DAY 1 – January 24th
OPENING FILM
NEW INDIAN FICTION
WHICH COLOUR? (KAYO KAYO COLOUR?)
Dir: Sharukhkhan Chavada
96’ / 2023 / India / Hindi, Gujarati (English subtitles)
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND
THE FORGOTTEN HANDS
Dir: Bo Thet Htun
21’18” / 2023 / Myanmar, Thailand / Kayah (English subtitles)
(NUR Y ABIR)
Dir: Manu Gómez
13’ / 2022 / Palestine, Spain / Spanish, English (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
A LEAVING CELEBRATION
Dir: Afshin Amerian
20’ / 2023 / Afghanistan, Iran / Persian (English subtitles)
NEW INDIAN FICTION
WHAT ARE YOU SEARCHING? (TEY KEA LAU LODNA?)
Dir: Princy Pal
34’58” / 2022 / India / Kulluvi, Hindi (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
THE RIVER OF PARTITION (ICHAMATI)
Dir: Habibur Rahman
60’ / 2023 / Bangladesh / Bangla, Munda (English subtitles)
NEW INDIAN FICTION
DALAN
Dir: Umesh Malan
19’ / 2023 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Vismay Kamate
22’ / 2023 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)
INAUGURATION KPFF 2024
RETROSPECTIVE: DOCS THAT MATTERED
KAMLABAI
Dir: Reena Mohan
47’ / 1991 / India / Marathi, Hindi (English subtitles)
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND
THE GOLDEN WINGS OF WATERCOCKS (KURA POKKHIR SHUNYE URA)
Dir: Muhammad Abdul Quayum
117’ / 2022 / Bangladesh / Bangla (English subtitles)
DAY 2 – January 25th
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND
A HOUSE NAMED SHAHANA (BARIR NAAM SHAHANA)
Dir: Leesa Gazi
137’ / 2023 / Bangladesh, UK / Bangla (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
NO WINTER HOLIDAYS (DHORPATAN)
Dir: Rajan Kathet, Sunir Pandey
79’ / 2023 / Nepal / Nepali (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE UNKNOWN KERALA STORIES
Dir: Sanu Kummil
33’ / 2023 / India / Malayalam (English subtitles)
NEW INDIAN FICTION
NOTHING GROWS UNDER THE PINE TREES (KULAI TAL KUCHH NI JAMDU)
Dir: Sachin Rana
32’07” / 2023 / India / Garwali (English subtitles)
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)
“THE ASSAULT ON MEANING: THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A WRITER TODAY”
Speaker: Arundhati Roy
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
AND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS (BE KUCHEYE KHOSHBAKHT)
Dir: Sreemoyee Singh
75’ / 2023 / India, Iran / Persian, English (English subtitles)
DAY 3 – January 26th
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
ANDRO DREAMS
Dir: Meena Longjam
63’ / 2023 / India / Manipuri (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SUBMERGED (JALMAGNA)
Dir: Iqbal Hussain
25’ / 2023 / India / Nimadi, Hindi (English subtitles)
NEW INDIAN FICTION>
CELESTINA & LAWRENCE
Dir: Vikram Kumar
112’59” / 2023 / India / Nagpuri, Hindi (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
IN SEARCH OF AJANTRIK
Dir: Meghnath
46’48” / 2023 / India / Hindi, Bangla, English (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
MILES AWAY (MEELON DUR)
Dir: Megha Acharya
50’10” / 2023 / India / Bundeli, Hindi (English subtitles)
THE GOLDEN THREAD (PAAT KATHA)
Dir: Nishtha Jain
86’ / 2022 / India / Hindi, Bangla (English subtitles)
“WHERE DO WE FIND OUR PUBLIC? DOCUMENTARY FILM IN THE PRESENT”
Speaker: Sanjay Kak
RETROSPECTIVE: DOCS THAT MATTERED
IN THE NAME OF GOD (RAM KE NAAM)
Dir: Anand Patwardhan
75’ / 1992 / India / English, Hindi (English subtitles)
DAY 4 – January 27th
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND
THE MIRAGE (MRIGATRISHNA)
Dir: Santosh Dahal
27’ / 2022 / Nepal / Nepali (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE ORCHARD AND THE PARDES (BAGEECHA AUR PARDES)
Dir: Renu Savant
119’42” / 2023 / India / Hindi, Marathi, Nepali (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
WHEN THE EARTH RUSTED
Dir: Duttatreya Dey
17’05” / 2023 / India / Odia, Bangla, English, Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Ayon Pratim Saikia
15’ / 2023 / India / Assamese (English subtitles)
RETROSPECTIVE: DOCS THAT MATTERED
RED ANT DREAM (MAATI KE LAAL)
Dir: Sanjay Kak
120’ / 2013 / India / Gondi, Odia, Punjabi (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SEED STORIES
Dir: Chitrangada Choudhury
42’ / 2023 / India / English, Odia (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
DEAR SAHITYA
Dir: Leo Paapam
22’ / 2023 / India / English, Tamizh, Hindi (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
INSIDES AND OUTSIDES
Dir: Arbab Ahmad
54’ / 2023 / India / English, Hindi, Urdu (English subtitles)
NEW INDIAN FICTION
WHISPERS OF FIRE & WATER
Dir: Lubdhak Chatterjee
83’ / 2023 / India / Hindi, Bangla, English (English subtitles)
DAY 5 – January 28th
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)
NEW INDIAN FICTION
FIREFLY (JUGNOO)
Dir: Jatin Parveen
22’ / 2023 / India / Hindi, Bangla (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE (ZAMEER)
Dir: Uma Chakravarti
88’53” / 2023 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
BEYOND THE BLUES (PORSHI NEELER AARSHINAGAR)
Dir: Debalina Majumdar
63’ / 2023 / India / Bangla, English (English subtitles)
NEW INDIAN FICTION
TWO WAY STREET
Dir: Asmit Pathare
22’ / 2023 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA & BEYOND (DOCUMENTARY)
A LETTER TO LANKA
Dir: Ilakkiya Mariya Simon
28’ / 2023 / Sri Lanka, Norway / English, Tamil, Sinhala (English subtitles)
CLOSING FILM
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE WORLD IS FAMILY (VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM)
Dir: Anand Patwardhan
96’ / 2023 / India / English, Marathi, Hindi (English subtitles)
CLOSING NOTE
KPFF 2024
MUSIC CONCERT
“SONGS OF THESE DROWNING TIMES” (“EI DUBONTO SOMOYER GAAN”)
Performance by Moushumi Bhowmik, with Sreemoyee Singh