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A MERCEDES FOR ASHISH (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : RUCHIR JOSHI ]
[ Theme : Conflict , Urbanscapes ]
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[ 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.
ABOUT ELSEWHERE (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : PRIYA SEN ]
[ Theme : Conflict , Gender & Sexuality ]
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About Elsewhere seeks to foreground the impossibility of fixing notions of sexuality through ideas of 'identity' and 'language'. As the film moves through the various worlds the filmmaker inhabits, it suggests a self in constant formation; one that constructs itself from parts and places that are in themselves, fragments of memory and experience.
[ Filmmaker/s : PRIYA SEN ]
[ Theme : Conflict , Gender & Sexuality ]
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About Elsewhere seeks to foreground the impossibility of fixing notions of sexuality through ideas of 'identity' and 'language'. As the film moves through the various worlds the filmmaker inhabits, it suggests a self in constant formation; one that constructs itself from parts and places that are in themselves, fragments of memory and experience. AN OUTPOST OF DELHI (52 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SIDHARTH SRINIVASAN ]
[ Theme : Conflict , Urbanscapes ]
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The Film tells the story of urbanisation in Indian cities, epitomised by three very diverse residents of the ‘unauthorised’ village of Aya Nagar, situated on the margins of the Indian capital, New Delhi. A bustling settlement of over one lakh people from all parts of the country and all walks of life, it represents the exponential urbanisation and unplanned development in the country today. As India urbanises, most of its towns and cities grow to accommodate the new migrants in similar spontaneous settlements and their needs, desires and aspirations can become the creative energy required to establish a more socially just and environmentally sustainable urban pattern. The film seeks to explore this alternative vision for urban development, a vision where stakeholders can be partners in growth, rather than feel by-passed by it.
[ Filmmaker/s : SIDHARTH SRINIVASAN ]
[ Theme : Conflict , Urbanscapes ]
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The Film tells the story of urbanisation in Indian cities, epitomised by three very diverse residents of the ‘unauthorised’ village of Aya Nagar, situated on the margins of the Indian capital, New Delhi. A bustling settlement of over one lakh people from all parts of the country and all walks of life, it represents the exponential urbanisation and unplanned development in the country today. As India urbanises, most of its towns and cities grow to accommodate the new migrants in similar spontaneous settlements and their needs, desires and aspirations can become the creative energy required to establish a more socially just and environmentally sustainable urban pattern. The film seeks to explore this alternative vision for urban development, a vision where stakeholders can be partners in growth, rather than feel by-passed by it.
APOUR TI YAPOUR. NA JANG NA AMAN. YETI CHU TALUKPETH. (Between Fence and the Border and on the Edge of a Map.) (77 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : AJAY RAINA ]
[ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ]
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The Film delves into the untranslatable in Kashir, maps the distance it has travelled emotionally and psychologically from the idea of India. After twenty years of turmoil and the consequent Indian State response, has Kashir come to a point from where, there is nowhere else to go?
[ Filmmaker/s : AJAY RAINA ]
[ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ]
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The Film delves into the untranslatable in Kashir, maps the distance it has travelled emotionally and psychologically from the idea of India. After twenty years of turmoil and the consequent Indian State response, has Kashir come to a point from where, there is nowhere else to go?APPLES AND ORANGES (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ANURADHA CHANDRA ]
[ Theme : Conflict ]
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The film locates conflict, as a result of differing ideas and elaborates further on this idea by exploring the conflict in ideas of good cinema or films. The film is largely composed of material that happens along the filmmaker’s path in an everyday living - rarely veering off to find any specific locations or shots to fit a particular section.
[ Filmmaker/s : ANURADHA CHANDRA ]
[ Theme : Conflict ]
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The film locates conflict, as a result of differing ideas and elaborates further on this idea by exploring the conflict in ideas of good cinema or films. The film is largely composed of material that happens along the filmmaker’s path in an everyday living - rarely veering off to find any specific locations or shots to fit a particular section. ATHWAAS - THE JOURNEY (30 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ASHIMA KAUL BHATIA ]
[ Theme : Women In Leadership Roles , Conflict ]
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[ Filmmaker/s : ASHIMA KAUL BHATIA ]
[ Theme : Women In Leadership Roles , Conflict ]
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The Film brings forth the voices and responses of women to the political situation around them, their understanding of the ongoing conflict, violence, reconciliation and peace building in Kashmir.
AYODHYA GATHA (60 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : VANI SUBRAMANIAN ]
[ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ]
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[ Filmmaker/s : VANI SUBRAMANIAN ]
[ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ]
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The film weaves together a tapestry of perspectives on how deeply the politics of hate affect personal everyday lives, and what it takes to negotiate your way out of these labyrinths.
- Best Narration/ Voice Over, 55th National Film Awards, 2007
- Special Jury Mention, Film South Asia, 2007
- Official Selection, John Abraham National Awards, Signs, 2007
BELONGING (26 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : RANU SHARMA ]
[ Theme : Conflict , Contemporary Politics ]
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[ Filmmaker/s : RANU SHARMA ]
[ Theme : Conflict , Contemporary Politics ]
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The Film questions the urge to define India and Indianness, for consumption by an unseen outsider. This compulsion makes us tourists to our own reality, dispossessed of our experience of being Indian. If we could only see, an essential indefinable India waits, timelessly, for us to claim it and call it home.
CANDLES IN THE WIND (52 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : SIDDHARTH SINHA ]
[ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ]
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Mob justice or lynching is becoming a visible trend in India. One such incident that shocked the nation in 2004 was in Kasturba Nagar in Nagpur, ruled by a local goon Akku Yadav. Along with his gang, he killed, raped and repeatedly looted the poor community, while the police never took attention. Mounting public anger forced the police to arrest him and while being taken to court, having lost all faith in the system, hundreds of women and men attacked Akku with chili powder, kitchen knives and such other objects and killed him. The police arrested a few women and men and accused them of murder. This ongoing selective persecution of some people has led to rifts amongst the community and a feeling of betrayal and harassment. The Film chronicles this incident and its fall outs.align="justify">Mob justice or lynching is becoming a visible trend in India for the past few years. One of these which shocked the nation in 2004 was the Kasturba Nagar incident, a slum in Nagpur ruled by a local thug Akku Yadav. A high caste man, he killed, raped and robbed in this community of Dalits while the police paid no attention. The Film documents how a group of lower caste women killed him after losing all hopes in the system.
[ Filmmaker/s : SIDDHARTH SINHA ]
[ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ]
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Mob justice or lynching is becoming a visible trend in India. One such incident that shocked the nation in 2004 was in Kasturba Nagar in Nagpur, ruled by a local goon Akku Yadav. Along with his gang, he killed, raped and repeatedly looted the poor community, while the police never took attention. Mounting public anger forced the police to arrest him and while being taken to court, having lost all faith in the system, hundreds of women and men attacked Akku with chili powder, kitchen knives and such other objects and killed him. The police arrested a few women and men and accused them of murder. This ongoing selective persecution of some people has led to rifts amongst the community and a feeling of betrayal and harassment. The Film chronicles this incident and its fall outs.align="justify">Mob justice or lynching is becoming a visible trend in India for the past few years. One of these which shocked the nation in 2004 was the Kasturba Nagar incident, a slum in Nagpur ruled by a local thug Akku Yadav. A high caste man, he killed, raped and robbed in this community of Dalits while the police paid no attention. The Film documents how a group of lower caste women killed him after losing all hopes in the system.DARK CIRCLES (28 min)
[ Filmmaker/s : ANSHUMAN BARUA ]
[ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ]
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Assam, a land more famous for its problems of insurgency than its natural beauty, Is plagued by the United Liberation Front of Assam or ULFA which occupies the centre stage, apart from many other insurgent outfits which operate here, each having its own demands ranging from an autonomous area to a complete sovereign nation. Dark Circles attempts to be a visual analysis of this 'why' ,at the same time attempting to look at possible solutions.
[ Filmmaker/s : ANSHUMAN BARUA ]
[ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ]
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Assam, a land more famous for its problems of insurgency than its natural beauty, Is plagued by the United Liberation Front of Assam or ULFA which occupies the centre stage, apart from many other insurgent outfits which operate here, each having its own demands ranging from an autonomous area to a complete sovereign nation. Dark Circles attempts to be a visual analysis of this 'why' ,at the same time attempting to look at possible solutions. 
