DOCUMENTARY BEARS WITNESS: TRAVELLING FILM SOUTHASIA 2018- A FESTIVAL OF SOUTH ASIAN DOCUMENTARIES

 

Trembling Mountain (Nepal)

(83 min; 2016; dvd; English & with subtitles)

Director: KesangTseten

 

On April 25, 2015 Nepal was hit by a quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale. Among the worst hit was the prime trekking destination of Langtang. A glacial collapse caused an avalanche of rock, ice and mud, resulting in an air blast, equal to half the force of the Hiroshima atom bomb. A story of destruction and loss, slowly replaced by rebuilding and hope

 

At 12:40

Overruled (Afghanistan)

(52 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

Directors: Fernaz 

 

Overruled recounts the lives and hopes of young Afghan refugees in Iran. Working as ball boys in tennis clubs in Teheran, they become proficient enough in the game to compete in competitions. But continue to be viewed as outsiders in the eyes of the Iranians and are faced with the constant threat of detention and deportation

 

At 14:00 

Lock and Key (India)

(83 min; 2017; dvd; English & with subtitles)

Director: Shilpi Gulati

 

A story told with compassion and kindness of the families of five men in Punjab recovering from the rampant drug problem in the state. While they struggle to establish new relationships with their pasts, their partners strive to redefine the meaning of love and the labour of everyday life

 

At 15:30

The Shepherdess of the Glaciers (India)

(74 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

Directors: Stanzin Dorjai, Christiane Mordelet

 

Way up in Ladakh at 16,500 feet, lives a shepherdess with a flock of 250 sheep and pashmina goats on a huge deserted rock-strewn mountain. Documented by her brother over four seasons, the film depicts both her world of icy loneliness and the unbreakable bond between humans and animals

 

From 17:00 to 18:30 

Conversations on Documentary As Protest

A conversation with leading documentary filmmakers – Pankaj Butalia, Sanjay Kak, Vani Subramaniam, Nakul Singh Sawhney

 

Introduction: Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Associate Professor & Associate Dean, New Imaginations, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication

 

At 18:40  

Soz: A Ballad of Maladies (India)

(85 min; 2016; dvd; English & with subtitles)

Directors: Tushar Madhav, Sarvnik Kaur

 

Of folk, rock and hip-hop, this documentary captures the rhythm and blues of resistance in the Kashmir valley