FILM SCREENINGS SCHEDULE

DATE – 02/11/2023

 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS	TIME
WELCOME NOTE BY FOUNDER	01:00 PM
FESTIVAL PROMO AV	01:05 PM
SPONSORS’ AV	01:07 PM
SCREENINGS	1 PM TO 5:30 PM

 

FILM NAME – HOWDY FOODY

CATEGORY –   INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT SPECIAL JURY MENTION

RUN TIME –    18 MINUTES

DIRECTOR –    GAURAV KAUSHIK NANDI

SHOW TIME – 01:00 PM

 

THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND THE UNIQUE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOOD AND ITS JOURNEY, AND, ATTRACT OUR ATTENTION FOR THE NEEDFUL APPROACH TOWARDS THE BURNING ISSUE.

 

 

FILM NAME – AN OLD SONG

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST SHORT FICTION

RUN TIME – 19:45 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – ELENA CHACH

SHOW TIME – 01:30 PM

 

RUSSIA, 1930S. THE VILLAGE’S LIFE IS INTERFERED BY A STRANGER. HE INSISTS ON ARRESTING A WANDERING OLD MAN. BUT THE OLD MAN’S GRANDFATHER USED TO SING SONGS TO THE A. PUSHKIN…

 

 

FILM NAME – THE DOLL’S POSTMAN

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST SHORT FICTION          

RUN TIME – 17:15 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – MAZAHIR RAHIM

SHOW TIME – 02:00 PM

 

THE FILM RECREATES THIS HEARTWARMING STORY OF FRANZ KAFKA AND HIS INSPIRING WRITINGS. THEME: THE YOUNG CAN SEE BEAUTY SO EASILY! ANYONE WHO KEEPS THE ABILITY TO SEE BEAUTY NEVER GROWS OLD.

 

 

FILM NAME – LEGEND: HOG-ZIIN TZENG, HAKKA ANCESTRAL TABLETS

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

RUN TIME – 05:25 MINUTES

DIRECTOR – FEELING WU

SHOW TIME – 02:30 PM

THIS EPISODE INTRODUCES HOG-ZIIN TZENG, WHO MAKES ANCESTRAL TABLETS. ORIGINALLY SELLING AIR CONDITIONERS, TZENG CAME ACROSS CARVING AND SUBSEQUENTLY, HE BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE HOW TO MAKE ANCESTRAL TABLETS.

 

 

FILM NAME – TO BE THERE WITH YOU

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST WEB SERIES

RUN TIME – 16:34 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – HSIANG-CHUNG HSUEH

SHOW TIME – 02:40 PM

 

THIS EPISODE’S GUEST IS ZONG-HAN TSOU, WHO OFTEN SPEAKS ON LGBT ISSUES AND MARRIAGE EQUALITY.

 

 

FILM NAME – MOUNTAIN CHARMING: DU-NAN ANCIENT TRAIL  

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST WEB SERIES

RUN TIME – 18:24 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – JOHNNY LYU

SHOW TIME – 03:00 PM

 

FOLLOW MOUNTAIN CHARMING TO LEARN ABOUT THE RARELY KNOWN MYSTERIOUS HISTORIC TRAIL TODAY!

 

 

FILM NAME – THE MAGICIAN OF TASTE

CATEGORY – BEST ANIMATION FILM

RUN TIME – 04:15 MINUTES

DIRECTOR – CHIH-CHUNG WANG

SHOW TIME – 03:30 PM

 

IN TRADITIONAL HAKKA CULTURE, SALT IS THE SOURCE OF ENERGY AND A SYMBOL OF HAKKA CULTURE. WITH TIME PASSING, SALT HAS BECOME A SYMBOL OF A PERSON’S STRENGTH AND COURAGE IN HAKKA CULTURE.

 

 

FILM NAME – GREAT GRANDFATHER’S WISHES

CATEGORY – BEST ANIMATION FILM

RUN TIME – 06:12 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – CHIH-CHUNG WANG

SHOW TIME – 03:15 PM

 

THE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER PUTS ON THE STORY-TELLING GLASSES WITH HER FATHER; TOGETHER, THEY TRAVEL BACK TO THE FATHER’S CHILDHOOD AND SEE HOW HE FULFILLED GREAT-GRANDPA’S WISHES.

 

FILM NAME – WAKE UP THE CITY

CATEGORY – BEST ANIMATION FILM

RUN TIME – 07:32 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – CHIH-CHUNG WANG

SHOW TIME – 03:30 PM

 

IT IS BASED ON A SHORT STORY, “ROOSTER CROWING IN THE PHOTO” FROM JI ZONG HUA.   THE STORY TELLS THE TALE OF AN OLD FARMER WHO LOVES HIS LAND.

 

 

FILM NAME – AN ILLUSORY JOY

CATEGORY – BEST ANIMATION FILM

RUN TIME – 05:31 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – CHIH-CHUNG WANG

SHOW TIME – 03:40 PM

 

LET’S TRAVEL BACK IN TIME AND WATCH THE STORY ABOUT A DIPLOMAT.

 

 

FILM NAME – TODAY’S NOOSE

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST STUDENT FILM

RUN TIME – 15:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – ANNA GABRIEL

SHOW TIME – 03:45 PM

 

THE ACTOR DESPERATELY ATTENDS THE AUDITION TO GET THE PART OF HIS DREAM AND TO IMPRESS THE DIRECTOR AND THE CASTING DIRECTOR. HE TURNS OUT TO FAIL A NEW CASTING, DESPITE HIS MARVELLOUS MONOLOGUE’S DELIVERY. AFTER COMING BACK HOME, HE TEXTS HIS GIRLFRIEND ABOUT HIS PLAN TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND TAKES ATTEMPTS TO TURN THIS PLAN INTO REALITY, BUT SOMETHING GOES WRONG THERE…

 

 

FILM NAME – DIMITRIS, NIKOS… AND THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST DIRECTOR MALE | WORLD CINEMA BEST FEATURE    DOCUMENTARY

RUN TIME – 01:19:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR –  COSTAS AENIAN

SHOW TIME – 04:00 PM

 

THE STORY OF A YOUNG CHILD WHO WAS FORCIBLY ABANDONED IN THE FOREST DURING THE GREEK CIVIL WAR, MANAGED TO SURVIVE AND GREW UP AS A REFUGEE IN POLAND.

 

 

Note: – We are not screening few films due to the obscene content with in the films.

FILM SCREENINGS SCHEDULE

DATE – 03/11/2023

 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS	TIME
WELCOME NOTE BY FOUNDER	10:30 AM
FESTIVAL PROMO AV	10:35 AM
SPONSORS’ AV	10:40 AM
SCREENINGS	10:30 AM TO 5:30 PM

 

FILM NAME – BANWARI’S MOTHER

CATEGORY –   BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUE

RUN TIME –    01:06:00 MINUTES

DIRECTOR –    O P SRIVASTAVA

SHOW TIME – 10:45 AM

 

‘BANWARI KI AMMA BANWARI’S MOTHER) IS A FILM SET IN CENTRAL INDIA IN A TOWN CALLED LUCKNOW. THE BACKDROP OF THE FILM IS LATE 70S AND THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND A MIDDLE-CLASS ASPIRATIONAL FAMILY, WHOSE BREAD EARNER IS WORKING AS A TYPIST IN A GOVERNMENT OFFICE.

 

 

FILM NAME – VINDHIYA’S BUILDING

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

RUN TIME – 27:44 MINUTES

DIRECTOR – SUDHIR GUPTA

SHOW TIME – 12:00 PM

 

TEMPTATION AND TOIL INVISIBLE WITHIN VISIBLE SILENCE AFTER NOISE VINDHIYA 26, CHUCKS AN ENGINEERING CAREER, MAKES A BUILDING AND RENTS IT TO BENGALI GOLD CRAFTSMEN, DESIGNERS AND RECYCLERS IN JAUHARI BAZAAR, THE HEART OF JAIPUR, A CITY OF STONES, GEMS AND JEWELLERY.

 

 

FILM NAME – RAJA BRO (RAJA BHAU)

CATEGORY – BEST LGBT FILM           

RUN TIME – 25:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – SRIDHAR RANGAYAN

SHOW TIME – 12:30 PM

 

RAJA BHAU IS A SENSITIVE HEART-WARMING STORY OF AN INDIAN TRANSMAN’S ACCEPTANCE, BY HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FILM NAME – BUS-STOP

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST STUDENT FILM

RUN TIME – 05:00 MINUTES

DIRECTOR – NANDITA CHAKRABORTY

SHOW TIME – 01:00 PM

 

BUS-STOP IS A DIGITAL POSTCARD, AN INITIATIVE BY A GROUP OF FILM STUDENTS WHO COLLABORATIVELY DEDICATES THIS POSTCARD AS A LOVE LETTER TO MELBOURNE. IT IS ALSO COMMITS TO THE NUANCES OF HUMAN DISPLACEMENT.

 

 

FILM NAME – THE SAGA OF A BRAVE HEART

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

RUN TIME – 49:02 MINUTES

DIRECTOR – MAYA CHANDRA

SHOW TIME – 01:15 PM

 

A DOCUMENTARY INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY OF LT COL AJIT BHANDARKAR, SHAURYA CHAKRA WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR THE NATION ON OCTOBER 30,1999, WHILE NEUTRALIZING TERRORISTS IN THE J&K REGION.

 

 

FILM NAME – BLACKOUT      

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST DIRECTOR MALE

RUN TIME – 01:52:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – ANGEL ANTONIO SOTO

SHOW TIME – 02:15 PM

 

BLACKOUT TELLS THE STORY OF JUANCHO AND HIS EFFORT TO WARN THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ABOUT AN INCOMING BOMBARDMENT ON THE ISLAND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AS HE GATHERS MORE EVIDENCE TO SHOW THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER HE WONDERS IF THEY WILL EVER BELIEVE HIM.

 

 

FILM NAME – BISSAU KI MOOK RAMLEELA 

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

RUN TIME – 73:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – RAJNI ACHARYA

SHOW TIME – 04:15 PM

 

A MUSICAL EPIC OF BHARAT, THIS RAMLEELA IS STAGED BY LOCAL ORDINARY CITIZENS OF BISSAU. THIS CAN EASILY BE CALLED AS THE “RAMLEELA OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.”

 

NOTE: – WE ARE NOT SCREENING FEW FILMS DUE TO THE OBSCENE CONTENT WITH IN THE FILMS.

FILM SCREENINGS SCHEDULE

DATE – 04/11/2023

 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS	TIME
WELCOME NOTE BY FOUNDER	10:30 AM
FESTIVAL PROMO AV	10:35 AM
SPONSORS’ AV	10:40 AM
SCREENINGS	10:30 AM TO 5:30 PM

 

FILM NAME – THEN & NOW

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT SPECIAL JURY MENTION

RUN TIME – 26:27 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – RIWK JAISWAL

SHOW TIME – 10:45 AM

 

HAS LOVE REALLY CHANGED? WHEN PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENTS AND AMBITIONS CLASH WITH PERSONAL FEELINGS FOR A MODERN-DAY COUPLE, A LOVE STORY FROM A BYGONE DECADE MAY OFFER SOME WISDOM.

 

 

FILM NAME – KATAAI

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

RUN TIME – 18:19 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – ABHIJEET MANISHA RATHOD

SHOW TIME – 11:30 AM

 

BHIWAPUR, A SMALL TOWN THAT LIES SOME 60 ODD KMS INSIDE NAGPUR, HOLDS THE MEAT OF THE RED CHILLY TRADE OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THE RED CHILLY TRADE HAS SUCH PROMINENCE OVER HERE THAT YOU WOULD HARDLY FIND ANYTHING ELSE AND IT WILL NOT BE AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY THE ONLY LABOUR CENTRIC JOB AVAILABLE IN BHIWAPUR REVOLVES AROUND THE RED CHILLIES.

 

 

FILM NAME – BAL NAREN

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST FILM FEATURE FICTION

RUN TIME – 01:36:58 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – PAWAN KK NAGPAL

SHOW TIME – 01:15 PM

 

THE STORY OF THE FILM IS ABOUT A YOUNG BOY NAREN WHO LOSES HIS FATHER BECAUSE OF A DENGUE. THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT OF LOOSING HIS FATHER TEACHES HIM AN IMPORTANT LESSON ABOUT CLEANLINESS AND HOW IT CAN HELP ERADICATE MANY DISEASES THAT DEVELOP BECAUSE OF A DIRTY ENVIRONMENT.

 

 

 

FILM NAME – LET’S KEEP IT BETWEEN US

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST WEBSERIES

RUN TIME – 25:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – GUSTA STOCKLER

SHOW TIME – 03:00 PM

 

DUDA NEVER LOST HOPE OF MEETING AGAIN HER BOYFRIEND, GAB, WHO DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE; AND TRIES TO MOVE ON WITH HER LIFE WITH HER FRIENDS CISSA AND BRUNO. BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES WHEN THE THREE OF THEM FIND GAB BODY IN A FOREST.

 

 

FILM NAME – PUREBRED SPANISH: THE ORIGIN

CATEGORY – BEST HISTORICAL FILM

RUN TIME – 01:10:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – FRANCISCO JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ BORDONADA

SHOW TIME – 03:30 PM

 

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ROLES PLAYED BY THIS ANIMAL IN THE PENINSULA, IN HISTORY, AS WELL AS A NECESSARY REVIEW OF ITS ORIGINS. AN INTIMATE AND PERSONAL JOURNEY TO UNRAVEL THE RELATIONSHIP OF EFFORT, LOVE AND PASSION BETWEEN MAN AND HORSE.

 

 

FILM NAME – LACHIT, THE WARRIOR

CATEGORY – BEST ANIMATION FILM

RUN TIME – 18:56 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – PARTHASARATHI MAHANTA

SHOW TIME – 04:45 PM

 

LACHIT (THE WARRIOR), AN AUDIO-VISUAL DOCUMENTARY BY PARTHASARATHI MAHANTA, SHOWCASES THE LIFE OF LACHIT BARPHUKAN, THE LEGENDARY ASSAMESE GENERAL.

 

 

FILM NAME – VICTORIA

CATEGORY – WORLD CINEMA BEST STUDENT FILM

RUN TIME – 17:50 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – DMITRIY SOLOVYEV

SHOW TIME – 05:15 PM

 

SYOMA’S BRIDE LEAVES HIM UNEXPECTEDLY FOR HIS BEST FRIEND. HEARTBROKEN BOY MEETS MYSTERIOUS AND CHARMING VIKTORIA. THE DATE WITH HER SYOMA WILL NEVER FORGET.

 

NOTE: – WE ARE NOT SCREENING FEW FILMS DUE TO THE OBSCENE CONTENT WITH IN THE FILMS.

FILM SCREENINGS SCHEDULE

DATE – 05/11/2023

 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS	TIME
WELCOME NOTE BY FOUNDER	10:30 AM
FESTIVAL PROMO AV	10:35 AM
SPONSORS’ AV	10:40 AM
SCREENINGS	10:30 AM TO 3:00 PM

 

FILM NAME – OUTRÉ

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST DIRECTOR DEBUTANT FEMALE

RUN TIME – 01:03:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – KANUPRIYA GUPTA

SHOW TIME – 10:45 AM

 

WHAT IS THE EXACT TRIGGER POINT THAT PERSUADES YOU TO SHIFT TO YOUR WORLD OF DARKNESS? IS IT SOMETHING IN THEM OR IS IT SOMETHING IN YOU?

 

 

FILM NAME – A DREAM OF A WIDOW

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT FILM

RUN TIME – 16:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – RUPKAMAL HAZARIKA

SHOW TIME – 12:00 PM

 

AFTER HER HUSBAND’S EARLY DEATH, MOMEE STARTED FARMING VEGETABLES AND SELLING MILK FOR A LIVELIHOOD AND EDUCATED HER DAUGHTER, BIDISHA.

 

 

FILM NAME – GULABI AASMAN

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT FILM

RUN TIME – 18:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – DR. HUMAYUN MAGIC

SHOW TIME – 12:30 PM

 

THE STORY OF A BROKEN DREAM.

 

 

FILM NAME – BAANDH

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT FILM

RUN TIME – 05:50 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – NILESH DESAI

SHOW TIME – 12:40 PM

 

THIS SILENT FILM IS BALU KAKA’S JOURNEY TO HOLD THIS GIFT AS CLOSE TO HIS HEART AS POSSIBLE.

FILM NAME – THE WAY BACK HOME

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT FICTION

RUN TIME – 14:30 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – SANDEEP KUMAR PAUL

SHOW TIME – 01:00 PM

 

TWO GIRLS FROM THE NORTHEAST RELOCATE TO A METROPOLIS ONLY TO BECOME WITNESSES OF UGLY RACIAL BEHAVIOUR FROM LOCAL PEOPLE.

 

 

FILM NAME – CONNECTION HAI KYA?

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST SHORT FICTION

RUN TIME – 03:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – NILESH NAIK

SHOW TIME – 01:30 PM

 

THE FILM DOES A COMMENDABLE JOB OF DRAWING ONE’S ATTENTION IN A STARK, UNABASHED MANNER TO THE INHERENT, IMPLICIT SEXISM THAT OPERATES ON EVERY LEVEL.

 

 

FILM NAME – THANKS MOM

CATEGORY – BEST LGBTQ FILM

RUN TIME – 21:00 MINUTE

DIRECTOR – MANIK SANJAY TALWAR

SHOW TIME – 01:45 PM

 

AN ENDEARING AND HEART-WARMING STORY OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, IT IS A HUMAN & AN UNIVERSAL STORY OF EVERY MOTHER & SON.

 

 

FILM NAME – MOJOLI – AN ISLAND OF A BROKEN HEART

CATEGORY – INDIAN CINEMA BEST FILM FEATURE FICTION

RUN TIME – 01:42:00 MINUTES

DIRECTOR – NABAJYOTI BORA

SHOW TIME – 02:00 PM

 

A SMALL RIVER ISLAND ON THE MIGHTY BRAHMAPUTRA, MOJOLI, IS AN ISLAND WITHOUT INHABITANTS.

 

 

 

NOTE: – WE ARE NOT SCREENING FEW FILMS DUE TO THE OBSCENE CONTENT WITH IN THE FILMS.