The India International Centre (New Delhi) is hosting a festival of documentary films selected to bring out the variety, treatment and intensity marking the genre in South Asia from 29 August- 1 September
Travelling Film South Asia 2012
Wednesday 29
18:30
Introduction
Kerosene
(Sri Lanka; 16 min; 2011; English & with subtitles)
Director: Kannan Arunasalam
Adapting to wartime scarcities in Jaffna
19:00
Dharavi, Slum for Sale
(India; 79 min; 2010; English & with subtitles)
Director: Lutz Konermann
Struggle between residents and developers in the world’s largest slum
Thursday 30
18:30
The Search for Justice
(Pakistan; 28 min; 2011; English subtitles)
Director: Tehmina Ahmed
The state of labour laws and courts in Pakistan
19:10
Journey to Yarsa
(Nepal; 65 min; 2011; English subtitles)
Director: Dipendra Bhandari
Tareque Masud Best Debut Film Award, FSA 2011
A Nepali family’s struggle to collect yarsagumba caterpillar larvae, their sole means of livelihood
Friday 31
18:00
Tres Triste Tigres (Three Sad Tigers)
(Bangladesh; 15 min; 2010; English subtitles)
Director: David Munoz
Three Bangladeshi migrant labourers get duped
18:30
Nero’s Guest
(India; 56 min; 2009; English & with subtitles)
Director: Deepa Bhatia
P. Sainath’s views on India’s agrarian crisis
19:40
I Was Worth 50 Sheep
(Afghanistan; 72 min; 2010; English subtitles)
Director: Nima Sarvestani
Women as property in Afghanistan
Saturday 1
10:30
Cowboys in India
(India; 76 min; 2009; English & with subtitles)
Director: Simon Chambers
Through Orissa on the trail of Vedanta’s mining operations
12:00
Saving Dolma
(Nepal; 62 min; 2010; English subtitles)
Director: Kesang Tseten
The case of a female migrant facing accusation in the Gulf
14:00
Partners in Crime
(India; 94 min; 2011; English & with subtitles)
Director: Paromita Vohra
“Munni badnam hui” and the matter of copyright
16:00
Nargis: When Time Stopped Breathing
(Burma; 90 min; 2010; English subtitles)
Directors: Kyaw Kyaw Oo & Muang Myint Aung
Jury Special Mention, FSA 2011
Shot in secret, the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis
18:30
The Truth That Wasn’t There
(Sri Lanka/UK; 84 min; 2011; English & with subtitles)
Director: Guy Gunaratne
Second Best Film Award, FSA 2011
The first filmmakers to enter the Sri Lankan North after the fighting stopped
(Collaboration: Himal Southasian)
The shows are being held at the IIC auditorium. For additional details kindly contact programme.iic@nic.in
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