(The films under this theme of Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival streamed from 3rd to 19th December 2021)
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Films from Afghanistan
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Option 1: You can watch one film at a time, by clicking on its title below!
Option 2: You can also watch the films country wise, by clicking on the name of each country.
Films from Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN UNVEILED
(52:00/ French with English subtitles/ Afghanistan/ 2003/ Documentary)
by Brigitte Brault & Aina Women Filming Group
Filmed by the first ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan, this rare and uncompromising film explores the effects of the Taliban’s repressive rule and recent U.S.-sponsored bombing campaign on Afghani women. A poetic journey of self-discovery, this film is a revelatory and profound reminder of the independent media’s power to bear witness and reveal truth.
I AM THE REVOLUTION
(72:00/ English, Arabic, Kurdish, Pashtun with English subtitles/ Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq/ 2019/ documentary)
by Benedetta Argentieri
A Portrait of Three Women in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq Leading the Fight for Gender Equality. The film challenges the images of veiled, silent women in the Middle East and instead reveals the extraordinary strength of women rising up on the front lines to claim their voice and their rights.
PLAYING WITH FIRE
(80:00/ English/ Greece, Afghanistan/ 2013/ Documentary)
by Anneta Papathanassiou
This film introduces us to six courageous Afghan women who share their passions for acting, dreams, and difficult realities. It exposes pervasive erosion of Afghan women’s rights, as it captures art’s transformative power and the dangers these courageous women face to do the work they love.
Films from Bangladesh
GARDEN OF MEMORIES
(56:00/ Bhojpuri, Bengali with English subtitles/ Bangladesh/ 2018)
by Humaira Bilkis
Baganiya follows the incredible lives of three labourers. Padmoluv Bunarjee, in the last stages of his life, still remains nostalgic of his British Colonial masters.
HOUSE OF CARDS
Films from Myanmar (Yangon Film School Animations)
(52:00/ French with English subtitles/ Afghanistan/ 2003/ Documentary)
by Brigitte Brault & Aina Women Filming Group
Filmed by the first ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan, this rare and uncompromising film explores the effects of the Taliban’s repressive rule and recent U.S.-sponsored bombing campaign on Afghani women. A poetic journey of self-discovery, this film is a revelatory and profound reminder of the independent media’s power to bear witness and reveal truth.
I AM THE REVOLUTION
(72:00/ English, Arabic, Kurdish, Pashtun with English subtitles/ Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq/ 2019/ documentary)
by Benedetta Argentieri
A Portrait of Three Women in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq Leading the Fight for Gender Equality. The film challenges the images of veiled, silent women in the Middle East and instead reveals the extraordinary strength of women rising up on the front lines to claim their voice and their rights.
PLAYING WITH FIRE
(80:00/ English/ Greece, Afghanistan/ 2013/ Documentary)
by Anneta Papathanassiou
This film introduces us to six courageous Afghan women who share their passions for acting, dreams, and difficult realities. It exposes pervasive erosion of Afghan women’s rights, as it captures art’s transformative power and the dangers these courageous women face to do the work they love.
Films from Bangladesh
GARDEN OF MEMORIES
(56:00/ Bhojpuri, Bengali with English subtitles/ Bangladesh/ 2018)
by Humaira Bilkis
Baganiya follows the incredible lives of three labourers. Padmoluv Bunarjee, in the last stages of his life, still remains nostalgic of his British Colonial masters.
HOUSE OF CARDS
(22:00 / Bengali with English subtitles/ Bangladesh/ Documentary)
by Fawzia Khan
This film documents the experiences of domestic violence shared by women living in different slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh as part of the WE CAN campaign.
Films from Myanmar (Yangon Film School Animations)
These films should be watched together here.
Cyber violence
(01:39/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2017/ DocuAnimation)
(01:39/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2017/ DocuAnimation)
Sexual violence
(01:40/ Myanmar/ 2017/ DocuAnimation)
(01:40/ Myanmar/ 2017/ DocuAnimation)
Domestic violence
(01:42/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2017/ DocuAnimation)
The above three films came out from a Docuanimation workshop held at Yangon Film School in 2016, that brought together film students who interviewed women who have been experiencing abuse. In Myanmar violence against women is quite common and never talked about. The workshop helped to make this terrible phenomenon more visible in Myanmar society.
Home
(05:45/ Myanmar/ 2018/ DocuAnimation)
An independent female humanitarian activist from Shan State describes the trauma she experiences in working in an environment pervaded by despair but also her commitment to helping those forced to flee armed conflict.
Kayah Lily
(05:37/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2018/ DocuAnimation)
A thirteen year old rape survivor describes the day she was attacked in the woods and how, with support from her family and teachers, she has struggled to make a new life for herself in spite of her traumatic experience.
Limbo
(05:00/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2018/ DocuAnimation)
This animation tells the powerful story of a 19-year-old woman who is raped at home in Kayin State by her uncle.
Riding Through the Waves
(03:39/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2019/ DocuAnimation)
A middle-aged Buddhist man recalls his lifelong friendship with a Muslim colleague at the Red Cross and reveals how Buddhists and Muslims worked together in the aftermath of the devastating cyclone Nargis.
Wave
(05:45/ Myanmar/ 2018/ DocuAnimation)
An independent female humanitarian activist from Shan State describes the trauma she experiences in working in an environment pervaded by despair but also her commitment to helping those forced to flee armed conflict.
Kachin Women's Inheritance
(02.54/ Myanmar/ DocuAnimation)
An advocacy film for practising joint registration of property, the film deals with the plight of three sisters in Kachin state who are not given a share in the ancestral property.
(01:42/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2017/ DocuAnimation)
The above three films came out from a Docuanimation workshop held at Yangon Film School in 2016, that brought together film students who interviewed women who have been experiencing abuse. In Myanmar violence against women is quite common and never talked about. The workshop helped to make this terrible phenomenon more visible in Myanmar society.
Home
(05:45/ Myanmar/ 2018/ DocuAnimation)
An independent female humanitarian activist from Shan State describes the trauma she experiences in working in an environment pervaded by despair but also her commitment to helping those forced to flee armed conflict.
Kayah Lily
(05:37/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2018/ DocuAnimation)
A thirteen year old rape survivor describes the day she was attacked in the woods and how, with support from her family and teachers, she has struggled to make a new life for herself in spite of her traumatic experience.
Limbo
(05:00/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2018/ DocuAnimation)
This animation tells the powerful story of a 19-year-old woman who is raped at home in Kayin State by her uncle.
Riding Through the Waves
(03:39/ English subtitles / Myanmar/ 2019/ DocuAnimation)
A middle-aged Buddhist man recalls his lifelong friendship with a Muslim colleague at the Red Cross and reveals how Buddhists and Muslims worked together in the aftermath of the devastating cyclone Nargis.
Wave
(05:45/ Myanmar/ 2018/ DocuAnimation)
An independent female humanitarian activist from Shan State describes the trauma she experiences in working in an environment pervaded by despair but also her commitment to helping those forced to flee armed conflict.
Kachin Women's Inheritance
(02.54/ Myanmar/ DocuAnimation)
An advocacy film for practising joint registration of property, the film deals with the plight of three sisters in Kachin state who are not given a share in the ancestral property.
Films from Nepal
A SCARECROW
(13:34/ Khash with English subtitles/ Nepal/ 2020/ Short Fiction)
by Rajesh Prasad Khatri
The film depicts the story of Nani who is forced to let go of not only her dream to perform at a dance event, but also her education, for the survival of her family.
CONFUSION
(13:11/ Nepali with English subtitles/ Nepal/ 2020/ Short Fiction)
by Aashuka Aryal
After getting married to a stranger, a newlywed woman feels uncomfortable in her new home. She is attracted to her sister-in-law.
I AM A FIGHTER
(06:26/ Nepali with English subtitles/Nepal/ 2020/ Documentary)
by Nisha Manandhar
A story of resilience and courage in the face of abuse and domestic violence.
YET ANOTHER WINTER
(22:22/ Nepali with English subtitles/ Nepal/ 2020/ Short Fiction)
by Kiran Shrestha
A faithful mother follows the rituals of the Shaman and embarks on a journey hoping that her deaf daughter might start to hear and speak.
Films from Pakistan
AZAADI
(03:06/ Urdu with English subtitles/ Pakistan/ 2020/ Documentary)
by Gulzar Nayani
This short film juxtaposes the demands from a protest march in contrast with the criticism they have been subjected to on social media.
HOW SHE MOVES
(43:00/ English, Urdu/ Pakistan/ 2020/ Documentary)
by Aisha Linnea & Anya Raza
The film follows the spirited 90 year old guru Indu Mitha, as she prepares for her students’ final performance before she retires. It pulls back the curtain on her life as one of Pakistan’s few classical dance teachers.
RAQS
(05:41/ Urdu with English subtitles / Pakistan/ 2020/ Short Fiction)
by Anussheh Rahim
This short film offers the freedom of self-expression as the antidote to fearful rhetoric at a juncture of the nations’ history.
SAYA (Shadow)
(07:19/ Urdu with English subtitles / Pakistan/ 2019/ Short Fiction)
by Anam Abbas and Fawzia Mirza
This film is an experimental collaboration between the filmmakers. It is a memory and a moment, a film that is both a shadow and about the shadows, exploring Karachi, its chaos, its beauty, its ghost stories, its land politics, and its women.
VOTE FOR X
(33:28/ Urdu and Punjabi with English subtitles/ Pakistan/ Documentary)
by Tazeen Bari
This film follows the election journey of transgender candidate Nayyab Ali, who contested the National Assembly seat from Okara, Punjab in the 2018 general election in Pakistan.
Films from Sri Lanka
BLESS THIS HOME
(10:38/ Sinhalese with English subtitles / Sri Lanka/ 2018/ Short Fiction)
by Randi Pavithra Kaluarachchi
A typical 'father comes home' scenario turns into a playful gun fight reminiscing old Western movies. As the battle between the mother and father becomes severe the children are caught in the imaginary crossfire and eventually taken for ransom.
IT’S NOT TALL SHORT THING
(16:00/ Sinhalese with English subtitles/ Sri Lanka/ 2020/ Short Fiction)
by Shalini Divyanjalee
Sajana who is a six feet tall and fair young girl in a relationship with a comparatively short boy called Sandaru. Both of them are university undergraduates and victims of height discrimination. After a series of harassments, Sajana the protagonist rises against raggers.
KALI’S DAUGHTER
(10:42/ Sinhalese with English subtitles / Sri Lanka/ 2018/ Short Fiction)
by Shashini Ruwanthi Gamage
This film presents the story of a young woman trapped within the cycle of violence after being forced to marry her rapist in a rural village in Sri Lanka.
PAANGSHU
(85:00/ Sinhalese with English subtitles / Sri Lanka/ 2020/ Feature)
by Visakesa Chandrasekaram
Babanona (Nita Fernando), a launderer belonging to one of the lowest castes in Sri Lanka is summoned to an identification parade where she identifies Lionel as one of the paramilitary men who abducted her son during the 1988/89 insurgency.
This short film juxtaposes the demands from a protest march in contrast with the criticism they have been subjected to on social media.
HOW SHE MOVES
(43:00/ English, Urdu/ Pakistan/ 2020/ Documentary)
by Aisha Linnea & Anya Raza
The film follows the spirited 90 year old guru Indu Mitha, as she prepares for her students’ final performance before she retires. It pulls back the curtain on her life as one of Pakistan’s few classical dance teachers.
RAQS
(05:41/ Urdu with English subtitles / Pakistan/ 2020/ Short Fiction)
by Anussheh Rahim
This short film offers the freedom of self-expression as the antidote to fearful rhetoric at a juncture of the nations’ history.
SAYA (Shadow)
(07:19/ Urdu with English subtitles / Pakistan/ 2019/ Short Fiction)
by Anam Abbas and Fawzia Mirza
This film is an experimental collaboration between the filmmakers. It is a memory and a moment, a film that is both a shadow and about the shadows, exploring Karachi, its chaos, its beauty, its ghost stories, its land politics, and its women.
VOTE FOR X
(33:28/ Urdu and Punjabi with English subtitles/ Pakistan/ Documentary)
by Tazeen Bari
This film follows the election journey of transgender candidate Nayyab Ali, who contested the National Assembly seat from Okara, Punjab in the 2018 general election in Pakistan.
Films from Sri Lanka
BLESS THIS HOME
(10:38/ Sinhalese with English subtitles / Sri Lanka/ 2018/ Short Fiction)
by Randi Pavithra Kaluarachchi
A typical 'father comes home' scenario turns into a playful gun fight reminiscing old Western movies. As the battle between the mother and father becomes severe the children are caught in the imaginary crossfire and eventually taken for ransom.
IT’S NOT TALL SHORT THING
(16:00/ Sinhalese with English subtitles/ Sri Lanka/ 2020/ Short Fiction)
by Shalini Divyanjalee
Sajana who is a six feet tall and fair young girl in a relationship with a comparatively short boy called Sandaru. Both of them are university undergraduates and victims of height discrimination. After a series of harassments, Sajana the protagonist rises against raggers.
KALI’S DAUGHTER
(10:42/ Sinhalese with English subtitles / Sri Lanka/ 2018/ Short Fiction)
by Shashini Ruwanthi Gamage
This film presents the story of a young woman trapped within the cycle of violence after being forced to marry her rapist in a rural village in Sri Lanka.
PAANGSHU
(85:00/ Sinhalese with English subtitles / Sri Lanka/ 2020/ Feature)
by Visakesa Chandrasekaram
Babanona (Nita Fernando), a launderer belonging to one of the lowest castes in Sri Lanka is summoned to an identification parade where she identifies Lionel as one of the paramilitary men who abducted her son during the 1988/89 insurgency.
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