Theme: PERSONAL IS POLITICAL
(The films under this theme of Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival streamed from 3rd to 19th December 2021)
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Instructions for the Viewer:
Option 1: You can watch one film at a time by clicking on its title in the list below!
Option 2: You can also watch the entire theme of films together!
AIKA TO THE BAIKA (Listen to the Woman)
(7:58/ Marathi with English & Hindi subtitles/ 2020/ India/ Musical)
Bilkul Pandey and Kunti G are two cops who pride themselves on being protectors of women. But when the time comes to Aika To The Baika, the cracks in the pro-woman façade start to show. This video is shot as a dazzling lavani around a woman's police complaint.
GAY INDIA MATRIMONY
(67:00/ Bengali with English subtitles/ 2019/ India/ Documentary)
by Debalina
A film around three characters exploring their marriage prospects with a same-gender partner. The very suggestion drives people around them into complete frenzy.
HOLY RIGHTS
(53:00/ Urdu with English Subtitles/ 2020/ India/ Documentary)
by Farha Khatun
The film is about Safia, a devout Muslim woman from Bhopal who joins a program for training women as Qazis.
LOVE IN THE GARDEN OF CONSENT
(7:14/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2018/ India/ Musical)
Set in a fantasy word of moonlight and flowers – a garden of consent - this video depicts different contexts in which consent operates differently. No matter the kind of relationship you’re in – gay, heterosexual, lesbian, polyamorous, casual, longterm – #MarziHaiMinimum.
MUMU SHELLEY
(49:36/ English & Hindi with English subtitles/ 2021/ Fiction)
Shelley, 23, a small-town lesbian with a tacky fashion sense and a blinding fascination of the ‘cool’ American life, craves to function in a non-closeted relationship with her girlfriend, Mishti in Mumbai.
SABOOT (THE PROOF)
(20:00/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2019/ India/ Short Fiction)
by Nishtha Jain and Deepti Gupta
A conscientious young gynaecologist comes face-to-face with the reality of the 'women's ward' in a government city hospital.
UNLOCKING DESIRES
(14:11/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2021/ India/ Animation)
An animation film exploring desire, body, sexuality and choices through a feminist lens, from the perspective of adolescent girls and social workers who work with them.
PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to watch films under other themes,
ENJOY THE FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL WEEK WITH LOVE AND SOME MASTI!
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