Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost (11 min; 2013; short fiction; India)
Director: Payal Kapadia
A fable about life in a chawl where superstitions, relationships and crisis unify families into a community
Haze (6 min; 2013; experimental; India)
Director: Kanika Gupta
A journey from the concrete to a space without well defined forms
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
Bandish (7 min; 2013; experimental; India)
Director: Adwaita Das
A young woman observes herself through the camera seeking a deeper truth
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
For You and Me (11 min; 2013; experimental; India)
Director: Tanushree Das
A film about yearning and the struggle to sustain relationships in a society of technological proximity and physical distance
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
At 11:30
Ingirinthu (114 min; 2013; feature fiction; Sri Lanka)
Director: Sumathy Sivamohan
Combining multiple genres and narrative forms, the film is an epic narration of the minority Tamil tea plantation community's struggle to survive
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
At 14:30
Crossings Love (83 min; 2012; documentary; Taiwan)
Director: Kuo Shiao-Yun
An exploration of domestic violence and how such an experience would influence the abused children when they grew up
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
At 16:45
The Breadfruit Tree (22 min; 2013; short fiction; India)
Director: Priyamvada Narayanan
Complex layers of love, loss and meaning unfold in a Bandra home
Followed by a discussion with the production designer, Jenny Pinto
A Summer Flu (17 min; 2013; short fiction; India)
Director: Priyanka Chhabra
A young girls reminisces a childhood spent in the summer in Delhi
At 18:30
Sleepless Nights (128 min; 2012; documentary; Lebanon)
Director: Eliane Raheb
Through the stories of former high ranking intelligence officer and the mother of a young communist fighter who is missing, the film asks if redemption and forgiveness are possible