3-7 March, multiple venues, Chennai
Schedule (subject to changes)
Day 01; 3 March; DOT School of Design
10 am Inauguration: Chief Guest - Trotsky Marudhu
10.30 am Shramjeevi
Dir: Tarun Bhartiya; 43.50 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2020; Documentary
11:30 Interaction with Hymanshu Singh (activist) & Sujata Mody (trade unionist)
12 pm Far from the Madding Crowd
Dir: Abeer Khan; 17.31 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; Documentary
12:20 pm Quarantine
Dir : Alisher Zhadigerov; 30 min; Kazak with Eng subtitles; Kazakhstan; 2020; Documentary
2 pm : Prashna ( Question)
Dir: Santosh Ram; 23.24 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Short film
2:35 pm From Trash to Treasure: turning negatives into positives
Dir: Iara Lee; 20 min; English; USA/Lesotho/Bulgaria; 2020; Documentary
3.15 Ifigeneia: no more tears
Dir: George Georgakopoulos; 17.40 min; Greek with Eng subtitles; Greece; 2019; Short film
3.50 pm Stains
Dir : Rhea Mathews; 30 min; English, Malayalam, Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Short film
Day 02; 4 March; Loyola College
9 am Inauguration
9.30 am to 11.00 am
Guest speaker : Dr. Jaisakthivel, University of Madras
Miangsho (The Meat)
Dir : Tathagata Ghosh; 19 min; Bengali with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Short film
GANTABYA - THE DESTINATION
Dir: Sahin Aktar; 27.36 min; Bengali with English subtitles; India; 2020; Short film
Pakheru (The One Who Flies)
Dir: Nazir Khan; 22 min; Bundeli, Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Short film
Tradition
Dir: Zhanuzak Mamytov; 13.09 min; Kyrgiz with Eng subtitles; Kyrgyzstan; 2019; Short film
11.15 am to 12.30 pm
L for…
Dir : Bharati Kapadia; 13.13 min; English; India; 2017; Short film
Tisbea
Dir: Israel Ahumuda; 11 min; Spanish with Eng subtitles; Mexico; 2020; Short film
When We Open the Gate of the Sky
Dir: Pavel Bykovchenk; 6.35 min; Kirghiz with Eng subtitles; Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan; 2019; Short film
They are Dying
Dir : Dhananjay Bhawalekar; 28.37 min; Rajasthani, Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
1.30 pm to 3 pm
The World’s Last House
Dir : Amir Gholami; 16.19 min; Kurdish with Eng subtitles; Iran; 2019; Short film
Wantok
Dir : Dmitrii Komarov; 7 min; Tok Pisin with Eng subtitles; Papua New Guinea; Short film
Under the Stork’s Nest
Dir : Ani Oganesyan; 20 min; Armenian with Eng subtitles; Armenia; 2020; Short film
Hands and Wings
Dir : Sungbin BYUN; 15 min; Korean with Eng subtitles; South Korea; 2019; Short film
Kadachit
Dir : Suraj Shelar; 16.43 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Short film
3.15 to 4.00 pm
Living Dreams
Dir : Ritwik Baiju; 29 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2019
SABOOT (PROOF)
Dir : Nishtha Jain & Deepti Gupta; 21 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019; Narrative; Retrospective
4 pm: Reflection and Closing Remarks
Day 03; 5 March; Periyar Thidal
11 am Inauguration
Chief Guest: Ravi Subramaniyan, Poet / Documentary filmmaker
11:15 am to 1 pm
Sikhirini Mwsanai (Dance of the Butterfly)
Dir. Subasri Krishnan; 65 min; Bodo, Hindi and English with Eng subtitles; India ; 2019; Documentary
Speleonaut / Under the Stone Sky
Dir: Sonja Đekić; 57 min; Serbian with Eng subtitles; Serbia; 2018; Documentary
2 – 5 pm
Guest speaker : Dr. Poarkodi
GULABI GANG
Dir : Nistha Jain; 96 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2012; Retrospective; Documentary
The Conflict
Dir : Debaranjan; 80 min; Oriya with Eng subtitles; Filmmaker in Focus; Documentary
5:15 to 8 pm
Two Autumns in Wyszogrod
Dir : Amit Mahanti & Ruchika Negi
60.03 min; Polish with Eng Subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
At Home Walking
Dir: Rajula Shah; 114 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2021; Documentary
Day 04; 6 March, Periyar Thidal
Guest Speaker : Amshan Kumar, filmmaker
11 am to 1 pm
Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse
Dir: Iara Lee; 58.17 min; English / Ukrainian / Russian with Eng subtitles; Ukraine/Slovakia/USA/Bulgaria; 2020; Documentary
Moti Bagh
Dir: Nirmal Chander; 59.23 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019; India; Documentary
2 – 5 pm
Guest speaker : Vilasini, filmmaker
CITY OF PHOTOS
Dir : Nishtha Jain; 60 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2004; Retrospective
At The Crossroads
Dir : Debaranjan; 60 min; Oriya, Telugu and Kui with Eng subtitles; Filmmaker in Focus ; Documentary
1944. Crimea. Deportation
Dir: Fatima Osman, Yunus Pasha; 62 min; Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar with Eng subtitles; Ukraine; 2019; Documentary
5.15 – 8 pm
Guest speaker : Malini Jeevarathnam, filmmaker / activist
Mod Bhaang (Ebb Tide)
Dir : Renu Savant; 60 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Documentary
Over the Barriers
Dir : Banu Ramazanova; 60 min; Russian, Kazakh with Eng subtitles; Kazakhstan; 2020; Documentary
Those Stars in the sky
Dir : Debaranjan; 60 min; Oriya with Eng subtitles; Documentary; Filmmaker in Focus
Day 05; 7 March; Periyar Thidal
Guest speaker : Someetharan, filmmaker
10.30 am - 1.30 pm
LAKSHMI AND ME
Dir : Nishtha Jain; 59 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2007; Retrospective; Documentary
AT MY DOORSTEP
Dir : Nishtha Jain; 70 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2009; Retrospective; Documentary
2-5 pm
Tamil short films and Documentaries
5.15 – 8 pm
21 Hours - of Toil, Travel and Trade
Dir: Sunitha C. V.; 28 min; Malayalam, English with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
Holy Rights
Dir : Farha Khatun; 53 min; Urdu with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
7 pm : Closing remarks and reflection
Guest Speaker : Amshan Kumar, filmmaker
11 am to 1 pm
Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse
Dir: Iara Lee; 58.17 min; English / Ukrainian / Russian with Eng subtitles; Ukraine/Slovakia/USA/Bulgaria; 2020; Documentary
Moti Bagh
Dir: Nirmal Chander; 59.23 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019; India; Documentary
2 – 5 pm
Guest speaker : Vilasini, filmmaker
CITY OF PHOTOS
Dir : Nishtha Jain; 60 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2004; Retrospective
At The Crossroads
Dir : Debaranjan; 60 min; Oriya, Telugu and Kui with Eng subtitles; Filmmaker in Focus ; Documentary
1944. Crimea. Deportation
Dir: Fatima Osman, Yunus Pasha; 62 min; Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar with Eng subtitles; Ukraine; 2019; Documentary
5.15 – 8 pm
Guest speaker : Malini Jeevarathnam, filmmaker / activist
Mod Bhaang (Ebb Tide)
Dir : Renu Savant; 60 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Documentary
Over the Barriers
Dir : Banu Ramazanova; 60 min; Russian, Kazakh with Eng subtitles; Kazakhstan; 2020; Documentary
Those Stars in the sky
Dir : Debaranjan; 60 min; Oriya with Eng subtitles; Documentary; Filmmaker in Focus
Day 05; 7 March; Periyar Thidal
Guest speaker : Someetharan, filmmaker
10.30 am - 1.30 pm
LAKSHMI AND ME
Dir : Nishtha Jain; 59 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2007; Retrospective; Documentary
AT MY DOORSTEP
Dir : Nishtha Jain; 70 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2009; Retrospective; Documentary
2-5 pm
Tamil short films and Documentaries
5.15 – 8 pm
21 Hours - of Toil, Travel and Trade
Dir: Sunitha C. V.; 28 min; Malayalam, English with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
Holy Rights
Dir : Farha Khatun; 53 min; Urdu with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
7 pm : Closing remarks and reflection
Jointly organized by
DOT School of Design
Department of Visual Communication, Loyola College
Periyar Self Respect Media
And
MARUPAKKAM
Film Sections:
1) Tamil films
2) Indian films
3) International films
4) Retrospective : Nishtha Jain
5) Filmmaker in Focus : Deba Ranjan
For more details : www.chennaifilmfestival.blogspot.com