25 May 2015, 05:30 am
The Justice Project – Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
 
Under the Justice Project, more than a dozen researchers and five filmmakers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lank have worked over the past two and a half years to research the theme of justice and conflict. The project aims at building a series of dialogues across the five project countries through films and research papers that map a range of contests on the idea and practices of justice as they shape in different sites of South Asia. The project has been co-ordinated by Aakar, a Delhi based trust and with the support of IDRC
Screenings will be held on 25 and 27 May 2015 at 18:30; and 29 and 30 May 2015 at 18:00. Directors of each of the films will be present to introduce their films and lead a discussion after
 Films produced by Rahul Roy who will introduce the project
Castaway Man (Nepal; 82 min; 2015)
Directed by Kesang Tseten who will introduce the film
 
Dor Bahadur Bista, Nepal’s most controversial intellectual of modern times, disappeared without a trace in 1996. The documentary investigates his disappearance and in doing so unravels the caste based injustices in Nepal