In search of words and meanings
(80 min; 2023; Kannada/German/English & with subtitles)
Writer, Editor & Director: Prashant Pandit who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Prashant Pandit

Film on the life and work of Ferdinand Kittel (1853-1904) from Germany, who came to India as a missionary in southern India. Mastering the over 2000-year-old Kannada language, he became a renowned philologist, lexicographer and author. Facing the wrath of his superiors, this “failed missionary” went on to transcend the boundaries of religion, language and geography to herald a new beginning