Theme: STUDENT FILMS
(from NID & SACAC - some of these these films screened at the in-person edition)
The Online edition of the 4th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival (2023) closed on 30th December 2023. Thank you for watching.
Approved
(02:02/ No dialogue/ 2023/ Animation)
Dir. Athul Bilahari & Aakash P.
Prod. NID
A baby monkey’s life takes a heart wrenching turn as its thrust into a world of scientific experimentation, raising questions about the ethics of progress.
A baby monkey’s life takes a heart wrenching turn as its thrust into a world of scientific experimentation, raising questions about the ethics of progress.
Chengala [Chain]
(01:50 mins/ No dialogue/ 2023/ Animation)
Dir. Karuna Pious and Ann Francis
Dir. Karuna Pious and Ann Francis
Prod. NID
This film explores the devastating impact of elephant abuse, particularly during religious festivals. The film paints a vivid picture of an elephant's once joyful and free life in the wild, juxtaposed with its heart-wrenching transition into captivity.
Exotica
This film explores the devastating impact of elephant abuse, particularly during religious festivals. The film paints a vivid picture of an elephant's once joyful and free life in the wild, juxtaposed with its heart-wrenching transition into captivity.
Exotica
(02:37 mins/ No dialogue/ 2023/ Animation)
Dir. Riya Paria & sugam Thakur
Dir. Riya Paria & sugam Thakur
Prod. NID
What if we reverse the roles between animals and humans, will we feel the horror of being skinned alive and mass slaughter?
What if we reverse the roles between animals and humans, will we feel the horror of being skinned alive and mass slaughter?
Sapna Mukesh Ka Ghar (Sapna Mukesh’s Home)
(24:33/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2022/ India/ Documentary)
Dir.: Sarthak Gautam
Prod. Daljeet Wadhwa, SACAC
A film about the dreams and aspirations of my parents and their desire for upward mobility. It remembers their movement from the village to the city, and their struggle to finally accept that they have to live for themselves.
To Euge / Nirmala aka Mother
(23:07 mins/ English and Hindi with English subtitles/ 2019/ India/ Documentary)
Dir. Grace M. Sukanya
Dir. Grace M. Sukanya
Prod. Daljeet Wadhwa, SACAC
How does one come to terms with death? Does grief always necessitate a definitive moving on, or is it possible to live with it, even befriend it? This film explores the themes of memorialisation, death, grief, as the filmmaker writes a letter to her mother, whom she lost at the age of three.When I Was Small
(26 mins/ Hindi, English with English subtitles/ 2019/ India/ Documentary)
Dir. Shuchi Prasad
(26 mins/ Hindi, English with English subtitles/ 2019/ India/ Documentary)
Dir. Shuchi Prasad
Prod. Daljeet Wadhwa, SACAC
Young children hear a re-telling of the ancient epic, Mahabharata, from a storyteller. The myth allows the young minds to meander and access complex terrains of their childhood; a memory revisited for the filmmaker.
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Young children hear a re-telling of the ancient epic, Mahabharata, from a storyteller. The myth allows the young minds to meander and access complex terrains of their childhood; a memory revisited for the filmmaker.
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