I am Micro (15 min; 2012; experimental; India)

Director: Shai Heredia & Shumona Goel

An experimental film portrait of an anonymous filmmaker struggling to make films against innumerable odds

 

Grandmother (7 min; 2011; experimental; India)

Director: Oorvazi Irani

A portrait of a grandmother sans a realistic treatment

 

My Grandfather's House (14 min; 2013; documentary; Myanmar)

Director: Shunn Lei Swe Yee

Thaktin Htein Win's granddaughter reminisces about the old wooden house which was once a meeting place for the architects of the country's independence movement

 

Madly in Love (5 min; 2013; animation; Japan)

Director: Ikue Sugidono

A woman wants to decorate herself with a cute cake"¦

 

Hint (17 min; 2012; short fiction; Israel)

Director: Adi Bar Yossef

Sharona's dance partner at the weekly folk dancing session is the clumsy Micha"¦

 

Truelovestory (20 min; animation; India)

Director: Gitanjali Rao

Where does Salim, a 17 year old orphan living in the streets of Bombay, learn to woo a woman?

Followed by a discussion with filmmaker

 

At 12:15

Such a Girl Like Me (15 min; 2012; short fiction; Hong Kong)

Director: Man Uen Ching

Yin is a mortician who does make-up for the dead"¦

 

My Fancy High Heels (55 min; 2010; documentary; Taiwan)

Director: Ho Chao-Ti

Filmed over a period of two years, the film rigorously traces the journey of a pair of branded high-heeled shoes, and looks at the dreams of the people involved

 

At 14:30

Jaadui Machchi (37 min; 2013; short fiction; India)

A film by Ektara Collective

On the banks of a flowing river, Jyotika and her friends meet an old woman who tells them a story of a fish that spreads happiness in the world

Followed by a discussion with crew members Maheen Mirza and Hassath

 

Aabida (26 min; 2013; short fiction; United Kingdom)

Director: Maaria Sayed

Aabida is a recently widowed woman who chooses to look upon life as a fresh opportunity to indulge in the little pleasures her strict husband would not permit her

Followed by a discussion with the lead actress, Lubna Salim

 

At 16:30

Voices of Orchid Island (73 min; 1994; documentary; Taiwan)

Director: Hu Tai-Li

The film explores the complex and often troubled relationship the Yami community of Orchid island has with the outside community

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

At 18:30

My No-Mercy Home (77 min; 2013; documentary; South Korea)

Director: Aori

A courageous story of a young woman who sues her father for sexual abuse

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

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