10th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022
16-20 February, multiple venues, Chennai
Organised by MARUPAKKAM
Indian Documentaries : Non Competition
1) Ruuposh
Dir : Mohd Fehmeed, Zeeshan Amir Khan; 32.25 min
Ruuposh is an idiosyncratic documentary that features Ruksana Begum- her late father Mehboob Khan and her son- Mohd Fehmeed, who belong to a Muslim minority family of India 2021. The documentary follows a personal narrative of how Mehboob Khan stayed back in India at the time of partition while his entire extended family moved to Pakistan.
2) Whose Dreams, Whose City?
Dir: Abhishek Parija; 39.58 min
Whose Dreams, Whose City?' is a 2021 Odia Independent documentary that takes a flagship state building called 'Krushi Bhawan (Center for Farmers)' sitting at the heart of Bhubaneswar as its focus. It uses that to explore the aspects of artisanship, agriculture, and public art/architecture in a city, things that the building claims to celebrate.
3) Beyond Blast
Dir: Ratan Saikhom; 52.10 min
'Beyond Blast’ portrays the life of an artist who is a victim of armed conflict in quest for peace.'On 16 December 2007' a powerful IED blast at Pourabi a countryside of Manipur the north eastern state of India which claims 7 lives' with more than 30 injured, among the injured artist Maikel overcomes his suffering and wanted to swiped away the dark and fear psychosis of the people through his painting.
4) Charaiveti
Dir : Bauddhayan Mukherji, Chandan Biswas; 70.56 min
In February 2017, Chandan Biswas, a resident of Barasat, West Bengal set off on his bicycle on an arduous journey of 153 days, traversing 6249 kms, crisscrossing 4 different countries to become the first man to complete the Trans-Himalayan expedition on a bicycle.
Armed with a fixed lens go pro camera, Chandan shot this incredible and spectacular journey of his and came back with a footage of over 52 hours. Charaiveti was born out of this very footage.
5) Nokkuvidya - The Story of a Lone String Puppeteer
Dir: Reshmi Radhakrishnan; 37.08 min
Nokkuvidya is a centuries old unique traditional puppetry practiced by Vela community in Kerala which is under the threat of extinction. The documentary is about how timely and sincerely a young girl Renjini could learn the art from her grand mother Moozhkkal Pankajakshi who is the only remaining exponent of Nokkuvidya, just before Pankajakshi lost her memory by Alzheimers.
6) Kathekegala Kanive - The Valley of Stories
Dir : Vikash Badiger; 30 min
Faces of Bengaluru documents the journey of how the trans-artists of Aravani Art Project learn photography and take photos of their closest people and what their connection is to the city of Bangalore.
7) Written in the Corners
Dir : Suyash Kamat; 11 min
Through juxtapositions of memory & nostalgia with modernity & despair, ‘Written in the Corners’ tells the tale of a part of the city of Panjim that is most likely to be forgotten. A city is made up of many other cities. This is the story of one of those many cities.
8) Padagu
Dir: Sahaya Riju; 28:34 min
Padagu is a documentary about the fishermen of Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of the Indian mainland. It looks into the transition of the lives of fishermen of Kanyakumari, from 'kattumaram' to '77 feet long trawler boats’.
9) What’s your story?
Dir : O P Srivatsava; 50.47 min
The film explores the ecosystem of independent cinema in India. It is an Indie about Indie cinema in India.
10) The Making of She-Devil
Dir: Sourav RoyChowdhury; 45.44 min
Perceptions from a Modern Witch Hunt: The Making of a She-Devil is a social documentary about a Witch Hunt that took place in 2017, in Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India.
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