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A MERCEDES FOR ASHISH  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : RUCHIR JOSHI ]
[ Theme : Conflict , Urbanscapes ]
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A cinematic document of simultaneous degradations of human space and dignity in Delhi, images of how roads, walls, constructions-in-progress, ganda nalas, billboards all in some way attack the human body.


   
ADDA  (UP) (52 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : RANJAN PALIT ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes , ]
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A film on the art of chat and banter in Kolkata.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO CINEMA  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SUMIT KHANNA ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes , Media/ Film ]
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The film offers glimpses into the lives of assistant directors in an attempt to understand their role in the film making process. How some have realised their dreams whereas most are driven to the point of despair.

   
ALL TIME BLUES  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : NARESH SHARMA ]
[ Theme : Livelihood , Urbanscapes ]
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The film looks at the brass band, an integral part of ritualised urban Indian life performing on numerous occasions like births, marriages, retirement and even at funerals.

   
ANWAR - DREAM OF A DARK NIGHT  (52 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ANWAR JAMAL ]
[ Theme : Profiles Of Courage , Urbanscapes ]
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In a world of violent conflicts, ethnic skirmishes, economic meltdowns and corporate scams, meet Anwar - a Delhi slum-dweller, rag picker and car cleaner, who has left behind a mortgaged piece of agricultural land in his village in pursuit of a dream – to build a movie hall of his own in his sleepy hamlet on the Indo-Bangladesh border, for which he slogs from dawn to midnight in the big, heartless city.  

Four years on, and many ups and downs later, Anwar’s dream is a reality. His village picture hall is up and running and people are streaming in…  

   
BREAKIN' NEWS   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ISHANI K. DUTTA ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes , Media/ Film ]
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The film examines the impact of the recent deluge of 'entertaining' and 'investigative' television news, how the news content is received by the viewers in an attempt to understand what is 'responsible news' in the Indian context.


   
BUMBAIYAA  (60 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : KARTIKEYA NARAYAN SINGH ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes , Gender & Sexuality ]
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The film strives to gauge the sexual attitudes of the people of the metropolis Mumbai and the relationship that the city shares with sex- the tastes, practices and multiple points of view.

   
C/O PLATFORM   (40 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ANU SRINIVASAN, ANUSHKA MEENAKSHI & TARUN SALDANHA ]
[ Theme : Development , Urbanscapes ]
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A film about a group of people who are powerful symbols of the failure of democracy - the urban homeless in George Town, a busy market area in Chennai

   
CINEMA CITY - I  (28 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MADHUSREE DUTTA ]
[ Theme : Media/ Film , Urbanscapes ]
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A series of two short Films.

 

CERTIFIED UNIVERSAL by  Avjit Mukul Kishore

An impressionistic sketch of 'the public' as created by our cinema and its relationship with cinema itself.

 

Avijit Mukul Kishore is based in Mumbai and works as a cinematographer. Besides filmmaking, he has been involved in video-art installations and pedagogy and theatre groups - Music Theatre Workshop and Ruchika Theatre Group. He studied cinematography at Film and Television institute of India, Pune.

 

DO RAFIQUE by Rafeeq Ellias

Rafeeq meets Rafique Bagdadi, an extraordinary living archive of the city and its cinema, and explores the cinema city through him.

 

An international award-winning advertising and magazine photographer, Rafeeq Ellias has shot three previous documentaries as a cinematographer. “The Legend of Fat Mama” was his first documentary as a director and scriptwriter as well. The Film has won two National Awards, one award (best short film) at the Mumbai International Film Festival. He is currently preparing for his first feature film.



CINEMA CITY - II  (28 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MADHUSREE DUTTA ]
[ Theme : Media/ Film , Urbanscapes ]
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A series of two short Films.

 

HAVE YOU DREAMT CINEMA? by Hansa Thapliyal

A cinema theatre in a suburb of cinema city, is pulled down. Three women, who live in that suburb, reflect on their various relationships with that fantasy of a film in a darkened theatre. Was it ever theirs'?

 

Hansa Thapliyal graduated in 1998 from the Direction Course at the Film and Television Institute of India. She has sustained her interest in narrative forms in different media, working on an audio novel, short fictions, scripting,  on a photo installation and teaching. She has worked on setting up an audio visual archive, Godaam, at Majlis, Bombay. She is currently working on a project on the history of early cinema in India. 
 

DHANANJAY KULKARNI 'CHANDRAGUPT' by Rrivu Laha
A journey of migrants to the dream city through the tract of filmi aspiration.

 

A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Rrivu Laha works as a freelance Cinematographer and Director. He began his career with assisting Rakesh Sharma on his film Final Solution.His first documentary Aamchi Kasauti received several awards and accolades at various national and international film festivals. He is currently a fellow of Commutiny Youth Collective working on ‘addressing information gaps in the area of food security through creation, compilation and use of audio visual materials’.

 



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