11th CIDSFF 23
20-28 Feb / multiple venues, Chennai
Screening Schedule
28 February; 9.30 am to 1.30 pm; Loyola College - Department of Visual Communication
9.30 Inauguration
10 am to 11.30 am
Homeland
Dir: J Frisch-Wang; 13:38; United States; Short film
What is a home land? Past or Present? Memories or LIVE?
Ghanimah
Dir: karan Talwar; 8:51; United Kingdom; Short film
A heated argument occurs when Abdullah (Mikhail Sen - House of Dragon, A Suitable Boy) declares he is joining the British Military to the shock of his pacifist father Omar (Adil Akram - Spectre, What's Love got to do with it?) and anger of his fundamentalist older brother Moh (James El-Sharawy - Tyrant, EastEnders). As their debate unfurls past resentments and revelations rise to the surface, boiling to a point where they can no longer contain themselves. The war on terror, the 7/7 bombings, the loss of the son's mother and the allegiance to either Islam or Britain. What will unfold. Family, Duty or Honour?
Town Youth
Dir: Jie Liu; 15:39; China; Short film
The first night that high school teenagers drop out of school and come to the big city……
FAT TUESDAY
Dir: Aleksandrija Ajdukovic; 8:00; Serbia; Short film
Film "Fat Tuesday", shot with Lomography cameras, is an illustration of three carnivals taking place in different parts of Serbia. Film is trying to find balance between established ritual dynamics and random whimsies of those taking part in it, all the while raising questions about our relation to culture, tradition, nature and society.
Cumbia's Day
Dir: Teo Belton; 17:25; Peru; Short films
Galvez Cumbia, a native Awajun from the Peruvian Amazon, travels in his memory to reconnect with the ways of existence of his culture. A candid journey that will make him cross the bridge of the Awajun imaginary.
Footprints
Dir : Tathagata Ghosh; 23 min; India; Short film
Pampa, a single mother and a lower caste slum dweller, works as domestic help for a dysfunctional middle class family. As her world comes crashing down at work one day, Pampa must stand up for herself by blurring the lines between the master and the maid.
12 to 1.30 pm
Seven Seeds
Dir: N Ravindran; 33:14; India; Documentary
Seven Seeds is the origin story of Indian filter coffee. It explores the journey of coffee from seed to cup. Coffee planters of Chikamagalur, Karnataka, share their stories on how an Indian filter coffee is made, through presumably insurmountable challenges. Climate change, keeping traditional cultivation methods alive, and navigating the changing economics of agriculture in India. This is seven seeds.
Dahar (Desert)
Dir: Vandana Menon; 12:16; India; Documentary
The Banni Grasslands Reserve in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat in West India was known to be Asia's largest grasslands. The landscape has changed dramatically over the past few decades due to human intervention. The film explores the impact of the invasive species Prosopis juliflora introduced by the government of India on the livelihoods of Banni.
Victim
Dir: Praveen Shankar; 13:48; India; Short film
A lonely old man on his quest to reach somewhere is stopped by a strange phenomena that keeps recurring.
Banana Republic
Dir: ANAS RASHAD; 8:40; India; Short film
A traditional family discovers the joy of having their daughter-in-law convert to their faith. However, after meeting their son, the excitement is short-lived.
SAMARAM
Dir: Mridul S; 15:00; India; Short film
Annie is a rural village women who is conscious about her surrounding. Her son faces lot of problems because of tge religious terms in the school. 'Samaram' represents her small riot against the existing Indian social condition.
Jointly organised by Department of Visual Communication, Loyola College & MARUPAKKAM
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