16mm – memories, movement and a machine

‘16mm’ tries to trace back the trajectory of film society movement in Keralam and its relationship with a machine – 16mm film projector.

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A Fragment of History

A reconstructed documentary on the life of Subbalaxmi- whose chance encounter with education and thereby politics and radical thought led to her becoming a part of the collective struggle for India’s freedom movement.

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a million steps

A film about the surveyors who went into Tibet incognito in the nineteenth century and mapped Tibet with their feet.

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A Tale of Two Cities – Mumbai and Bombay

A tale of the multiple cities within a city- the multitude of people and their stories, and the many private histories that make up the city of Mumbai.

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Bhavantarana

Life of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and his love for the classical dance form.

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born into struggle

A personal journey mirroring a nation’s fight for freedom.

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Cradle By The Stream

A journey into the rich cultural and mythological traditions of Varanasi.

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Gandhi

Oscar winning film on Gandhi’s life, in Telugu.

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Guatemala’s Histories

The situation in Guatemala today after a peace accord between guerrillas and the government.

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Jahaji Music

An attempt to make meaning of aspects of contemporary culture in Trinidad and Jamaica, even as it is a witness to the nature and possibilities of artistic collaboration.

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karen education surviving

The story of Karen villagers living internally displaced throughout the Karen state in Burma.

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karvaan

A look at the post-partition trauma after 1947.

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lenin

A biographical sketch on Lenin (1870-1924).

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lines of mahatma

The spirit of Mahatma Gandhi through the drawings of Adimoolam, a Chennai-based artist.

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listener’s tale

A journey into the ever-changing canvas, witnessing fact and fiction dissolve in the dialogue between artist as medium and common man as spectator …

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Lokapriya

A journey in to the heart of the Hindi film music industry- its sounds, lyrics, beats, notes and the people who bring them all together.

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memories of a future

A view of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, born of a collaboration between two filmmakers – one Spanish, one British. From their different perspectives, both are preoccupied with the question ‘What does the history mean now, if anything?’

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my migrant soul

A story about modern-day slavery – the plight of a young migrant worker from Bangladesh who went to Malaysia in search of work.

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My Mother India

The director traces her family history, from the time her mother left Australia to start a family in India with her Indian husband, until the personal and political pressures of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 leads her mother to send her children back to Australia.

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Nisbat…Connection

A stunning visual essay on the 786th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti of Ajmer.

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