The 6th edition of Persistence Resistance, a documentary film festival, will take place from 16-20 February, 2014.
It will take place over the three venues of Goethe Institut – Max Mueller Bhavan, India International Centre – Main Auditorium and Khoj International Artists’ Association.The inaugural film of the festival is Deepa Dhanraj’s 1986 documentary on communal violence in Hyderabad, Kya Hua Iss Shehar Ko. Dhanraj’s 1991 film on family planning, Something Like a War that won the Best Long Documentary at Films De Femmes, Creteil, France, will also be screened.
Sanjay Kak and Rupleena Bose will be the panelists on a discussion on Bidesia and Beyond: Subaltern Realities. Surabhi Sharma’s Can we see the baby bump please, from last year will also get a screening.
A still from No Problem
Manak Matiyani will be seen discussing, Shared Practice, with Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar. Winner of River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival,...
It will take place over the three venues of Goethe Institut – Max Mueller Bhavan, India International Centre – Main Auditorium and Khoj International Artists’ Association.The inaugural film of the festival is Deepa Dhanraj’s 1986 documentary on communal violence in Hyderabad, Kya Hua Iss Shehar Ko. Dhanraj’s 1991 film on family planning, Something Like a War that won the Best Long Documentary at Films De Femmes, Creteil, France, will also be screened.
Sanjay Kak and Rupleena Bose will be the panelists on a discussion on Bidesia and Beyond: Subaltern Realities. Surabhi Sharma’s Can we see the baby bump please, from last year will also get a screening.
A still from No Problem
Manak Matiyani will be seen discussing, Shared Practice, with Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar. Winner of River to River, Florence Indian Film Festival,...
- 2/11/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The first Kolkata People’s Film Festival will take place in Kolkata from 20-22 January, 2014. The festival will kick off with Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorey Da Daan while Bikramjit Gupta’s Achal (The Stagnant) will be screened as the closing film.
The festival will see the screening of new feature and documentary films from India and some documentary classics as well. Filmmakers Sanjay Kak, Moinak Biswas, Ranu Ghosh, and Bikramjit Gupta will be present for a Q&A session post the screening of their films Red Ant Dream, Sthaniya Sambaad, Quarter no. 4/11, and Achal (The Stagnant) respectively.
This is the 35th edition of a series of independent film festivals organised by Cinema of Resistance in North Indian cities and towns over the last 8 years. These festivals have been open to all and have been funded by people with no governmental or corporate sponsorship.
The venue for the event is Triguna Sen Auditorium,...
The festival will see the screening of new feature and documentary films from India and some documentary classics as well. Filmmakers Sanjay Kak, Moinak Biswas, Ranu Ghosh, and Bikramjit Gupta will be present for a Q&A session post the screening of their films Red Ant Dream, Sthaniya Sambaad, Quarter no. 4/11, and Achal (The Stagnant) respectively.
This is the 35th edition of a series of independent film festivals organised by Cinema of Resistance in North Indian cities and towns over the last 8 years. These festivals have been open to all and have been funded by people with no governmental or corporate sponsorship.
The venue for the event is Triguna Sen Auditorium,...
- 1/14/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
What: The Democracy Trilogy
3 Films by Sanjay Kak interrogating the workings of Indian democracy.
Organizers: The Root Reel
Program:
Words On Water, 27th Aug
“People’s movement against large dams in the Narmada valley”
English (subtitled), 85 min, 2002
For more than 15 years, people of the Narmada Valley in central India have resisted a series of massive dams on their river, and in their struggle have exposed the deceptive heart of India¹s development politics. When the use of violence has become the arbiter of all political debate, ‘Words on Water’ is about a sustained non-violent resistance, an almost joyous defiance, which empowers people as they struggle for their rights, yet saves them from the ultimate humiliation of violence.
Jashn-e-azadi, 24th Sep
“How We Celebrate Freedom”
English (subtitled), 139 min, 2007
It’s India’s Independence day, and its flag ritually goes up in the heart of Srinagar, Kashmir. But the empty streets and...
3 Films by Sanjay Kak interrogating the workings of Indian democracy.
Organizers: The Root Reel
Program:
Words On Water, 27th Aug
“People’s movement against large dams in the Narmada valley”
English (subtitled), 85 min, 2002
For more than 15 years, people of the Narmada Valley in central India have resisted a series of massive dams on their river, and in their struggle have exposed the deceptive heart of India¹s development politics. When the use of violence has become the arbiter of all political debate, ‘Words on Water’ is about a sustained non-violent resistance, an almost joyous defiance, which empowers people as they struggle for their rights, yet saves them from the ultimate humiliation of violence.
Jashn-e-azadi, 24th Sep
“How We Celebrate Freedom”
English (subtitled), 139 min, 2007
It’s India’s Independence day, and its flag ritually goes up in the heart of Srinagar, Kashmir. But the empty streets and...
- 8/19/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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