DAY 1 – January 24th

10:00 – 11:50
OPENING FILM
NEW INDIAN FICTION
WHICH COLOUR? (KAYO KAYO COLOUR?)

Dir: Sharukhkhan Chavada

96’ / 2023 / India / Hindi, Gujarati (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
11:50 – 12:30
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND
THE FORGOTTEN HANDS

Dir: Bo Thet Htun

21’18” / 2023 / Myanmar, Thailand / Kayah (English subtitles)

NUR AND ABIR

(NUR Y ABIR)

Dir: Manu Gómez

13’ / 2022 / Palestine, Spain / Spanish, English (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
12:30 – 13:00
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
A LEAVING CELEBRATION

Dir: Afshin Amerian

20’ / 2023 / Afghanistan, Iran / Persian (English subtitles)

Indian Premiere
13:00 – 13:45
NEW INDIAN FICTION
WHAT ARE YOU SEARCHING? (TEY KEA LAU LODNA?)

Dir: Princy Pal

34’58” / 2022 / India / Kulluvi, Hindi (English subtitles)

Break
14:15 – 15:20
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
THE RIVER OF PARTITION (ICHAMATI)

Dir: Habibur Rahman

60’ / 2023 / Bangladesh / Bangla, Munda (English subtitles)

International Premiere
15:20 – 16:20
NEW INDIAN FICTION
DALAN

Dir: Umesh Malan

19’ / 2023 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)

Asian Premiere
Conversation with Umesh Malan

DARBHA

Dir: Vismay Kamate

22’ / 2023 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Vismay Kamate
Break
16:30 – 17:20
INAUGURATION KPFF 2024

WELCOME NOTE
UNVEILING THE JOURNAL “PROTIRODHER CINEMA VOL. 8”
FELICITATIONS
Deepa Dhanraj, Reena Mohan, Meghnath
Break
17:30 – 18:40
RETROSPECTIVE: DOCS THAT MATTERED
KAMLABAI

Dir: Reena Mohan

47’ / 1991 / India / Marathi, Hindi (English subtitles)

Conversation with Reena Mohan
18:40 – 21:00
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND
THE GOLDEN WINGS OF WATERCOCKS (KURA POKKHIR SHUNYE URA)

Dir: Muhammad Abdul Quayum

117’ / 2022 / Bangladesh / Bangla (English subtitles)

Conversation with Muhammad Abdul Quayum

DAY 2 – January 25th

10:00 – 12:20
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND
A HOUSE NAMED SHAHANA (BARIR NAAM SHAHANA)

Dir: Leesa Gazi

137’ / 2023 / Bangladesh, UK / Bangla (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
12:20 – 13:45
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
NO WINTER HOLIDAYS (DHORPATAN)

Dir: Rajan Kathet, Sunir Pandey

79’ / 2023 / Nepal / Nepali (English subtitles)

Break
14:15 – 15:00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE UNKNOWN KERALA STORIES

Dir: Sanu Kummil

33’ / 2023 / India / Malayalam (English subtitles)

International Premiere
Conversation with Sanu Kummil
15:00 – 15:50
NEW INDIAN FICTION
NOTHING GROWS UNDER THE PINE TREES (KULAI TAL KUCHH NI JAMDU)

Dir: Sachin Rana

32’07” / 2023 / India / Garwali (English subtitles)

International Premiere
Conversation with Sachin Rana
15:50 – 17:45
RETROSPECTIVE: DOCS THAT MATTERED
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS CITY? (KYA HUA IS SHAHAR KO?)

Dir: Deepa Dhanraj

90’ / 1986 / India / Telegu, Dakhani, Hindi (English subtitles)

Conversation with Deepa Dhanraj
Break
18:00 – 19:20

IN CONVERSATION

“THE ASSAULT ON MEANING: THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A WRITER TODAY”
Speaker: Arundhati Roy

Readings and conversation with Arundhati Roy
Break
19:30 – 21:00
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
AND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS (BE KUCHEYE KHOSHBAKHT)

Dir: Sreemoyee Singh

75’ / 2023 / India, Iran / Persian, English (English subtitles)

Conversation with Sreemoyee Singh

DAY 3 – January 26th

10:00 – 11:10
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
ANDRO DREAMS

Dir: Meena Longjam

63’ / 2023 / India / Manipuri (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
11:10 – 11:45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SUBMERGED (JALMAGNA)

Dir: Iqbal Hussain

25’ / 2023 / India / Nimadi, Hindi (English subtitles)

Conversation with Iqbal Hussain
11:45 – 13:55
NEW INDIAN FICTION>
CELESTINA & LAWRENCE

Dir: Vikram Kumar

112’59” / 2023 / India / Nagpuri, Hindi (English subtitles)

International Premiere
Conversation with Vikram Kumar
Break
14:15 – 15:15
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
IN SEARCH OF AJANTRIK

Dir: Meghnath

46’48” / 2023 / India / Hindi, Bangla, English (English subtitles)

International Premiere
Conversation with Meghnath
15:15 – 18:00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
MILES AWAY (MEELON DUR)

Dir: Megha Acharya

50’10” / 2023 / India / Bundeli, Hindi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Megha Acharya

THE GOLDEN THREAD (PAAT KATHA)

Dir: Nishtha Jain

86’ / 2022 / India / Hindi, Bangla (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Nishtha Jain
Break
18:10 – 19:20

TALK

“WHERE DO WE FIND OUR PUBLIC? DOCUMENTARY FILM IN THE PRESENT”
Speaker: Sanjay Kak

Conversation with Sanjay Kak
Break
19:25 – 21:00
RETROSPECTIVE: DOCS THAT MATTERED
IN THE NAME OF GOD (RAM KE NAAM)

Dir: Anand Patwardhan

75’ / 1992 / India / English, Hindi (English subtitles)

Conversation with Anand Patwardhan

DAY 4 – January 27th

10:00 – 10:40
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND
THE MIRAGE (MRIGATRISHNA)

Dir: Santosh Dahal

27’ / 2022 / Nepal / Nepali (English subtitles)

Indian Premiere
10:40 – 12:45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE ORCHARD AND THE PARDES (BAGEECHA AUR PARDES)

Dir: Renu Savant

119’42” / 2023 / India / Hindi, Marathi, Nepali (English subtitles)

Indian Premiere
12:45 – 13:45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
WHEN THE EARTH RUSTED

Dir: Duttatreya Dey

17’05” / 2023 / India / Odia, Bangla, English, Hindi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Duttatreya Dey

LULLABY OF WAVES

Dir: Ayon Pratim Saikia

15’ / 2023 / India / Assamese (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Ayon Pratim Salkia
Break
14:10 – 16:30
RETROSPECTIVE: DOCS THAT MATTERED
RED ANT DREAM (MAATI KE LAAL)

Dir: Sanjay Kak

120’ / 2013 / India / Gondi, Odia, Punjabi (English subtitles)

Conversation with Sanjay Kak
16:30 – 17:25
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SEED STORIES

Dir: Chitrangada Choudhury

42’ / 2023 / India / English, Odia (English subtitles)

Indian Premiere
Conversation with Chitrangada Choudhury
Break
17:30 – 18:05
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
DEAR SAHITYA

Dir: Leo Paapam

22’ / 2023 / India / English, Tamizh, Hindi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Leo Paapam
Break
18:10 – 19:20
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
INSIDES AND OUTSIDES

Dir: Arbab Ahmad

54’ / 2023 / India / English, Hindi, Urdu (English subtitles)

Conversation with Arbab Ahmad
19:20 – 21:00
NEW INDIAN FICTION
WHISPERS OF FIRE & WATER

Dir: Lubdhak Chatterjee

83’ / 2023 / India / Hindi, Bangla, English (English subtitles)

Conversation with Lubdhak Chatterjee

DAY 5 – January 28th

10:00 – 11:20
RETROSPECTIVE: DOCS THAT MATTERED
DEVELOPMENT FLOWS FROM THE BARREL OF THE GUN (VIKAS BANDOOK KE NAL SE)

Dir: Biju Toppo, Meghnath

55’ / 2003 / India / Hindi, Odia (English subtitles)

Conversation with Meghnath
11:20 – 12:00
NEW INDIAN FICTION
FIREFLY (JUGNOO)

Dir: Jatin Parveen

22’ / 2023 / India / Hindi, Bangla (English subtitles)

Indian Premiere
Conversation with Jatin Parveen
12:00 – 13:45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE (ZAMEER)

Dir: Uma Chakravarti

88’53” / 2023 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

International Premiere
Conversation with Uma Chakravarti
Break
14:15 – 15:35
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
BEYOND THE BLUES (PORSHI NEELER AARSHINAGAR)

Dir: Debalina Majumdar

63’ / 2023 / India / Bangla, English (English subtitles)

Conversation with Debalina Majumdar
15:35 – 16:10
NEW INDIAN FICTION
TWO WAY STREET

Dir: Asmit Pathare

22’ / 2023 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

Conversation with Asmit Pathare
Break
16:15 – 17:00
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
A LETTER TO LANKA

Dir: Ilakkiya Mariya Simon

28’ / 2023 / Sri Lanka, Norway / English, Tamil, Sinhala (English subtitles)

Asian Premiere
Conversation with Ilakkiya Mariya Simon
Break
17:10 – 19:10
CLOSING FILM
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE WORLD IS FAMILY (VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM)

Dir: Anand Patwardhan

96’ / 2023 / India / English, Marathi, Hindi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Anand Patwardhan
19:15 – 19:30
CLOSING NOTE
KPFF 2024
19:30 – 21:00
MUSIC CONCERT

“SONGS OF THESE DROWNING TIMES” (“EI DUBONTO SOMOYER GAAN”)

Performance by Moushumi Bhowmik, with Sreemoyee Singh