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In the spotlight
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Qissa
Set in post-colonial India, QISSA tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh, who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; where individual ambi- tions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity
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Lady of the Lake
Residents of a small fishing community are forced from their homes by the government.
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Faith Connections
A Sadhu who renounced the society, adopts a baby renounced by society.
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Aligarh
A true story of Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation.
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Chauthi Koot
Fear and paranoia pervade Punjab's atmosphere in the '80s as terrorists clash with security forces.
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Katiyabaaz
In a city with 15 hour power cuts, hundreds of people risk their lives to steal electricity. With the first female chief of the electricity company vowing to eliminate all illegal connections, the lines are drawn for a battle over electricity.
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Siddharth
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
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Kaphal: Wild Berries
Two boys try to send their strict father back to the city with the help of the forest witch, but instead get taken for a merry ride by her granddaughter.
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Mor Mann Ke Bharam
An author's struggle between what he wants to write and what others might want to read culminates into a surrealist novel.
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Trapped
Shaurya unintentionally locks himself inside his new house in an uninhabited high-rise, and finds it hard to survive without water, food and electricity.
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Labour of Love
In crumbling back lanes of modern Kolkata, a married couple can only see each other in their dreams after they work opposite shifts.
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Aligarh
A true story of Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation.
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Kothanodi
Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.
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The Blue Bicycle
A 12-year-old boy fights against a system that has become stuck in its ways.
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Kaagaz Ki Kashti
The documentary on the life of veteran musician Late Jagjit Singh.
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Angry Indian Goddesses
Hidden secrets between friends begin to surface during the fun and frenzy of an impromptu bachelorette celebration.
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Amma and Appa
Two cultures collide through the marriage of a European woman and a Indian young man. Throughout travels and encounters between the diverse members of the two families, they discover the others' tradition and learn how to decode behaviour and emotions.
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Hum Chitra Banate Hain
Hum chitra banate hai combines Sabnani’s passions for filmmaking, storytelling and ethnography by using visuals inspired by art traditons of the Bhil people to retell one of their classic myths.
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La Cage
Animation
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Cities of Sleep
'Cities of Sleep' takes us into a heady world of insurgent sleeper’s communities as well as the infamous ‘sleep mafia’ in Delhi where just securing a safe sleeping spot often becomes a question of life and death for a large number of people.
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Ventilator
The beloved Gajju Kaka of the Kamerkar family slips into a coma and is on a ventilator just a few days before Ganesh Chaturthi. Everyone is worried as his death could spoil their festival plans.
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Placebo
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
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Gangoobai
An elderly maid servant aspires to buy an extremely expensive Gara sari in Mumbai. In the process, she changes the lives of the people she interacts with.
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Fandry
Love, the most beautiful emotion in all living creatures that God has made knows no bar, caste or boundaries, is the central theme of Fandry. A young lad (Jabya) falls in love with his classmate. Incidentally, he belongs to a lower caste, a family below the poverty line which does all sorts of jobs in the village to survive like catching Pigs and the girl belongs to a higher caste. His parents are working hard to arrange money for their daughter's wedding while Jabya is collecting money for new clothes to impress the girl. Fandry is a story of his aspirations, quest, sorrows, anguish and frustrations. Fandry also touches upon the age old monster of Caste System which is still lurking large upon the society.
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Natrang
A poor working man loses his job and decides to start a theater troupe.
Schedule
- 24th November
Program Language View Details Qissa Punjabi
Qissa
Set in post-colonial India, QISSA tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh, who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; where individual ambi- tions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity
Kaphal: Wild Berries Hindi
Kaphal: Wild Berries
Two boys try to send their strict father back to the city with the help of the forest witch, but instead get taken for a merry ride by her granddaughter.
Placebo English Placebo
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
- 25th November
Program Language View Details Remembering Kurdi Marathi 
Remembering Kurdi
Venisha and Guru join the members of Hindu, Christian, Muslim community to traverse the arid landscape into the depths of the Salaulim reservoir, they witness how gestures can bring to life trees and houses and rivers that are no more. They witness how the very act of remembering can also be an act of becoming part of the land.
Kothanodi Assamese
Kothanodi
Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.
Angry Indian Goddesses Hindi
Angry Indian Goddesses
Hidden secrets between friends begin to surface during the fun and frenzy of an impromptu bachelorette celebration.
- 26th November
Program Language View Details Faith Connections Hindi
Faith Connections
A Sadhu who renounced the society, adopts a baby renounced by society.
Aligarh Hindi
Aligarh
A true story of Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation.
Qissa Punjabi 
Qissa
Set in post-colonial India, QISSA tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh, who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; where individual ambi- tions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.
Kaagaz Ki Kashti Hindi 
Kaagaz Ki Kashti
The documentary on the life of veteran musician Late Jagjit Singh.
Ventilator Marathi
Ventilator
The beloved Gajju Kaka of the Kamerkar family slips into a coma and is on a ventilator just a few days before Ganesh Chaturthi. Everyone is worried as his death could spoil their festival plans.
Gangoobai Marathi
Gangoobai
An elderly maid servant aspires to buy an extremely expensive Gara sari in Mumbai. In the process, she changes the lives of the people she interacts with.
Natrang Marathi
Natrang
A poor working man loses his job and decides to start a theater troupe.
- 27th November
Program Language View Details Katiyabaaz Hindi
Katiyabaaz
In a city with 15 hour power cuts, hundreds of people risk their lives to steal electricity. With the first female chief of the electricity company vowing to eliminate all illegal connections, the lines are drawn for a battle over electricity.
Chauranga Hindi 
Chauranga
Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school. But his destiny was pre-written in a village that's steeped deep in caste-hierarchy, oppression and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences, Santu is nurturing defiance and a dangerous infatuation. How far will his defiance take him? What will be the price of his escape?
Khoya Hindi Khoya
After the death of his adopted mother, a Canadian man travels to rural India desperately searching for the birth family he's never known and seeking to unravel the mystery surrounding his adoption.
Hum Chitra Banate Hain Hindi
Hum Chitra Banate Hain
Hum chitra banate hai combines Sabnani’s passions for filmmaking, storytelling and ethnography by using visuals inspired by art traditons of the Bhil people to retell one of their classic myths.
- 28th November
Program Language View Details Siddharth Hindi
Siddharth
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
Labour of Love English
Labour of Love
In crumbling back lanes of modern Kolkata, a married couple can only see each other in their dreams after they work opposite shifts.
I Daniel Blake English I Daniel Blake
After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
La Cage non verbal
La Cage
Animation
- 29th November
Program Language View Details Chauthi Koot Punjabi
Chauthi Koot
Fear and paranoia pervade Punjab's atmosphere in the '80s as terrorists clash with security forces.
Lal Bhi Udaas Ho Sakta Hai Hindi Lal Bhi Udaas Ho Sakta Hai
This film explores various aspects of litterateur and painter Ram Kumar s personality by structuring the film around his stories and paint
The Blue Bicycle Turkish
The Blue Bicycle
A 12-year-old boy fights against a system that has become stuck in its ways.
- 30th November
Program Language View Details Aligarh Hindi
Aligarh
A true story of Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation.
Trapped Hindi
Trapped
Shaurya unintentionally locks himself inside his new house in an uninhabited high-rise, and finds it hard to survive without water, food and electricity.
Kaagaz Ki Kashti Hindi
Kaagaz Ki Kashti
The documentary on the life of veteran musician Late Jagjit Singh.
Ventilator Marathi 
Ventilator
The beloved Gajju Kaka of the Kamerkar family slips into a coma and is on a ventilator just a few days before Ganesh Chaturthi. Everyone is worried as his death could spoil their festival plans.
