11th CIDSFF 23 : 22 February @ WCC

11th CIDSFF 23 

20-28 February; multiple venues, Chennai 

Screening Schedule 

22 February; 12 pm to 5.30 pm : Women's Christian College (students only)

12 pm : Inauguration

12:30 t0 3 pm 

Turn

Dir: Sharika P Prasad; 20:00; India; Short film 

Rithu and Anju are two 25 year old friends, staying together in a rented single room space in Kochi. Like most places they have a very strict curfew and a judgmental house owner who adds to their problems. They almost got a new place to stay by lying they are sisters because they found it really difficult to find a place for bachelorette. 

Super Power

Dir : Vikram Bolegave; 19.34 min; India; Short film 

This short movie depicts the stroy of Ramu and his family, a group of people works hard to meet their daily expenditure, who faces an unexpected danger in village that is barely developing.

LIBERATED

Dir: Medini Kelamane; 19:51; India; Short film

A family is getting ready for a marriage alliance yet to be made. As the boy, Shekhara is growing bit out of age and the girl, Pushpa being physically not very appealing, the marriage has been relatively delayed for both of them. Both the families agree quite quickly on the alliance after getting approval from them and fix the wedding. But as a twist, groom’s family rejects the alliance just before couple of days of wedding without stating an appropriate reason.

You want company?

Dir: Mehak – Matharu; 18:43; India; Short film

This film is a portrait of a young woman, who has moved from Assam to Bangalore to make a 

living.

Those Seven Steps

Dir : Pavitra Verma; 16.55 min; United States; Short Fiction

Wronged by her family and forced into an arranged marriage, a despondent Indian bride carries out her dangerous escape on the eve of her wedding in an attempt to return to her former life in India.

Kumu

Dir : Akanshya Bhagabati; 19.12 min; India; Short fiction 

The short film “Kumu- The song of a wingless bird” is set against the backdrop of the lush tea estates of Assam. The film explores the life of a 12 year old Adivasi girl who had to abandon her school and care free life due to her familial circumstances.

3.30 pm to 5.00 pm

Small-time Cinema

Dir: Priya Naresh; 29:00; India; Documentary

Small-Time Cinema is a documentary that follows two Youtube filmmaking groups, one living in Balochistan, Pakistan, and one, in Assam, India. The film follows these groups, as they make space for their complex history and cultures, beyond a blanket Indian or Pakistani identity.

Behind the Doors

Dir: Kushal Shekhawat; 12:38; India; Documentary

The film emphasises the toll the pandemic has had on the mental lives of young and ambitious individuals. While COVID-19 continues to exacerbate physical vulnerabilities across the world, the film takes the spectators through some of the heart wrenching details of the effect, the pandemic has had on the lives of these young individuals. The film tries to convey the internal turmoil of these young adults with the use of nature.

Koppa

Dir: Vivek Sangwan, Aishwarya Ravikumar; 15:44; India; Documentary

This film was made in collaboration with the Kondh Adivasis of Odisha, to help sustain dialogues and reflections about the changing paradigm of agriculture. This film hopes to be a part of the continued effort to sustain dialogues with the community about the culture of debt-dependent chemical-intensive agriculture.

Ripples Under the Skin

Dir : Farha Khatun; 29 min; India; Documentary

‘Ripples of water’ tells the story of this man and this city – it tells the story of the Calcutta that lurks behind the glitz and glamour of today’s Calcutta, it tells the story of a community of migrant workers who had come to this city to make a living, a city that never invited them yet somehow they made home, a city that they built with their blood and sweat, yet ‘home’ remained elusive, a city that nourishes, waters itself through the toils of people like Nazim kaka, yet conveniently forgets, casts them away when it chooses to walk towards the future.

City Girls

Dir : Priya Thuvassery; 28.14 min; India; Documentary

City Girls' is an intimate portrayal of two young girls from small towns of India now living in Delhi. The film attempts to deconstruct the image of ‘the city’ and what it means for a young woman brought up in an 'elsewhere' she's longed to escape from all her life. 

Jointly organised by PG Department of Communication, Department of Visual Communication, Women's Christian College

and MARPAKKAM

For more details : www.chennaifilmfestival.blogspot.com