25th Madurai Film Festival 2023Screening Schedule
7 December Department of Communication, Palkalai NagarMadurai Kamaraj University
10.30 am Inauguration
11 am
SHAKILA - The Collage of Struggle
Dir: Subhasis Chakraborty; 49 min; Documentary; India
SHAKILA – The Collage of Struggle is an art historical essay illustrating the cultural identity of a subaltern artist. The art form of collage was initiated by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in France as a revolution in art form, whereas Shakila started collage as she was too poor to buy brush and paints. Shakila’s visual voyage has been merged with a song of Lalon Sain, an unorthodox medieval saint who advocated in favour of religious eclecticism.
12 pm
God Vulture and Human - A hero’s dichotomy
Dir : Rishiraj Agarwal; 49.27 min; Documentary; India
The film explores the subject of organ donation through the lens of transplant coordinators working, highlighting their role in the process of organ donation, retrieval and transplantation. Through the lives of 4 transplant coordinators, the film deals with the intensities of life and death, and an attempt to humanise the coordinators.
Interaction with Rishiraj Agarwal, filmmaker
1 pm : Lunch break
2 pm
Frolic at the Edge of Time
Dir : Mimi Garrad; 7.40 min; United States; Short Fiction
"Frolic at the Edge of Time" is a dance created for video that features the dancer Kate Jewett.
Farther than Distance
Dir : Taruna Khatri; 14.12 min; Short fiction; India; Student film
'Farther than Distance' is a day in the life of a student called Iti going through a phase of isolation in her life. The film explores her need to belong, with undertones of depression, intertwined with envy of others who seem to have better human bonds than her.
The Cursed
Dir : Mukhtar Makhibekov; 20 min; Russian Federation; Short Fiction
A warrior returning home after a long wandering saves a beautiful girl who is in trouble in the middle of the forest, which becomes a fatal mistake.
The Attraction
Dir : Radik Kudoyarov; 15 min; United Kingdom; Short Fiction
This film is a memoriam of the British military and their volunteer Dutch colleagues - the first victims on the paratroopers’ wall in Mauthausen. Their story is almost forgotten and was never filmed or screened.
Compassionate
Dir : Niladri Sekhar Dassarma; 40 min; Documentary; India
The sacred land of Tarapeeth (West Bengal, India) crematorium buzzes with the Baul song and the chanting of goddess Tara by a man who roams barefoot whole life, as a part of his practice and meditates within the rituals of life. He is Kanai Das Baul (Blind by birth), the legendary Baul practitioner of India.
Picture Abhi Baaki Hai
Dir : Prasad Vasant, Nikhil Harish Salian; 23.47 min; Documentary; India; Student film
A memoir celebrating yesteryears of cinema and how silver screen has evolved over the years, this documentary is an ode to cinema by the audience, for the audience.
Interaction with the filmmaker
Silence in the Library
Dir : Yang Zimik; 18.31 min; Short fiction; India / United States
Student protesters trapped inside their university library prepare for armed forces to inevitably break through the doors. The film follows two characters on either side of the conflict.
4 pm : Tea break
4.15 pm Reflection and feedback
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