A festival of 14 exceptional nonfiction films from South Asia, produced in the last two years will be showcased in the upcoming Travelling Film South Asia Film festival.
The festival encapsulates the flavors of the Subcontinent with films about people from India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The festival will be held over a period of four days and will feature nine Indian films out of 14 films.
The festival includes the award winners of Film South Asia Festival 2022, Kathmandu as well as other films selected to showcase the variety, treatment and intensity that marks the world of South Asian documentary and non-fiction. Organized with Film Southasia, Kathmandu. The festival also includes an exhibition by Hri Institute for South Asian Research and Exchange, Southasian Trust, Kathmandu.
List Of films
The Heartbroken Lover (India) (10 min; 2021; Hindi with English subtitles)
Director: Ridhima Sharma
Gurkha Girl (Nepal) (35 min; 2021; Nepali with English subtitles) Director: Bishal Rokka Magar
The Casteless Collective – Prologue (India) (90 min; 2021; Tamil/English) Director: Monesh
Strike with the Beat (Myanmar) (25 min; 2021; Burmese with English subtitles) Director: Sai Kyaw Khiang
Amid the Villus (Sri Lanka) (46 min; 2021; Tamil with English subtitles) Director: Sumathy Sivamohan.
Man on the Moon (India) (75 min; 2021; English/Hindi with subtitles) Director: Prince Shah Man
The Secret Life (Pakistan) (13 min; 2020; Urdu with English subtitles) Director: Nadeem
Highways of Life (India) (52 min; 2020; Meitei with English subtitles) Director: Amar Maibam
Ghar Ka Pata (Home Address/India) (67 min; 2020; English/Hindi/Kashmiri) Director: Madhulika Jalali
Before you Were My Mother (Nepal/India) (73 min; 2022; Nepali/Meitei/Newari with English subtitles) Director: Prasuna Dongol
Gay India Matrimony (India) (67 min; 2019; Bengali with English subtitles) Director: Debalina
Iqraar-naama (The Agreement/India) (55 min; 2021; Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu) Director: Priyanka Chhabra.
This Stained Dawn (Pakistan) (89 min; 2021; Urdu with English subtitles) Director: Anam Abbas
Gaine (Nepal) (25 min; 2019; Nepali with English subtitles) Director: Pradeep Dhakal
Taangh (Longing/India) (75 min; 2021; English/Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu) Director: Bani Singh.
When: July 05, 2023 – July 08, 2023
Where: C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building
