12th CIDSFF 24 : Screening Schedule*

12th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2024

20-29 February; multiple venues, Chennai 

Screening Schedule (subject to changes)

Day Shows: 

20 Feb : Women's Christian College, Nungampakkam (outsiders not allowed); 12 pm to 5 pm 

21 Feb : Madras School of Social Work, Egmore; 10 am to 4 pm 

22 Feb : Ambedkar College, Vyasarpadi; 9.30 am to 12.30 pm 

22 Feb : Tamil Nadu Government MGR Film & Television Institute Tharamani (outsiders not allowed); 

10 am to 4 pm 

23 Feb : Roja Muthiah Library, Tharamani; 11 am to 4 pm 

24, 25 Feb : LV Prasad Preview Theatre, Saligramam; 11 am to 8 pm 

24, 25 Feb : Periyar Thidal, Veppery; 11 am to 8 pm 

26 Feb : Anna University, Guindy; 10 am to 1 pm 

27 Feb : Loyola College, Nungampakkam; 8.30 am to 1 pm 

27 Feb : Don Bosco College of Arts and Sciences, Kilpakkam; 9.30 am to 12.30 pm 

28 Feb : Stella Maris College, Radhakrishna Salai; 9.30 am to 4.30 pm 

29 Feb : DOT School of Design, Ambattur; 9.30 pm to 4.30 pm

 

Evening Shows : 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm 

20,21,23,27 Feb; Discovery Book Palace, KK Nagar 

22,24,25,26 Feb; Periyar Thidal, Veppery

Detailed Schedule (subject to changes)

20 Feb : Women's Christian College : 12 am to 5 pm 
12 pm : Inauguration
12.30 pm
The Discipline
Dir: Prahas N; 20:00; India; Short Fiction; competition
Sadabahar
Dir: Suyash Kamat; 12:55; India; Short Fiction; competition
The Old Man And The Cinema
Dir: Bijoy Chowdhury; 8:29; India; Documentary; competition
Sach Minus Jhooth
Dir: Rochna Kumar; 17:49; India; Short Fiction; competition
Yes Sir!
Dir: Mudit Singhal; 20:00; India; Short Fiction; competition
2 pm : Break

2.30 pm
Rider Rukmani
Dir: Guhan S; 19:09; India; Short Fiction; competition
Broken Wall
Dir: Mrinmoy Sarkar; 18:24; India; Short Fiction; competition
Veiled Inches
Dir: Fathima A; 12:37; India; Short Fiction; competition
Hoṭṭebāka
Dir: Vishnu Tenkayala; 19:19; India; Short Fiction; competition
Kahi Ankahi
Dir: Khushi, Yakshika; 12:32; India; Short Fiction; competition
4.30 pm : Interaction & Closing remarks

20 Feb; Discovery Book Palace; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
MAMA'S BOY
Dir: Yotam Deshe; 9:58; Israel; Short Fiction; Non Competition
LIFE AFTER DEATH
Dir: Yinnon Weil; 11:10; Israel; Short Fiction; Non Competition
IT'S ONLY IN YOUR MIND
Dir: Vered Yaari; 19:50; Israel; Short Fiction; Non Competition
Fucking Paradise
Dir: Shahar Shabtay; 23:57; Israel; Documentary; Non Competition
Ice love
Dir: Katy Araiza; 16:15; Mexico; Documentary; Non Competition
The festivals of mother food (Rice)
Dir: Nitesh Kumar; 25:46; India; Documentary; Competition
The Discipline
Dir: Prahas N; 20:00; India; Short Fiction; competition
Sadabahar
Dir: Suyash Kamat; 12:55; India; Short Fiction; competition
Sach Minus Jhooth
Dir: Rochna Kumar; 17:49; India; Short Fiction; competition
Yes Sir!
Dir: Mudit Singhal; 20:00; India; Short Fiction; competition

21 Feb : Madras School of Social Work; 10 am to 4 pm
10 am : Inauguration
10.30 am
When the Dust Clears
Dir : Leo Kang; 39; China; Documentary; Non Competition 

Kidi - A Spark
Dir: Rujuta Doshi; 36:45; India; Documentary; Competition
Our Film
Dir: Dakxin Chhara; 49:00; India; Documentary; Competition

1 pm : Lunch break

2 pm
Time of Seeds
Dir: Suan Seol; 01:41:00; Korea, Republic of; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP

21 Feb: Discovery Book Palace; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Homage : John Pilger

22 Feb : Ambedkar College, Vyasarpadi ; 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
9.30 am Inauguration
10 am
Seaside
Dir: Iniya Vasanthan; 18:50; India; Documentary; Competition
PERUMBAKKAM
Dir: Sanjay Ridhwan; 37:42; India; Documentary; Competition
11 am Interaction
11.15 Tea break

11.30 am
The Old Age Home
Dir: Rahul Razdan; 2:40; India; Short Fiction; competition
Off-Camera
Dir: Vishal TM; 7:33; India; Short Fiction; competition
Kaittari
Dir: Saroj Kumar; 22:19; India; Documentary; Competition
Archamaar (Women Warrriors)
Dir: Alfin Aloysius David; 20:00; India; Documentary; Competition
Slaves of Water
Dir: Bertrand Jack Daniel LOYER; 10:00; France; Short Fiction; Non Competition

22 Feb : Tamil Nadu MGR Government Film and Television Institute ; 10 am to 4 pm
10 am : Inauguration
10.30 am 

Face Cover
Dir: Ashfaque Mohamed; 01:10:00; Sri Lanka; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP

When The Earth Rusted
Dir: Duttatreya Dey; 17:05; India; Documentary; Competition

Autumn Flowers
Dir: Nikhilesh Mishra; 7:20; India; Short Fiction; competition

12 pm
The Bus Savior
Dir: Fanny Ben David; 15:13; Israel; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP
Homesick Lungs
Dir: Felix Klee; 14:39; Germany; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP

2 pm
Things Will Be Different
Dir: Lucie McMahon; 50:00; Australia; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP
Complete Portrait Wanted of Markéta Ledererová
Dir: Joshua Richard van ’t Hoff; 50:00; Netherlands; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP

22 Feb; Periyar Thidal; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Tracing Shadows
Dir: Ahmed Rebin; 35:56; India; Documentary; Competition
THE SAVIOURESS THE MYSTERY OF A BUDDHIST ICON
Dir: Anna Koryakovtseva; 40:00; Russian Federation; Documentary; Non Competition
God Vulture and Human - A hero's dichotomy
Dir: Rishiraj Agarwal; 49:27; India; Documentary; Competition
The First Ink-Memories that make History
Dir: Shridhar K S; 46:45; India; Documentary; Competition

23 Feb : Roja Muthiah Library; 11 am to 5 pm
10 am : Inauguration
10.30 am
Seed Stories
Dir: Chitrangada Choudhury; 42:00; India; Documentary; Competition
The Leopard's Tribe
Dir: Miriam Chandy Menacherry; 40:00; India; Documentary; Competition
Tam-bram Cooking
Dir: Sraiyanti, Prem Akkattoos; 10:02; India; Documentary; Competition
Penmudra
Dir: Jishnu Krishnan A; 37:20; India; Documentary; Competition
1 pm : Lunch break

2 pm
The Legacy from Beyond
Dir: Harsh Raj Gond; 26:21; India; Documentary; Competition
Portmanteau: The Word And The World
Dir: Dhananjay Bhawalekar; 29:58; India; Documentary; Competition
If Not Now
Dir: Jill Daniels; 15:00; United Kingdom; Documentary; Non Competition
Piblokto
Dir: Anastasia Shubina, Timofey Glinin; 37:49; Russian Federation; Documentary;Non Competition
Lyrical Lens- An ode to a magical photographer
Dir: Ankuran Dutta; 52:35; India; Documentary; Competition

Discovery Book Palace
23 Feb; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm

Veiled Inches
Dir: Fathima A; 12:37; India; Short Fiction; competition
Hoṭṭebāka
Dir: Vishnu Tenkayala; 19:19; India; Short Fiction; competition
Kahi Ankahi
Dir: Khushi, Yakshika; 12:32; India; Short Fiction; competition
Rider Rukmani
Dir: Guhan S; 19:09; India; Short Fiction; competition
Broken Wall
Dir: Mrinmoy Sarkar; 18:24; India; Short Fiction; competition
My Son and His Grandfather
Dir: Bijoy Chowdhury; 38:30; India; Documentary; Competition
The Bus Savior
Dir: Fanny Ben David; 15:13; Israel; Documentary; Non Competition
Homesick Lungs
Dir: Felix Klee; 14:39; Germany; Documentary; Non Competition

24 Feb; LV Prasad Preview Theatre; 11 am to 8 pm
10 am : Inauguration
10.30 am Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Now & Then

Dir: Jyoti Nisha; 01:50:50; India; Documentary; Competition; DCP
2 pm Beyond hatred and power, we keep singing
Dir: Ramdas Kadavallur; 1:55:44; India; Documentary; Competition; DCP

4.30 pm
JAZZ MY HOME
Dir: BERAAT GOKKUS; 01:39:22; France; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP
My Radio My Life
Dir: Bidit Roy, Makarand Waikar; 01:08:00; India; Documentary; Competition; DCP

24 Feb; Periyar Thidal; 11 am to 8 pm
11 am
A Letter To Lanka
Dir: Ilakkiya Mariya Simon; 28:00; Norway; Documentary; Non Competition
From the Shadows
Dir: Miriam Chandy Menacherry; 01:16:09; India; Documentary; Non Competition

2 pm
Sew to Say
Dir: Rakel Aguirre; 01:09:00; United Kingdom; Documentary; Non Competition
Sospesi
Dir: Martina Dall'Ara; 01:29:33; Italy; Documentary; Non Competition

4.30 pm
Blue crab (and a wooden camera)
Dir: Daniel Martínz-Quintanilla Pérez; 20:00; Peru; Documentary; Non Competition
Mentawai - Souls of the Forest
Dir: Joo Peter; 01:15:00; Indonesia; Documentary; Non Competition

25 Feb; LV Prasad; 11 am to 8 pm
11 am
Drifting
Dir: Somnur Vardar; 01:07:00; Turkey; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP
Finding Enok, coping with our colonial past
Dir: Dorna Xandre van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal; 01:06:10; Netherlands; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP

2 pm
Face Cover
Dir: Ashfaque Mohamed; 01:10:00; Sri Lanka; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP
Reason
Dir: Anand Patwardhan; 104 min; Documentary; Non Competition; DCP

5.30 pm Student films from LV Prasad

25 Feb; Periyar Thidal; 11 am to 8 pm
11 am
Moments with Mujica
Dir: Ken McMullen; 47:00; United Kingdom; Documentary; Non Competition
LANDEN
Dir: Vanessa Nica Mueller; 01:04:30; Germany; Documentary; Non Competition

2 pm
The illusion of abundance
Dir: Erika Gonzalez Ramirez, Matthieu Lietaert; 60:25; Belgium; Documentry; Non Competition
Meteorite Hunter
Dir: Natalia Anisimova; 01:01:00; Russian Federation; Documentry; Non Competition

4.30 pm
Mekong Apocalypse
Dir: Michael Buckley; 55:35; Canada; Documentary; Non Competition
AFRICA, CRADLE OF HUMANKIND AND MODERN CIVILISATIONS
Dir: Benita Jacques; 01:49:06; Canada; Documentary; Non Competition

26 Feb : Anna University; 10 am to 1 pm
10 am : Inauguration
10.30 am
Letting Go
Dir: Ori Krichly; 13:13; Israel; Short Fiction; Non Competition
Dreamland
Dir: Lucas Dye; 6:47; United States; Short Fiction; Non Competition
The Bath-day
Dir: Maria Antonova; 13:44; Russian Federation; Short Fiction; Non Competition
From the water
Dir: Diana Menestrey; 10:14; Germany; Animation; Non Competition
Kuinerraq
Dir: Magnus Shipe; 3:00; United States; Short Fiction; Non Competition
Date Me Forever
Dir: Viren Viapuri; 26.11; India; Short Fiction; Non Competition
Two worlds
Dir: Nithya Gopalakrishnan; 11:28; India; Short Fiction; competition
11.30 Tea break

11.45 am
Blue Gold
Dir : Akash Shukla; 23.08; India; Short fiction; Competition
The Discipline
Dir: Prahas N; 20:00; India; Short Fiction; competition
Canvas
Dir: Sanjai Chandrasekaran; 18:47; India; Short Fiction; competition

Periyar Thidal
26 February; 5.30 pm
My Radio My Life
Dir: Bidit Roy, Makarand Waikar; 01:08:00; India; Documentary; Competition
Finding Enok, coping with our colonial past
Dir: Dorna Xandre van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal; 01:06:10; Netherlands; Documentary; Non Competition

27 Feb : Loyola College ; 8.30 am to 1 pm
8.30 am
Auto, Auto, Auto
Dir: David Helfer Wells; 5:55; United States; Documentary; Non Competition
The Guardians
Dir: Kira O'Boyle; 6:00; United States; Documentary; Non Competition
It's Just Business
Dir: Judy Boyle; 8:07; Greece; Documentary; Non Competition
Quest for a home
Dir: Moksh Krishnan; 16:30; United States; Documentary; Non Competition
Submerged
Dir: Iqbal Hussain; 25:00; India; Documentary; Competition
The Unjust and Beyond
Dir: Ratheesh Mon Panampatta; 22:43; India; Documentary; Competition
Powerstar
Dir: Pratik Singla; 29:24; India; Documentary; Competition
10.30 am Tea break

10.45 am

Without Stratos
Dir: Nikos Katsos; 5:01; Greece; Documenary; Non Competition
GOD CHILD
Dir: Daniel Dahan; 16:59; Israel; Short Fiction; Non Competition
Enter the Room
Dir: Harry Waldman; 15:00; United States; Short Fiction; Non Competition
The Dude and The White Rose
Dir : Jaya Suriya; 23.06; India; Short Fiction; Non Competition
Reason Behind the Murder
Dir: Vishnu Ainguran; 29.57; India; Short fiction; Non Competition
Roads
Dir: Daanish Shastri; 21:43; India; Short Fiction; competition
A Drop of Time
Dir: Iniya Vasanthan; 12:01; India; Short Fiction; competition

27 Feb : Don Bosco; 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
9.30 am : Inauguration
10 am
Theanchittu Catering Service
Dir: Pragadeesh; 20:00; India; Short Fiction; competition
Barsa
Dir: AKHILESH K A; 19:53; India; Short Fiction; competition
Love Note
Dir : Janvi Madabusi; 13:43; India; Short Fiction; competition
11 am : Tea break

11.15 am
Three Piece Light
Dir: Tom Jose; 19:45; India; Short Fiction; competition
Ain’t No Beef In Tangra
Dir: Karthik Varma; 16:52; India; Short Fiction; competition
Saani Paadhangal
Dir: Balaji Velan; 25.49; India; Short Fiction; Non Competition
12.15 : Interaction & closing remarks

27 Feb; Discovery Book Palace: 5.30 pm
PARALLELS
Dir: Benoit; 01:05:00; France; Documentary; Non Competition
The Taste of Mango
Dir: Chloe Abrahams; 01:15:00; United Kingdom; Documentary; Non Competition
In Plain Sight
Dir: Ruvin De Silva; 30:00; Sri Lanka; Documentary; Non Competition
Anna is angry and Buddha laughs
Dir: Lian Ram; 11:00; Israel; Documentary; Non Competition
IPSA
Dir : Pavitra Verma; 24.48; India; Short fiction; Non Competition
The Merchant Of Vinashna
Dir: Kunal Shrivastava; 19:03; India; Short Fiction; competition

28 Feb : Stella Maris College; 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
9.30 am Inauguration
10 am

Farther than Distance
Dir: Taruna Khatri; 14:12; India; Short Fiction; competition
Hoṭṭebāka
Dir: Vishnu Tenkayala; 19:19; India; Short Fiction; competition
Veiled Inches
Dir: Fathima A; 12:37; India; Short Fiction; competition
Broken Wall
Dir: Mrinmoy Sarkar; 18:24; India; Short Fiction; competition
11.30 am Tea break

11.45 am
The Long Road
Dir: Baylon Fonseca; 22:30; India; Documentary; Competition
BIRUBALA- the fearless crusader
Dir: Dhiraj Kashyap; 26:17; India; Documentary; Competition
The Old Man And The Cinema
Dir: Bijoy Chowdhury; 8:29; India; Documentary; competition
1 pm : Lunch break

2 pm
Yes Sir!
Dir: MUDIT SINGHAL; 20:00; India; Short Fiction; competition
Sach Minus Jhooth
Dir: Rochna Kumar; 17:49; India; Short Fiction; competition
Kahi Ankahi
Dir: Khushi, Yakshika; 12:32; India; Short Fiction; competition
3 pm Tea break

3.15 pm
Powerstar
Dir: Pratik Singla; 29:24; India; Documentary; Competition

My Son and His Grandfather
Dir: Bijoy Chowdhury; 38:30; India; Documentary; Competition

29 Feb : DOT School of Design, Ambattur; 9.30 am to 4. 30 pm
9.30 am : Inauguration
10 am : Special Package from Auroville Film School
Part 01
This is my Home (10:48/Docu/2021) - Deepa Kiran
Midnight Mirage (10:00/Short Fiction/2021) - Vanshika Bhatnagar and Avinash Kumar
Ascending the Descent (12:39/Docu/2021) - Sudipto Kalita and Spandan Dhir
Lost (14:30/Docu/2021) - Maya Deborah De Bernadi
Chemat Dorje (13:00/Docu/2021) - Auro Maheshan, Maitreyee Jain and Dechen Angmo
11.15 am Tea Break

11.30 am
Special Package from Auroville Film School : Part 02
An Ode to Marwi (14:01/Docu/2023) - Priyanshi Shukla
Mandvi ka Malam (13:50/Docu/2023) - Nakul Jain
The Move (10:33/Docu/2023) - Pinar Ekinci
12.30 pm : Lunch break

1.30 pm
Special Package from Auroville Film School : Part 03
Memories of Home (11:13/Docu/2023) - Stanzin Angu
Echelon Threads (17:40/Docu/2023) - Achin Phulre

2 pm
Quest for a home
Dir: Moksh Krishnan; 16:30; United States; Documentary; Non Competition
From the water
Dir: Diana Menestrey; 10:14; Germany; Animation; Non Competition
LEH 107
Dir: Zenobius; 11:38; India; Documentary; Competition
CAT'S ATTIC
Dir: Nundrisha Wakhloo, Daksh Punj; 24:56; India; Documentary; Competition
3 pm : Tea break

3.15 pm Closing and Award Ceremony
3.30 pm : Screening of award winning films