Theme: FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS & LOVE
(The Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival ended on 25th December 2022. Please email space.kriti@gmail.com if you are keen to watch these and similar films.)
A RARE GIFT
(5 mins/ No Dialogue/ 2021/ Short Film/ India)
Dir. Shonali
In a materialistic world, despite living on the streets, a brother goes beyond his way to give his sister a rare gift to bring a smile to her face.
Dir. Shonali
In a materialistic world, despite living on the streets, a brother goes beyond his way to give his sister a rare gift to bring a smile to her face.
FUZZY LEGS
(11:52 mins/ English & Urdu with Eng. subtitles/ 2018/ Coming of Age Dramedy/ India)Dir. Amber Eswani
A short coming of age film, this takes us on a small journey of navigating identity, friendship, family, body image and self discovery with the simple, yet controversial topic of body hair.
FOR SUSAN
(25 mins/ Hindi with Eng. subtitles/ 2018/ Docu./ India)
Dir. Arunima Tenzin Tara
This film explores the idea of dignity. Inspired by the filmmakers' grandmother’s notebooks, it finds pleasure in activities hidden or forgotten.
LAKSHMI AAYI HAI (Homecoming of the Goddess of Wealth)
(5.40 mins./ 2019/ Animation/ India)
Dir. Swati Agarwal
This film is a sneak peak into the lives of an old couple on the occasion of ‘Diwali’, the Indian festival of lights. Grandpa is spirited and mischievous and his wife is disciplined and dutiful.
RIMI (The First Drop of Rain)
(13:05 mins/ Hindi & English with Eng. subtitles/ 2021/ Fiction/ India)
Dir. Nischhal Sharmaa
The film is about suppressed dreams and desires told through the journey of Rimi, a woman confined in the roles of a housewife and a mother, entrapped in the mundane domesticity of her world until something changes.
SMARAN (Impressions)
(22 mins/ Hindi with Eng. subtitles/ 2019/ Historical narrative/ India)
Dir. Purandhya Sharma
There is so much to say as we live through life. Our experiences become our stories. Over a few afternoons spent with his grand aunt, the filmmaker gets an insight into his roots, listening to the reminiscences of the older generation who have so much to share.
SMOKE UNDER THE MIDNIGHT STARS
(26 mins./ Hindi and English with Eng. subtitles/ 2022/ Short Fiction/ India)
(26 mins./ Hindi and English with Eng. subtitles/ 2022/ Short Fiction/ India)
Dir. Reuben Thomas
This film's story revolves around a writer John Oliver who stopped writing after his wife s death, a grumpy old man. Revathy who is a home nurse who suddenly enters life changes everything.
THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN
(35 mins./ Bangla with Eng. subtitles/ 2019/ Docu/ India)
Dir. Moupia Mukherjee
The film is based on the director’s personal journey to find an answer behind the trauma of her first menstrual experience. Her journey within the film extends to the universal experience of women through interactions with her daughter and a few friends.
TURN
(20 mins/ Malayalam with Eng. subtitles/ 2022/ Docu./ India)
Dir. Sharika Prasad
Rithu and Anju are two friends staying together in a rented single room space in Kochi. They have a house owner who makes their life difficult.
This film's story revolves around a writer John Oliver who stopped writing after his wife s death, a grumpy old man. Revathy who is a home nurse who suddenly enters life changes everything.
THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN
(35 mins./ Bangla with Eng. subtitles/ 2019/ Docu/ India)
Dir. Moupia Mukherjee
The film is based on the director’s personal journey to find an answer behind the trauma of her first menstrual experience. Her journey within the film extends to the universal experience of women through interactions with her daughter and a few friends.
TURN
(20 mins/ Malayalam with Eng. subtitles/ 2022/ Docu./ India)
Dir. Sharika Prasad
Rithu and Anju are two friends staying together in a rented single room space in Kochi. They have a house owner who makes their life difficult.
UNHEARD
(10 mins/ Hindi with Eng. subtitles/ 2022/ Docu./ India)
Dir. Vaishnavi Shrivastava
The film resonates with the emotions and experiences of three women, belonging to three different backdrops of social province. Their journeys of holding back their opinions and emotions share a resemblance of an obscure quietness between them.
(10 mins/ Hindi with Eng. subtitles/ 2022/ Docu./ India)
Dir. Vaishnavi Shrivastava
The film resonates with the emotions and experiences of three women, belonging to three different backdrops of social province. Their journeys of holding back their opinions and emotions share a resemblance of an obscure quietness between them.
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