Finding the treasure might be the goal, yet…
Women are not allowed! Yet Safia is determined to become a judge of Islamic Law. Tensions and negotiations that mark her journey are interwoven with Muslim women’s fight for gender justice against an arbitrary oppressive practice. How do these individual…
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…
I speak out of the depth of nightout of the depth of darkness I speak. If you come to my house, friend Bring me a lamp and a window through which I can look at the crowd in the happy…
I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore And I know too much to go back an’ pretend ‘Cause I’ve heard it all before And I’ve been down there on the floor And no one’s ever…
February’s Cinema House takes on the idea of borders. The curation for this month is rooted in this question: what are the kinds of stories coming from storytellers in border states? What are the fractures that, unique to their world,…
Eight year old Dighu has recently moved with his mother and older sister from the city to his grandparents coastal village of Konkan and is finding it hard to adjust to his new life without his father who has disappeared…
In a village plagued by kidnapping fears, the church announces the arrival of a miraculous Virgin Mary statue along with a grim announcement from the village security head, Nengsal, who warns “ of an approaching apocalyptic darkness which will last…
