Body by Abhijit Mazumdar
Body Post pandemic, Manoj, a young struggling actor, is still trying to cope with his personal trauma. He joins his theatre peers on a trip to a village where he gets brutally bullied in the name of drunken fun. He…
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TAAK by Udit Khurana and Humans in the Loop by Aranya Sahay
TAAK | Former wrestling champion Shalini works as a bouncer at a Delhi nightclub, where, after a fatal security lapse, invasive smartwatches are introduced. As tensions rise and personal lives are increasingly monitored, Shalini must navigate the dangerous waters of…
I Killed My Mother/ It Wasn’t My Fault
For this Girl of 25, life with Herself is continually turbulent. This morning is particularly overwhelming; She is assaulted by self-doubt, unemployment, too much social media, and her mother. Still, She must brave the mundanity and frivolousness of urban girlhood,…
Cinema House | The Eve of Elections | April 27-28 | Weekend Pass
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…
Against the Tide by Sarvnik Kaur | Cinema House | The Woman’s Voice : Non-Fiction
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…
The Golden Thread by Nishtha Jain | Cinema House | The Woman’s Voice : Non-Fiction
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…
Short Films by Payal Kapadia | Cinema House | The Woman’s Voice : Non-Fiction
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 by Clara Kraft Isono | Cinema House | The Woman’s Voices : Non-Fiction
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…
Holy Rights by Farha Khatun | Cinema House | The Woman’s Voice: Non-Fiction
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…
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…
And, Towards Happy Alleys by Sreemoyee Singh | Cinema House | The Woman’s Voice : Non-Fiction | Cinema House | The Woman’s Voices : Non-Fiction
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…
Cinema House | The Woman’s Voice : Non-Fiction | Weekend Pass
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…