Schedule of Events:
10:30 AM - 12:45 PM: Shorts Showcase
Five independent short films: Ullarivu, Phar Yar Sin, Vakuppu, Kamathipura, and Places I've Called My Own.
Live Q+A with filmmaker Sushma Khadepaun.
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1:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Something Like An Autobiography
Farhan and Titi are a director-actor couple living in Dhaka. In a conservative and patriarchal Muslim society, they are criticized for not having children even after 10 years of marriage.
Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
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3:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The World is Family)
‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, an ancient Sanskrit phrase meaning "the world is family" is a universalist idea that competes with dominant, exclusivist Hindu notions of caste. Anand grew up in a milieu that questioned the latter. The family's elders had fought for India's Independence but rarely spoke about it. 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity', words enshrined in India's Constitution, became subconsciously internalized. As his parents aged, Anand began to film with whatever equipment was at hand. Soon birthdays and family gatherings gave way to oral history. Revisiting home movie footage a decade after his parents had passed was a revelation. Today as self-confessed Hindu supremacists whose ideology once inspired the murder of Mahatma Gandhi rewrite India's history, memories of the past have become more precious than mere personal nostalgia.
Director: Anand Patwardhan
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6:15 PM - 8:45 PM: Sthal (A Match)
Sthal explores the tradition of arranged marriage in rural India, where a girl's marriage overshadows the very sustenance of life. Narrated from the perspective of a young girl, Savita, it highlights the patriarchy rooted in society.
Director: Jayant Digambar Somalkar
