Thursday, February 23, 2023, 4:00 pm
Opening Remarks and Welcome Address
Thursday, February 23, 2023, 4.15 pm
The Storyteller – Feature Film
Director: Ananth Mahadevan
Duration: 116 minutes
Language: Hindi (English subtitles)
Actors: Paresh Rawal, Adil Hussain, Revathi, Tannishtha Chatterjee
Synopsis:
Inspired by the character “Uncle Tarini,” who appears in short stories written by the great Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Tarini, recently retired from a printing press answers an advertisement calling for a storyteller about 2,100 kilometers across the country. Expecting the job to be in a school, he turns up only to learn that the employer is a rich businessman who has insomnia and wanted a storyteller for himself. Tarini is amused and accepts the job. Six months later, something unexpected happens that turns the story and its teller on its head.
Thursday, February 23, 2023, 6:45 pm
Reception and Entertainment
Thursday, February 23, 2023, 7:45 pm
The Counterpart – Short Film – WORLD PREMIERE
Direction: Abhinandan Ghose
Duration: 15 minutes
Language: Bengali (English subtitles)
Synopsis:
The friendship of two childhood friends is torn when both of them fall in love with the same girl. Betrayed by his childhood friend, Sandeep suffers a major psychological breakdown and leaves town. After two years, Sandeep returns to his old apartment and reveals his true intentions gradually.
Thursday, February 23, 2023, 8:00 pm
Women Beyond Bollywood – Documentary Film
Director: Rahila Bootwala
Duration:52 minutes
Language:English and Hindi (English subtitles)
Synopsis:
India’s cinema industry is the largest in the world, and Bollywood is its flagship – stars, music, drama, not to mention rampant sexism, are its defining features. Today, a new generation of filmmakers is finally showing women as more than eye candy or appendages to larger-than-life male heroes. The film is an interplay of memoirs, cinematic source films, observational material and interviews.
Friday, February 24, 2023, 4:00 pm
Opening Remarks and Welcome Address
Friday, February 24, 2023, 4:15 pm
Tikdam
Tikdam – Feature Film – WORLD PREMIERE
Direction: Vivek Anchalia
Duration: 118 minutes
Language: Hindi (English subtitles)
Actors: Amit Sial, Arisht Jain, Aarohi Saud, Divyansh Dwivedi, Nayan Bhatt
Synopsis:
Tikdam is a story of migration set in a small hill town. With lack of job opportunities, the father decides to leave for a bigger city to earn a living. The children are inconsolable and want to stop Prakash from leaving at any cost, so they set off on an adventure of a lifetime, where they learn about migration, lack of tourism and global warming.
Friday, February 24, 2023, 6:45 pm
Preet – Short Film – WORLD PREMIERE
Direction: Jayesh Jaidka
Duration: 22 minutes
Language: Hindi (English subtitles)
Synopsis:
A psychological drama about a newlywed who escapes the confines of her sexually abusive past and finds refuge in New York City through her childhood friend, only to realize that there’s more than meets the eye. As you peel back the layers, Preet is an experience that showcases the deep psychological trauma of a survivor and goes beyond the physical aspect to highlight the often unnoticed mental turmoil of a survivor in society.
Friday, February 24, 2023, 7:30 pm
All That Breathes – Documentary Film – NOMINEE FOR THE 95TH ACADEMY AWARDS, 2023
Direction: Shaunak Sen
Duration: 97 minutes
Language: Hindi (English subtitles)
Synopsis:
In one of the world’s most populated cities, two brothers devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates. Amid environmental toxicity and social unrest, the ‘kite brothers’ spend day and night caring for the creatures in their makeshift avian basement hospital. The film explores the connection between the kites and the brothers who help them return to the skies, offering a mesmerizing chronicle of inter-species coexistence.