GOA KONKANI FILM FESTIVAL
A festival of feature and documentary films organised in collaboration with Goenkarancho Ekvot
Details of the Film Screenings
Inauguration
Followed by screening of two films:
Bread and Belonging: Whose pão is it
(50 min; 2020; Konkani/Kannada with English subtitles)
Director: Sonia Filinto
As Goa, India’s smallest state comes to grip with growing migration, three stories unfold around its unique bread. Stories of people dealing with migration, changing culture and the need to earn a living.
At 19:10
Soul Curry (110 min; 2017; Konkani with English subtitles)
Written and Directed by Nieelesh Malkar
With Jackie Shroff, Seema Biswas, Sonam Morajkar
Philip Branco a saxophone player, is married to singer Mary but due to changing times in the world of music, his work becomes less and less until he is reduced to playing at funerals. Although blessed with four daughters, Philip yearns for a son…
At Risk (90 min)
Three short plays presented by Ruchika Theatre
Directed by Feisal Alkazi
The plays explore the themes of friendship post Partition, the issue of aging and the ethical and moral dilemmas surrounding adultery and hospital practice
The performance will be followed by a discussion
Yours Truly, Sreedharan (Ennu Swantham Sreedharan)
(100 min; 2022; Malayalam with English subtitles)
Written and Directed by Siddik Paravoor
The film will be introduced by V.K. Cherian
Based on a real-life story of a Kerala Muslim woman who raised three Hindu children as her own, without changing their religion or way of life. Subaida and her husband, Abdul Aziz Haji are a shining example of benevolence and humanity in a society that is increasingly defined by religion and hate politics
Expressions of Muharram
A 90 minute documentary film on the traditional performers from the Qasbahs of Mustafabad who present Marsiya, Soz, Salaam, Nauha in Hindi/Hindustani, Awadhi and Farsi on the tragedy of Karbala. The music is based on ragas of Hindustani classical music using the works of poets such as Chunnilal Dilgir, Pt. Brij Narayan Chakbast along with Mir Anis and Josh Malihabadi.
The film will be introduced by Shri Saeed Naqvi
Nine Years of Modi Government – Foreign Policy Overview
Nine Years of Modi Government – Foreign Policy Overview
IIC Townhall with Hon’ble Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs, Govt. of India
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC
The Word and the Teacher (Das Wort und Der Lehrer)
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
IIC DOUBLE BILL MUSIC RECITALS
Santoor Recital
By Ninad Daithankar from Pune, son and disciple of Dr. Dhananjay Daithankar
AT 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Rupak Midya from Delhi, disciple of Smt Gopa Biswas and Pt. Aniruddha Bhattacharya
“ajiib dastan hai ye!” (60 min)
Presented by Wings Cultural Society
A collection of unique dastans (stories) narrated by artists as solo performances. Bey is a short story written by Shaukat Thanvi about a protagonist who is informed by an astrologer to beware of the letter ‘B’. Marhoom ki Yaad Mein is the best known essay from Patras Bokhari’s only masterpiece “Patras ke Mazameen”. It is the story of a cycle that Patras purchases from his friend Mirza
Dramatised narration in Urdu and Hindustani by Rajguru Mohan (Bey); and Tarique Hameed (Marhoom ki Yaad Mein)
IIC DOUBLE BILL: MUSIC AND DANCE RECITALS
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Dr. Neeta Mathur from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Gokulotsavji Maharaj
AT 19:00
Odissi Recital
By Gaurie Dwivedi from Delhi, disciple of Guru Sujata Mohapatra and Guru Ipsita Behoora
Finlandia
(97 min; 2021; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Horacio Alcalá
In a small town outside of Oaxaca lives a group of Muxes, third gender and non-binary people, who make a living sewing and looking after their elders. Parallel to this, fashion designers in Spain plot a plan to appropriate the traditional dresses that the Muxes create. The film follows the highs and the lows of the Muxes, indulging in their intoxicating 'velas' and grieving their lost loves, all in the beautiful setting of rural Mexico. As tragedy strikes, the importance of kinship and chosen family is reverberated across the town.
India International Centre is in collaboration with the Embassy of Mexico.