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Schedule
- 24th November
Program Language View Details Qissa Punjabi Qissa
Set in post-colonial India, QISSA tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh, who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; where individual ambi- tions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity
Kaphal: Wild Berries Hindi Kaphal: Wild Berries
Two boys try to send their strict father back to the city with the help of the forest witch, but instead get taken for a merry ride by her granddaughter.
Placebo English Placebo
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
- 25th November
Program Language View Details Remembering Kurdi Marathi Remembering Kurdi
Venisha and Guru join the members of Hindu, Christian, Muslim community to traverse the arid landscape into the depths of the Salaulim reservoir, they witness how gestures can bring to life trees and houses and rivers that are no more. They witness how the very act of remembering can also be an act of becoming part of the land.
Kothanodi Assamese Kothanodi
Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.
Angry Indian Goddesses Hindi Angry Indian Goddesses
Hidden secrets between friends begin to surface during the fun and frenzy of an impromptu bachelorette celebration.
- 26th November
Program Language View Details Faith Connections Hindi Faith Connections
A Sadhu who renounced the society, adopts a baby renounced by society.
Aligarh Hindi Aligarh
A true story of Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation.
Qissa Punjabi Qissa
Set in post-colonial India, QISSA tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh, who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; where individual ambi- tions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.
Kaagaz Ki Kashti Hindi Kaagaz Ki Kashti
The documentary on the life of veteran musician Late Jagjit Singh.
Ventilator Marathi Ventilator
The beloved Gajju Kaka of the Kamerkar family slips into a coma and is on a ventilator just a few days before Ganesh Chaturthi. Everyone is worried as his death could spoil their festival plans.
Gangoobai Marathi Gangoobai
An elderly maid servant aspires to buy an extremely expensive Gara sari in Mumbai. In the process, she changes the lives of the people she interacts with.
Natrang Marathi Natrang
A poor working man loses his job and decides to start a theater troupe.
- 27th November
Program Language View Details Katiyabaaz Hindi Katiyabaaz
In a city with 15 hour power cuts, hundreds of people risk their lives to steal electricity. With the first female chief of the electricity company vowing to eliminate all illegal connections, the lines are drawn for a battle over electricity.
Chauranga Hindi Chauranga
Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school. But his destiny was pre-written in a village that's steeped deep in caste-hierarchy, oppression and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences, Santu is nurturing defiance and a dangerous infatuation. How far will his defiance take him? What will be the price of his escape?
Khoya Hindi Khoya
After the death of his adopted mother, a Canadian man travels to rural India desperately searching for the birth family he's never known and seeking to unravel the mystery surrounding his adoption.
Hum Chitra Banate Hain Hindi Hum Chitra Banate Hain
Hum chitra banate hai combines Sabnani’s passions for filmmaking, storytelling and ethnography by using visuals inspired by art traditons of the Bhil people to retell one of their classic myths.
- 28th November
Program Language View Details Siddharth Hindi Siddharth
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
Labour of Love English Labour of Love
In crumbling back lanes of modern Kolkata, a married couple can only see each other in their dreams after they work opposite shifts.
I Daniel Blake English I Daniel Blake
After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
La Cage non verbal La Cage
Animation
- 29th November
Program Language View Details Chauthi Koot Punjabi Chauthi Koot
Fear and paranoia pervade Punjab's atmosphere in the '80s as terrorists clash with security forces.
Lal Bhi Udaas Ho Sakta Hai Hindi Lal Bhi Udaas Ho Sakta Hai
This film explores various aspects of litterateur and painter Ram Kumar s personality by structuring the film around his stories and paint
The Blue Bicycle Turkish The Blue Bicycle
A 12-year-old boy fights against a system that has become stuck in its ways.
- 30th November
Program Language View Details Aligarh Hindi Aligarh
A true story of Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation.
Trapped Hindi Trapped
Shaurya unintentionally locks himself inside his new house in an uninhabited high-rise, and finds it hard to survive without water, food and electricity.
Kaagaz Ki Kashti Hindi Kaagaz Ki Kashti
The documentary on the life of veteran musician Late Jagjit Singh.
Ventilator Marathi Ventilator
The beloved Gajju Kaka of the Kamerkar family slips into a coma and is on a ventilator just a few days before Ganesh Chaturthi. Everyone is worried as his death could spoil their festival plans.