At 18:00

In Search of Ajantrik

(46 min; 2023; Hindi)

Director: Meghnath

The film maps the journey of the director, who is searching for Adivasi culture and life in reference to auteur Bengali Filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s Ajantrik. Made in 1957, and it was shot in Jharkhand. This film is trying to find out what the central idea was and why Ghatak chose this area as the backdrop of the film. It also looks into the contemporary socio- political situation and relevance of Ajantrik today.

At 18:50

Siege in the air

(30 min; 2012; Kashmiri/Hindi/Urdu/English)

Director: Muntaha Amin

Women in Indian Administered Kashmir weave memory threads to piece together a narrative of what it feels to live under perpetual uncertainty and unending cycles of lockdowns in Kashmir, laying focus on the recent communication blockade of 2019, post the Article 370 abrogation.

At 19:25

Cinema pe Cinema: The Theatres. The Movies. And Us

(62 min; 2023; English/Hindi/Tamil)

Director: Vani Subramanian

Creating a memory-scape of some people whose lives touch or have been touched by single screen cinemas in India, the film is an exploration of the many complex relationships between the theatres, the movies and us.

Followed by a discussion with the Director