Invoking Justice (India; 86 min; 2011; English subtitles)
Director: Deepa Dhanraj
Recipient of the QFX Jury Award, Film Southasia 2013
 
Film on the women’s Jamaats in South India, which applies Islamic Sharia law to cases ranging from divorce to wife beating to brutal murders and more
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 No Fire Zone (Sri Lanka; 93 min; 2013; English subtitles)                                                                                  
 Director: Callum Macrae                                                                                                                                               
Special Mention of the Jury, Film Southasia 2013
An investigative documentary about the final weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War           
 
At 17:00 pm     
Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls (Burma; 75 min; 2012; English subtitles)
Director: Juliet Lamont
 
An insightful and entertaining story of Burma’s first girl band
 
At 18:30 pm     
Algorithms (India; 96 min; 2012; English)
Director: Ian McDonald
 
Recipient of the Ram Bahadur Trophy for Best Film, Film Southasia 2013
 
Film on the thriving but little-known world of ‘blind chess’ in India. It moves through the algorithms of the blind chess world, challenging the sighted on what it means to see