Watch five films on two themes of the 5th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival here!
THE FESTIVAL IS NOW OVER! SEE YOU IN 2025!
Theme: Non-traditional choices | हम कामगार औरतें
The Imam(39 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2023 | Narrative Fiction)
Dir. Saba Mumtaz
The story of the six year old daughter of a village cleric who wants to become an Imam like her father and how a patriarchal society reacts to her wish. Trailer
Pushpa Ka Rickshaw
(15:49 mins | Nimadi, Malvi with English subtitles | 2023 | Docu)
Dir. Aajad Singh Khichi & Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain
In a remote village of Charbardi, Puspha Didi breaks stereotypes by driving the e-rickshaw. Trailer
Play it like Payal
(24:38 mins | Hindi, English with English subtitles | 2024 | Docu)
Dir. Anisha Agale, Asmita Shrivastav, Izza Ahsan, Mohammed Safuvan and Ketan Rathod
Prod. School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
A film about a girl who plays football with boys in Mumbai slums. Trailer
(48:30 mins/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2018/ Docu)
Dir. Yasmin Kidwai
Sports empowers –irrespective of gender – its sets one free, physically, mentally and emotionally. This film is about a semi-urban slum on the outskirts of Delhi and a group of girls who live there - mostly daughters of domestic workers and daily wage labourers. In the midst of their daily routines of cooking, cleaning, and looking after younger siblings and the house, enters a sport - Cricket. When girls play cricket, it's more than one boundary, which breaks! Trailer
Kisan Hoon, Nidar Hoon, Par…
Through the eyes of Saguni Devi, a farmer based in Rajasthan, this film looks at her challenges.
Beyond the Hoop
(16:04 mins | English | 2022 | Docu)
Dir. Animesh Gautam | Prod. NID
This film is the journey of one, among the very few female professional sports photographers in this sports obsessed nation of India. Trailer
Dir. Meena longjam and Jani Viswanath
A love story of an old woman with a spirited soul, and her three-decade old all girls' football club battling economic challenges, patriarchal system & orthodoxy in an ancient North-East village. Trailer
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