11th CIDSFF 23 - Screening Schedule *

11th Chennai  International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2023

20-28 February


Screening Schedule (subject to changes)


Day Shows


20 Feb : DOT School of Design, Ambattur

21 Feb : Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts College, Vyasarpadi

22 Feb : Women's Christian College (students only)

23 Feb : Don Bosco College of Arts and Science

23 Feb :  Madras School of Social Work

24 Feb : Stella Maris College (students only)

25 Feb : Roja Muthiah Research Library

26 Feb : LV Prasad Preview Theatre

27 Feb : University of Madras

27 Feb : Loyola College - Kaushal Kendra

28 Feb : Loyola College - Visual Communication

28 Feb : Loyola College - LIVE


Evening Shows


20-28 Feb; 5.30 to 8.30 pm : Periyar Thidal



20 February; 9 am to 4 pm : DOT School of Design, Ambattur


9 am : Inauguration

9.30 am to 10.45 am

My Heart is an Ocean

Dir: Tanvi Jadwani; 21:50; India; Short film 

Mask

Dir: Xiong bo lan; 18:11; China; Short film 

Chun Chun Maati

Dir: Sanjay Barnela; 10:35; India; Documentary

The Challengers

Dir : Rhonda Chan Soo; 21 min; Trinidad and Tobago; Documentary


11 am to 12 pm 

Dukhu Majhi - Son of the barren land

Dir: Somnath Mondal; 28:25; India; Documentary

Bully

Dir: Alejandro Mendoza Llopis; 9:30; United states; Documentary 

Footprints

Dir : Tathagata Ghosh; 23 min; India; Short film

Life

Dir : Saurav Mookherji; 4.27 min; India; Experimental


1 pm to 2.15 pm 

It's Not About London

Dir: Tam Lai; 12:24; United Kingdom; Documentary 

Duswapna

Dir: Jay Kholia; 13:00; India; Short film


Kubra

Dir: Mélanie Trugeon; 11:11; France; Documentary

Flamingos 5895m N.N.

Dir: Fabian Rieke; 7:20; Germany; Documentary

The Orphanage of Records

Dir: Remo Carlo Notarianni; 19:15; Hong Kong; Documentary

When the Mill Hill Trees Spoke to Me

Dir : Kirsikka Paakkinen; 17.30 min; Sweden; Short film


2.30 pm to 4 pm

Kazhicho?

Dir: Darpan Bajaj; 30:00; India; Documentary

Like the Flowing River

Dir: Neelansh Mittra; 29:03; India; Documentary

Fillide

Dir: Anna Concetta Corsarino, Jonathan Soverchia; 15:00; Italy; Short film

Mother

Dir: Anupjyoti Choudhury; 19:39; India; Short film

How to Build a House out of Wreckage and Rags

Dir: Bernd Lützeler; 8:00; Germany; Short film 


20 February; 5.30 pm 

Periyar Thidal


Undocumented

Dir :Sampsa Huttunen, Ann-Mari Leinonen; 50 min; Finland; Documentary

Art World of Athimoolam

Dir: Mayan; 01:15:47; India; Documentary




21 February; 10 am to 1 pm : Dr.Ambedkar Government’s Arts College, Vyasarpadi 


10 am : Inauguration 

10.30 am to 1 pm 

White Slam - a documentary and Carrom

Dir Satish Ganapathy; 31.35 min; India; Documentary

An Old Story (Pazhaya Kadhai Onnu)

Dir: Prateek Prajosh; 15:54; India; Short film 

Why Wander Outside?

Dir: Neelansh Mittra; 25:21; India; Documentary

Shimga

Dir: Sanat Dhananjay Ganu; 17:32; India; Short film

Natok

Dir: Shubhanshi Chakraborty; 4:35; India; Short film 

Sandhya

Dir: Utkarsh Rajesh Aherkar; 12:20; India; Short films 

Missing Since 6.12.1956

Dir: Anand Pande; 19:58; India; Short film 


21 February; 5.30 pm 

Periyar Thidal


Freedom Squared

Dir: Anastasia Zverkova; 01:05:55; Russian Federation; Documentary

Pandit Rajeev Taranath

Dir : Amshan Kumar; 40 min

The Last Seed

Dir: Andrea Gema; 01:17:30; South Africa; Documentary





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


12 pm : Inauguration

12:30 pm to 3 pm 

Turn

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

Super Power

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

LIBERATED

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

You want company?

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

Kumu

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

Those Seven Steps

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


3.30 pm to 5.00 pm

Small-time Cinema

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

Behind the Doors

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

Koppa

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

Ripples Under the Skin

Dir : Farha Khatun; 29 min; India; Documentary

City Girls

Dir : Priya Thuvassery; 28.14 min; India; Documentary




22 February; 5.30 pm 

Periyar Thidal


The Bird, The Priest and The Sixteen Millet Thieves

Dir: Milind Chhabra; 57:40; India; Documentary

Maka

Dir: Elia Moutamid; 51:56; Italy; Documentary

a.k.a.

Dir: Geetika Narang Abbasi; 01:33:21; India; Documentary


23 February; 9 am to 1 pm 

Don Bosco Arts and Science College


Beast

Dir: Andrey Okorokov; 10:00; Serbia; Short film 

Awadagin Pratt: Black in America 

Dir: Michelle Bauer Carpenter; 25:25; United States; Documentary

Chennai - the split city

Dir : Venkatesh Chakravarthy; 70 min; India; Documentary

Mask Art of Majuli

Dir: Utpal Borpujari; 55:36; India; Documentary

KP Sasi Homage

A Valley Refuses to Die

America America

Gaon Chhodab Nahin

Breath to Breath




23 February; 10 am to 4 pm; Madras School of Social Work


10 am : Inauguration 

10.30 am to 1 pm

In Search of Gold - a portrait of Kolar Gold Fields

Dir : Basav Biradar; 34.43 min; India; Documentary

Ghar se Beghar (From Home to Homeless)

Dir :Musthujab Makkolath; 39:34 min; India

Bonded

Dir: Shobhit Jain; 56:19; India; Documentary

Thengapalli

Dir: Sanjay Barnela; 8:45; India; Documentary

Yours Is Not To Reason Why

Dir :Lijin Jose; 4.13 min; India; Music Video

Zeelam

Dir : Pratim Bharat Waghmare; 19 min; India; Short film


2 pm to 4 pm 

Fantasy Parks

Dir: Ardehl Nainan; 23:27; India; Documentary

KB Future

Dir: Anirudh Ajay Baboo; 13:43; India; Documentary

Toang

Dir: Rizky Maulana; 36:40; Netherlands / Indonesia; Documentary 

Sikkidre Shikari, Illidre Bhikari ( Bird trapper or Beggar )

Dir: Vinod Raja; 77 min; India; Documentary


23 February; 5.30 pm 

Periyar Thidal


Sex Relish (A solo orgasm)

Dir: Ananda Safo; 11:50; France; Documentary

Cheepatakadumpa 

Dir: Devashish Makhija; 20:00; India; Short film

HOW DO I SHOW THE OCEAN SPACE YOU CARRIED INSIDE YOU?

Dir : Abeer Khan; 42 min; India; Documentary

Clowning with Shakespeare

Dir : Siddhartha More; 59.04 min; India; Documentary

The Caring Women of Udora

Dir: Anna Koryakovtseva; 45:00; Russian Federation; Documentary

Strangers in Sendai - Andi and Me

Dir: Atsushi Kadowaki; 39:38; Japan; Documentary




24 February; 10 am to 4 pm; Stella Maris College (students only)


10 am : Inauguration

10.30 am to 1 pm

Kumu

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

A Little Someone 

Dir : Ramya Ankilla; 6.40 min; India; Animation 

Forest Rights Act 2006

Dir: Sanjay Barnela; 7:36; India; Documentary

Hands Of A… 

Dir: Snigdha P Roy; 14:55; India; Short films 

P for Pyaaz (Onion), P for Paisa (Money), P for Paani (Water)

Dir: Laxminarayan Devda; 56:14; India; Documentary

What’s in a name?

Dir: NAJRIN ISLAM; 22:00; India; Short film

Why We Work

Dir: Cesar Javier Monroy Jimenez ; 14:21; United States; Short Film

Trespass

Dir : Tharun Venkituswamy Saravanan; 6.50 min; India; Short fiction 


2 pm to 4 pm 

“Ningal aranayo kanda? | Have you seen the arana?

Dir : Sunanda Bhat; 72 min; India

“Nalai Nammadai” (Tomorrow is ours) Dir: Sunanda Bhat; 20 minutes 

Interaction with Sunanda Bhat


24 February; 5.30 pm 

Periyar Thidal


Mahua Memoirs

Dir : Vinod Raja; 80 min; India; Documentary

Las Abogadas: Attorneys on the Front Lines of the Migrant Crisis

Dir: Victoria Bruce; 01:34:00; United States; Documentary




25 February; 10.30 am to 5 pm; Roja Muthiah Memorial Library


10.30 Inauguration

11 am The Bee, The Bear and the Kuruba

Dir : Vinod Raja; 66 min; India; Documentary

11 am to 1 pm

NAMARALI

Dir: Tim Mummery; 52:11; Australia; Documentary 

“Bol Ayesha Bol” | Speak Ayesha Speak

Dir : Sunanda Bhat; 45 min; India; Documentary


2 pm 

Paravai Kaalam : Karakurichi Arunachalam Nayana Isai

Dir : RR Srinivasan, Kutty Revathi; 155 min


25 February; 5.30 pm


Periyar Thidal

Fikirte

Dir: Yi Wu; 01:10:10; Ethiopia; Documentary 

A Pain in the Neck 

Dir: Fernando Romero-Forsthuber, Pablo Zanon; 01:05:00; Austria / Mexico; Documentary

Anwar

Dir: Rosa García Loire; 01:10:00; Spain; Documentary



26 February; 11 am to 8 pm ; LV Prasad Preview Theatre, Saligramam


11 am Inauguration 

11.30 to 1 pm 

LO QUE QUEDA EN EL CAMINO 

Dir: Jakob Krese, Danilo Do Carmo; 01:33:00; Germany / Mexico; Documentary 

2 pm to 4.30 pm 

Hailstorm

Dir: Shobhit Jain; 01:01:43; India; Documentary 

Thirai Virutham

Dir: Sugumar Shanmugam; 56:15; India; Documentary


Student films from

LV Prasad College of Media Studies


5 pm to 8 pm 

Globes

Dir: Nina de Vroome; 01:38:00; Belgium; Documentary

Imad’s Childhood

Dir: Zahavi Sanjavi; 01:17:00; Sweden; Documentary


26 February; 5.30 pm

Periyar Thidal


80 YEARS LATER 

Dir: Celine Parreñas Shimizu; 50:00; United States; Documentary

The Adventures of Saul Bellow

Dir: Asaf Galay; 01:25:45; United States; Documentary

Dear Audrey

Dir: Jeremiah Hayes; 01:29:00; Canada; Documentary



27 February; 9 am to 1 pm : Loyola College

KAUSHAL KENDRA


Those Seven Steps

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

Tanked Fish  (Thotti Meengal)

Dir : Nadaraja Manivannan; 10.16 min; Sri Lanka; Short film 

City Girls

Dir : Priya Thuvassery; 28.14 min; India; Documentary

Faces

Dir: Maaz Kazmi; 1:46; India; Short film

Namaskar

Dir: Athithya Kanagarajan; 2:00; India; Short film

Happy Independence Day

Dir: Maaz Kazmi; 1:52; India; Short film

Her Canvas

Dir: Sagar Devram Minde; 9:14; India; Short films 

When the Dust Clears

Dir: Leo Kang, Sam Lam; 39:46; China; Documentary 


27 February; 10 am to 5 pm; University of Madras


10 am : Inauguration

10.30 to 1 pm 

Another Woman’s Story

Dir: Karthik David; 17:38; India; Short films

Ameena

Dir: Guruswamy Ravi Teja Vudatha; 10:03; India; Short film

Aktrissa

Dir: Oxana Gritsaeva; 11:11; France; Documentary

Cycle

Dir: Devashish Makhija; 19:46; India; Short film

Unwell mind

Dir: Danna Levy; 38:52; Israel; 

Documentary


The Beyond

Dir: Daniel Maurer; 9:42; Switzerland; Documentary

At the Beginning of the End

Dir: Rebeka Bizubova; 22:00; Slovakia; Documentary

After the Wedding

Dir: Matej Klucik; 20:00; Slovakia; Short film


2 pm to 4.30 pm 

Spark

Dir: Swaroop Elamon; 6:26; India; Short film

Besetzt - Lobau bleibt!

Dir: Gerald Baumann, Aron Ebner, Matteo Molina; 30:00; Austria; Documentary

Brave

Dir: Wilmarc Val; 26:00; France / Haiti; Documentary

Boundaries (Simayein)

Dir :Arun Mohan; 47.04 min; India

Trespass

Dir : Tharun Venkituswamy Saravanan; 6.50 min; India; Short fiction

Canvas

Dir: Sanjai Chandrasekharan;  18 min; India; Short fiction


27 February; 5.30 pm

Periyar Thidal


Entrance Exam

Dir: Aditya Verma; 01:00:19; India; Documentary

Anthem for Kashmir

Dir : Sandeep Ravindranath; 9.14 min; India; Music Video

At the Moment of Death

Dir: Ajay Raina; 01:20:31; India; Documentary




28 February; 9.30 am to 1.30 pm; Loyola College - Visual Communication


9.30 Inauguration 

10 am to 11.30 am 

Homeland

Dir: J Frisch-Wang; 13:38; United States; Short film 

Ghanimah

Dir: Karan Talwar; 8:51; United Kingdom; Short film 

Town Youth

Dir: Jie Liu; 15:39; China; Short film 

FAT TUESDAY

Dir: Aleksandrija Ajdukovic; 8:00; Serbia; Short film 

Cumbia's Day

Dir: Teo Belton; 17:25; Peru; Short films 

12 pm to 1.30 pm 

Seven Seeds

Dir: N Ravindran; 33:14; India; Documentary

Dahar (Desert)

Dir: Vandana Menon; 12:16; India; Documentary

Victim

Dir: Praveen Shankar; 13:48; India; Short film

Banana Republic

Dir: ANAS RASHAD; 8:40; India; Short film

SAMARAM

Dir: Mridul S; 15:00; India; Short film


28 February; 2.30 pm to 5 pm 

Loyola College - LIVE


White Slam - a documentary and Carrom

Dir Satish Ganapathy; 31.35 min; India; Documentary

An Old Story (Pazhaya Kadhai Onnu)

Dir: Prateek Prajosh; 15:54; India; Short film 

Why Wander Outside?

Dir: Neelansh Mittra; 25:21; India; Documentary

Shimga

Dir: Sanat Dhananjay Ganu; 17:32; India; Short film

Natok

Dir: Shubhanshi Chakraborty; 4:35; India; Short film 

Sandhya

Dir: Utkarsh Rajesh Aherkar; 12:20; India; Short films 

Missing Since 6.12.1956

Dir: Anand Pande; 19:58; India; Short film 


28 February; 5.30 pm

Periyar Thidal


5 pm : Closing ceremony / award ceremony 

5.30 pm

Thaainilam 

Dir : Someetharan; 55 min; India; Documentary 

In A Dissent Manner

Dir: Ehraz Zaman; 01:02:20; India; Documentary

Freedom Squared

Dir: Anastasia Zverkova; 01:05:55; Russian Federation; Documentary


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