In an increasingly hostile environment of escalating violence, discrimination, and disenfranchisement, Arbab explores what it is like being a part of a minority group in India. The film ebbs and flows between him looking outside in his surroundings, where a…
How does one respond when the truth is blurred by misconstrued narratives? What can one articulate when facts have lost all their meaning? How can one have a dialogue amidst denialism and whataboutery? ‘Chardi Kala’ explores some…
Yugantar Film Collective founded by Abha Bhaiya, Deepa Dhanraj, Meera Rao, and Navroze Contractor in 1980, Yugantar made four pioneering films. Working collaboratively with existing or ensuing women’s groups Yugantar forged novel filmmaking practices, and political vocabularies that still resonate…
Allahabad is in the throes of change as a new era sets in with the city being renamed. Looking at development in the eye, an ailing Madhav Chatterjee battles to keep his decrepit single screen theatre alive. His daughter Mampu…
Film screening | Fire in the Mountains A mother toils to save money to build a road in a Himalayan village to take her wheelchair-bound son for physiotherapy but her husband who believes that a shamanic ritual (Jagar) is the…
Sheer Qorma, the Frameline Film Festival winner for Best Short Film, has been hailed as a stellar effort in expanding the space for queer representation in Indian cinema. The screening will be followed by a conversation with director Faraz Arif…
A classic of Indian cinema, Garm Hava deals with the Partition with great sensitivity and discernment, and is perhaps one of the best movies ever made post-partition. Join us for a screening of the movie, followed by a talk with…
With trains shut and no work coming, the migrant workers were stranded. Ruben’s NGO Khana Chahiye battled the challenges the pandemic threw up to help the needy. A wide and thrilling chronicle of how India lived and breathed during the…
India’s official submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Chhello Show is an enchanting, bitter-sweet reminiscence on the magic of movies. The final screening for Week One, it will be followed by a talk with Sid Roy…
POSTPONEMENT ALERT: Due to the rising concerns in light of the Corona Virus (COVID 19) becoming a global pandemic, the organisers have decided to postpone the screening to a later date, in the interest of public health & safety. Stay…
A day long programme at the G5A Black Box, beginning with a screening of The Unseen Sequence, followed by a Q&A with Sumantra Ghosal and Malavika Sarukkai. A Lecture Demonstration of The Expanding Canvas by Malavika Sarukkai, followed by Q & A.…
“Le corps Déporté” is a dance solo piece, or let’s say a duo, with a dancing body – Michel Casanovas – and the soundscape music by the amazing Swiss percussionist and composer, Pierre Favre. The piece narrates in movement and sound, the…
