The Southasian Trust, Kathmandu presents 'Travelling Film South Asia 2014' A festival of south asian documentaries at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 30th & 31st July, 1st & 2nd August 2014

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30th, 31st July & 1st August : 6:30 pm onwards Add to Calendar 30-07-2014 18:30:00 01-08-2014 20:05:00 68 The Southasian Trust, Kathmandu presents 'Travelling Film South Asia 2014' A festival of south asian documentaries Event Page : http://goo.gl/PESKWc C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY
2nd August : 11:00 am onwards Add to Calendar 02-07-2014 11:00:00 02-08-2014 20:06:00 68 The Southasian Trust, Kathmandu presents 'Travelling Film South Asia 2014' A festival of south asian documentaries Event Page : http://goo.gl/PESKWc C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Venue : C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : The Southasian Trust, Kathmandu presents 'Travelling Film South Asia 2014' A festival of south asian documentaries.  

A festival of 10 exceptional nonfiction films from South Asia. The festival encapsulates a flavor of the Subcontinent with films from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The festival includes the award winners of Film South Asia Festival 2013, Kathmandu as well as other films selected to showcase the variety, treatment and intensity that marks the world of Southasian documentary and non-fiction films.

Schedule :

30th July :
At 6:30 pm : Introduction By Ms Mallika Aryal, Film South Asia, Kathmandu 
Followed by My Punjabi Love for You (Pakistan; 17 min; 2013; English subtitles)
Director: Adnan Malik
A behind-the-scenes film of a music video shot in the summer of 2012. Both an emotional journey, and an action-based narrative, the film subverts the dominant gender narratives in contemporary Pakistani culture.

At 7:00 pm : No Burqas Behind Bars (Afghanistan; 77 min; 2012; English subtitles) 
Director: Nima Sarvestani
This feature-length documentary takes us inside one of the world’s most restricted environments: the Afghan women’s prison.

31st July :
At 6:30 pm : No. 62 Pansodan Street (Burma; 12 min; 2013; English)
Director: Cho Phyone
Recipient of the Tareque Masud Award for Best Debut Film, Film Southasia 2013
The film takes us behind the crumbling façade of one of Yangon’s grand old colonial edifices and introduces us to some of the people who call this home.

At 6:45 pm : Are You Listening! (Bangladesh; 90 min; 2012; English subtitles) 
Director: Kamar Ahmad Simon 
Recipient of the Grand Prix Award, 35th  Cinema du Reel Festival, Paris 2013; QFX Jury Award, Film Southasia 2013; and Golden Conch for Best Documentary & Award for Best Cinematography, Mumbai International Film Festival 2014. 
A powerful and beautifully photographed film that reveals the alarming effects of climate change and deftly captures the fighting spirit of a community and their will to survive.

1 August :
At 6:30 pm :The Story of One (Sri Lanka; 19 min; 2012; English)
Director: Kannan Arunasalam
At the height of the troubles in Sri Lanka, a mother asked a Jesuit priest to take her son to safety, thinking no harm could come to him if he was with an American priest. She was wrong. The film explores how parents of the disappeared struggle to get on with their lives and how communities polarized by violence re-learn to live together in present-day Batticaloa.

At 6:55 pm : Who Will Be a Gurkha (Nepal; 75 min; 2012; English subtitles)
Director: Kesang Tseten
What does it take to be a Gurkha? The film follows the candidates and the recruitment process, carried out with meticulous British planning, a modern-day ritual born in the days of Empire.

 2 August :
At 11:00 am : Invoking Justice (India; 86 min; 2011; English subtitles)
Director: Deepa Dhanraj
Recipient of the QFX Jury Award, Film Southasia 2013
Film on the women’s Jamaats in South India, which applies Islamic Sharia law to cases ranging from divorce to wife beating to brutal murders and more. 

At 3:00 pm : No Fire Zone (Sri Lanka; 93 min; 2013; English subtitles) 
Director: Callum Macrae 
Special Mention of the Jury, Film Southasia 2013
An investigative documentary about the final weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War. 

At 5:00 pm : Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls (Burma; 75 min; 2012; English subtitles)
Director: Juliet Lamont
An insightful and entertaining story of Burma’s first girl band.

At 6:30 pm : Algorithms (India; 96 min; 2012; English)
Director: Ian McDonald
Recipient of the Ram Bahadur Trophy for Best Film, Film Southasia 2013
Film on the thriving but little-known world of ‘blind chess’ in India. It moves through the algorithms of the blind chess world, challenging the sighted on what it means to see.

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The Southasian Trust, Kathmandu presents 'Travelling Film South Asia 2014' A festival of south asian documentaries at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 30th & 31st July, 1st & 2nd August 2014 The Southasian Trust, Kathmandu presents 'Travelling Film South Asia 2014' A festival of south asian documentaries at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 30th & 31st July, 1st & 2nd August 2014 Reviewed by Delhi Events on Saturday, August 02, 2014 Rating: 5

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