30 July 2014, 05:30 am
TRAVELLING FILM SOUTH ASIA 2014 – A FESTIVAL OF SOUTH ASIAN DOCUMENTARIES: 30 JULY TO 2 AUGUST 2014
Programme Type
Festivals
A festival of 10 exceptional nonfiction films from South Asia. The festival encapsulates a flavor of the Subcontinent with films from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The festival includes the award winners of Film South Asia Festival 2013, Kathmandu as well as other films selected to showcase the variety, treatment and intensity that marks the world of Southasian documentary and non-fiction  
 
Introduction
By Ms Mallika Aryal, Film South Asia, Kathmandu
 
Followed by
My Punjabi Love for You (Pakistan; 17 min; 2013; English subtitles)
Director: Adnan Malik
 
A behind-the-scenes film of a music video shot in the summer of 2012. Both an emotional journey, and an action-based narrative, the film subverts the dominant gender narratives in contemporary Pakistani culture
 
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No Burqas Behind Bars (Afghanistan; 77 min; 2012; English subtitles)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Director: Nima Sarvestani
 
This feature-length documentary takes us inside one of the world’s most restricted environments: the Afghan women’s prison