A MERCEDES FOR ASHISH  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : RUCHIR JOSHI ]
[ Theme : 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.

A MIDDLE CLASS REBELLION  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : K. BIKRAM SINGH ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes ]
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Through two stories, the film examines the dilemma of the middle class in India- caught between its rural origins and its 21st century ambitions regarding the institution of marriage.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO CINEMA  (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SUMIT KHANNA ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes ]
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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.

AND DREAM REMAINS  (UP) (60 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ANWAR JAMAL ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes ]
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The film will delve into the theme of achieving big dreams from modest backgrounds.The film will explore the tenacity of human spirit, by focusing on how a migrant to Delhi achieves his dream of making a theatre in his village by working a range of lowly and menial jobs.

BREAKIN' NEWS   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ISHANI K. DUTTA ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes ]
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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.

C/O PLATFORM   (40 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ANU SRINIVASAN, ANUSHKA MEENAKSHI & TARUN SALDANHA ]
[ Theme : 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 MUMBAI  (UP) (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MADHUSHREE DUTTA ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes ]
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A series of five short films. DO RAFIFEEQ by Rafeeq Ellias Rafeeq meets Rafique Bagdadi, an extraordinary living archive of the city and its cinema, and explores the cinema city through him. CINEMA AND THE PUBLIC by Avjit Mukul Kishore An impressionistic sketch of 'the public' as created by our cinema and its relationship with cinema itself. CINEMA OF ROMANCE / ROMANCE OF CITY 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’? BHAIS, DADAS AND CINEMAS by Sankalp Meshram: The film will set out to discover various hypotheses based on the city's crime scene & try to arrive at some form of cinematic articulation that is expressive of this great contradiction called Bombay.

CINEMA CITY: MUMBAI VIDEO PORTRAITS   (UP) (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MADHUSHREE DUTTA ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes ]
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A series of five short films. DARKROOM by Renu Savant The city as a darkroom creates many chemical reactions through its agitation and development of emulsions. SATELITE CINEMA OF MALEGAON by Gargey Trivedi Malegaon, a small town only 300 kms away from the giant Bollywood industry; possesses its own Mughal-e-Azam, Munnabhai, Mithunda… and thus a Cinema. FILM WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION by Rrivu Laha A journey of the migrants to the dream city through the track of filmi aspiration.

CITYSCAPES DELHI   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : MEERA DEWAN ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes ]
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The film documents Delhi's collapsing urban environment and recalls the city's best loved 19th century chronicler Mirza Ghalib.

COLOURS OF LIFE   (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : NITIN DONDE ]
[ Theme : Urbanscapes ]
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The film captures the way the common man uses art in every day life on the streets of Delhi- in the colourful painted signage of the fruit juice shops, the arrangement of products in paan shops, the display of fruits and vegetables and the local sweetmeat etc.