Festival schedule for 6th March 2021
Films available for viewing for 48 hours from 8:00 am on 6th March to 8:00 am on 8th March 

The 13 filmmakers in this section use multiple film practices and aesthetic choices to explore the world around them. Their films examine formal possibilities that push the boundaries of cinema

Website link: http://iawrtindia.org/festival-2021
 

Space Dialogues (India) |  (8 min 30 sec/ 2020/Hindi, English)

    Director: Shaswati Talukdar 
    Experimental
    

Blanket Talk (Taiwan) | (6 min 34 sec/2019/Chinese)
    

  Directors: Jennifer Li, Samantha Chang, Janette Peng 
Animation 

For Tashi (USA) |  (7 min 35 sec/2020/English)

    Directors: Rebecca Ruige Xu, Jiayue Cecilia Wu 
    Experimental

 Parwareshgah (The Orphanage) | (Denmark, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Afghanistan, Qatar) | (90 min/2019/Dari, Russian, Hindi-Urdu)


    Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat 
    Fiction
    

Soyabean Biryani (for Junaid) | (Finland/12 min/2019/Hindi)

    Director: Vidha Saumya 
   Fiction  
    

Tombé (Armenia) (20 min) | Armenia / 2018 / Armenian
 

    Director: Diana Kardumyan 
    Fiction  
    

Retirement (India) | (4 min 29 sec/2019)
 
    Director: Sawanti Das
   Animation
    

Lagi Senang Jaga Sekandang Lembu (It's Easier to Raise Cattle/Malaysia) | (18 min/2017/Malay)


    Director: Amanda Nell Eu 
    Fiction
  

 Honar Dar Khatar Zendegi Kardan (The Art of Living in Danger/ Iran, Germany) | (87 min/2020/Farsi)


    Director: Mina Keshavarz
    Non-fiction
    

Bebaak (Dying wind in her hair/India) | (21 min/2019/Hindi, Urdu)
 
    Director: Shazia Iqbal
   Fiction
    

A Can of Fish (India) | (8 min/2018)

    Director: Aditi Chitre
   Animation
    

Baatein (India) | (7 min 30 sec/2020/multilingual)

    Director: Shruti Jain 
   Animation
    

Yahan Wahan Saare Jahan (Here and Everywhere/ India) | (5 min 24 sec/2020/Hindi)


    Director: Maya Janine D'Costa
    Experimental
  

 Panel Discussion: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM 
Experiments with Media with Shahrbanoo Sadat, Shashwati Talukdar, Jennifer Li, Samantha Chang, and Jannette Peng, Rebecca Ruige Xu, and Jiayue Cecilia Wu 
Moderated by Surabhi Sharma  

This discussion will facilitate a conversation between filmmakers who, through their experiments with form, nudge us to engage with unusual stories and aesthetic practices. 

Masterclass: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Editor as Outsider with Jabeen Merchant 
Facilitated by Bina Paul

How do choices made at the editing table shape the structure and narrative of a film? In this session, renowned film editor Jabeen Merchant will take us through her ouvre in fiction and non-fiction films.