KPFF 2022 Schedule rough

10.00-12.20
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
DISCOUNT WORKERS
60’ / 2020 / Pakistan
Dir: Ammar Aziz, Christopher Paz
Indian Premiere

NEW INDIAN FICTION
BEBAAK (DYING WIND IN HER HAIR)
(2019, 21 mins)
Dir: Shazia Iqbal
Kolkata Premiere

GHORMUA (A LETTER TO HOME)
(2018, 25 mins)
Dir: Mukul Haloi

NOOREH
(2018, 22 mins)
Dir: Ashish Pandey

1.50-3.00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
#UNFAIR
(2019, 52 mins)
Dir: Wenceslaus Mendes, Anoushka Matthews, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Mohit Bhalla
Indian Premiere

Conversation with Wenceslaus Mendes and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

3.00-5.45
NEW INDIAN FICTION
BIDUGADE (THE REDEMPTION)

(2019, 21 mins)
Dir: Naveen Tejaswi
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Naveen Tejaswi

3.00-5.45
NEW INDIAN FICTION
SUDANI FROM NIGERIA
(2018, 120 mins)
Dir: Zakariya

Conversation with Zakariya

6.00-7.30
INAUGURATION, KPFF 2020
Introductions, Release of Protirodher Cinema magazine (volume 7)

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Speaker: Arundhati Roy

Conversation with Arundhati Roy

7.40-9.00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
PRISON DIARIES
(2019, 37 mins)
Dir: Uma Chakravarti
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Uma Chakravarti / Priyanka Chhabra

CHAI DARBARI
(2019, 29 mins)
Dir: Prateek Shekhar
Kolkata Premiere

10.00-10.55
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
PANI PAATA PORATAM (SONGS OF OUR SOIL)
(2019, 52 mins)
Dir: Aditi Maddali

10.55-12.20
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SWIMMING THROUGH THE DARKNESS
(2018, 76 mins)
Dir: Supriyo Sen

Conversation with Supriyo Sen

12.20-1.45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
CHACHAN, ORU DIVASAM (CHACHAN, A DAY)
(2019, 32 mins)
Dir: Jain Jose Abraham
Indian Premiere

Conversation with Jain Jose Abraham

JHARIA (THE SPRING)
(2019, 28 mins)
Dir: Biju Toppo
Indian Premiere

Conversation with Biju Toppo

2.05-2.45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
WANING MOONS
(2019, 28 mins)
Dir: Nooryaab Nakhat
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Nooryaab Nakhat

2.45-4.40
NEW INDIAN FICTION
EEB ALLAY OOO!
(2019, 96 mins)
Dir: Prateek Vats
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Prateek Vats

4.50-9.00
SPECIAL SCREENING AND CONVERSATION (DOCUMENTARY)
VIVEK (REASON)
(2018, 218 mins)
Dir: Anand Patwardhan

Conversation with Anand Patwardhan

10.00-11.35
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
TAKING ON THE STORM
(2019, 82 mins)
Dir: Matjaz Pinter, Eva Pivac
(Nepal) Indian Premiere

Conversation with Matjaz Pinter

11.35-12.55
NEW INDIAN FICTION
DARROJ (EVERYDAY)
(2019, 29 mins)
Dir: Varun Sharma
International Premiere

Conversation with Varun Sharma

NEON
(2018, 27 mins)
Dir: Sakshi Gulati
Asian Premiere

Conversation with Sakshi Gulati

12.55-1.30
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SECOND HOME
(2019, 26 mins)
Dir: Shekh Al Mamun
(Bangladesh, South Korea) Asian Premiere

Conversation with Shekh Al Mamun

2.00-3.30
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN
(2019, 35 mins)
Dir: Moupia Mukherjee

Talk with Moupia Mukherjee

NAM DEVARU AATHARA
(OUR GODS ARE LIKE THAT)

(2019, 33 mins)
Dir: Sraiyanti Haricharan

Kolkata Premiere

Talk with Sraiyanti Haricharan

3.30-5.50
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
MOTI BAGH
(2019, 60 mins)
Dir: Nirmal Chander Dandriyal
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Nirmal Chander Dandriyal

MOD BHAANG (THE EBB TIDE)
(2019, 60 mins)
Dir: Renu Savant
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Renu Savant

6.00-7.20
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
KASHMIR: THE IMAGE AS WITNESS AND MEMORY
(2019, 60 mins)
Dir: Sanjay Kak

Conversation with Sanjay Kak

7.30-9.00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
STRANGERS
(2019, 73 mins)
Dir: Laura Kansy, Oskar Zoche

Conversation with Oskar Zoche

10.00-11.30
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
RECASTING SELVES
(2019, 80 mins)
Dir: Lalit Vachani
Kolkata Premiere

11.30-12.45
NEW INDIAN FICTION
POSHARINI (THE SALESWOMAN)
(2018, 27 mins)
Dir: Sreecheta Das

Conversation with Sreecheta Das

WIG
(2019, 26 mins)
Dir: Atanu Mukherjee
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Atanu Mukherjee

12.45-1.30
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
JAADUI JUNGLE
(MAGICAL FOREST)

(2019, 34 mins)
Dir: Archana Chandrashekar
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Archana Chandrashekar

2.00-4.05
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
PAATHI AAKAASHATHINUM PAATHI BHOOMIKKUM UDAMAKAL
(HEIRS OF HALF THE EARTH AND SKY)
(2019, 39 mins)
Dir: Georgy Abraham
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Georgy Abraham

JANANI’S JULIET
(2019, 53 mins)
Dir: Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Pankaj Rishi Kumar

4.05-4.45
NEW INDIAN FICTION
MAHAANTAM
(THE GREATEST NATION)

(2018, 29 mins)
Dir: Shridhar Sudhir

Conversation with Shridhar Sudhir

4.45-5.50
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
CORAL WOMAN

(2019, 52 mins)
Dir: Priya Thuvassery

Conversation with Priya Thuvassery

6.00-7.20
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
RISING SILENCE

(2018, 75 mins)
Dir: Leesa Gazi
(Bangladesh) Indian Premiere

7.30-9.00
CONCERT AND CLOSING NOTE
‘SINGING YOUR DESPAIR, AND MINE’

Poetry, music and conversation between Aamir Aziz and Moushumi Bhowmik