At 18:00

Abundance: Living with a Forest

(22 min; 2024; Lotha Naga)

Director: Dolly Kikon

It is a biography of foraging, forest and jhum cultivation. It follows Zareno, a Lotha forager in the forest of Khumtsü. The film gestures to an impending loss that Indigenous communities encounter across the world. It highlights indigenous foraging practice in the Eastern Himalayan region and the commitment of foragers and community members to work towards renewal of Indigenous values, courage, and sustainable practice.

At 18:30

Love like Ours (Myanmar)

(18 min; 2024; Burmese/English)

At 18:55

A Forgotten Summer

(24 min; 2023; Hindi/English)

Director: Aliya Z S, Fatima Rahman, Isha Singh, Minha Fathima, Shreya Mishra

Living at an elder care facility called Panchvati in Delhi, Uttama Rashk, a former Hindustan Times correspondent and proof-reader of Indira Gandhi’s speeches, suffers from Alzheimer’s. The film is an intimate sketch of her life and the challenges of remembering. Capturing Rashk’s light-hearted moments with her sister, Gautami Uttam and caretaker, Sarita.

Followed by a discussion with the Director

At 19:35

Trans Kashmir

(61 min; 2022; Hindi/English/Urdu)

Director: Surbhi Dewan, S A Hanan

For generations, the transgender women of Kashmir have worked as matchmakers and performers. But their gender, economic and socio-political realities make them some of the most vulnerable people in the world today. This documentary chronicles their growing movement to secure basic human rights.

Followed by a discussion with the Director