DAY 1 – January 20th
OPENING FILM
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING
97’ / 2021 / India / Hindi, Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Payal Kapadia
NEW SOUTH ASIA FICTION
SANAM
19’11” / 2022 / Afghanistan, Iran / Persian (English subtitles)
Dir: Md. Reza Keshvari
NEW INDIAN FICTION
LAKSHMI
18’12” / 2022 / India / Malayalam (English subtitles)
Dir: Harold Antony Paulson
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
AMID THE VILLUS, THE STORY OF PALAIKULI
45’37” / 2022 / Sri Lanka / Tamil (English subtitles)
Dir: Sumathy Sivamohan
NEW INDIAN FICTION
TORTOISE UNDER THE EARTH (DHARTI LATAR RE HORO)
96’ / 2022 / India / Santhali (English subtitles)
Dir: Shishir Jha
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
HERE IS WHERE WE MEET AGAIN
19’ 34” / 2022 / Pakistan / Punjabi, Portuguese, Urdu, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Obaid Mustafa
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SIEGE IN THE AIR
30’ / 2022 / India / English, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri (English subtitles)
Dir: Muntaha Amin
INAUGURATION KPFF 2023
WELCOME NOTE
KEYNOTE TRIBUTE
“A PEOPLE’S FILMMAKER: REMEMBERING K P SASI”
Speaker: Meghnath
MAHSA (ZHINA), THE STORY OF A LEGAL MURDER
14’ 49” / 2022 / Iran / Persian, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Arash Mansour Gorgani
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
UNTIL THE DARKNESS LASTS (JAB TAK RAAT BAAKI HAI)
50’ 45” / 2021 / India / Punjabi, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Rajkumari Gurdayal Asthana
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
TRANS KASHMIR
61’26” / 2022 / India / Urdu, Kashmiri, English (English subtitles)
Dir: S. A. Hanan, Surbhi Dewan
Conversation with S. A. Hanan
DAY 2 – January 21st
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
NO WAY OUT
61’ 36” / 2022 / Bangladesh, South Korea / Bengali, Korean, Nepali, Khmer (English subtitles)
Dir: Shekh Al Mamun
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
NOOR ISLAM
20’ / 2019 / India/ Bengali, Sylhetti (English subtitles)
Dir: Devashree Nath
34’51” / 2021 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Rupesh Kumar Sahu
Conversation with Rupesh Kumar Sahu
NEW INDIAN FICTION
SUPERPOWER (MAHASATTA)
20’ / 2021 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Vikram Rajkumar Bolegave
NEW SOUTHASIAN FICTION
DUSKY VOYAGE (DHUSHARJATRA)
48’51” / 2022 / Bangladesh / Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Chaklader Mustafa Al Mashud (Mashud Sumon)
Conversation with Mashud Sumon
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
IN A DISSENT MANNER
62’20” / 2022 / India / English, Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Ehraz Asmaduz Zaman
Conversation with Ehraz Asmaduz Zaman
NEW INDIAN FICTION
VIRAL
23′ / 2022 / India, Pakistan / Hindi, Urdu, Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Shreyas Dasharathe, Jamshed Irani
FESTIVAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“IN SEARCH OF JUSTICE IN ‘NEW INDIA’”
Speaker: Teesta Setalvad
Conversation with Teesta Setalvad
NEW INDIAN FICTION
JUST LIKE THAT (AISE HEE)
120’ / 2019 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Kislay
Conversation with Kislay
DAY 3 – January 22nd
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE RIYALISTS
69’ / 2021 / Nepal / Nepali, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Kesang Tseten
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
DON’T WORRY ABOUT INDIA
98’27” / 2022 / India / English, Hindi, Tamil (English subtitles)
Dir: Nama Filmcollective
Conversation with Arjun Jr.
NEW INDIAN FICTION
FOOTPRINTS
23’28” / 2022 / India / Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Tathagata Ghosh
Conversation with Tathagata Ghosh
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
A HOME FOR MY HEART (HRIDOY BOSOT)
60’03” / 2022 / India / Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Sankhajit Biswas
Conversation with Sankhajit Biswas
NEW INDIAN FICTION
AALAM
16’23” / 2021 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Deependra Kumar Yadav
29’59” / 2022 / India / English, Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Ketan Kuril
Conversation with Ketan Kuril
22’45” / 2022 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Alok Kumar Dwivedi
Conversation with Alok Kumar Dwivedi
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
FATIMA
59’14” / 2022 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Sourabh Kanti Dutta
Conversation with Sourabh Kanti Dutta
NEW INDIAN FICTION
A PLACE OF OUR OWN (EK JAGAH APNI)
88′ / 2022 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Ektara Collective
DAY 4 – January 23rd
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT
117’22” / 2021 / Canada / English, Punjabi (English subtitles)
Dir: Ajay Bhardwaj
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
DREAM FOR LIVELIHOOD (BHAT KAPORER SWOPNO)
18’47” / 2021 / India / Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Raktim Mondal
Conversation with Raktim Mondal
29’09” / 2021 / India / Surjapuri, Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Farha Khatun
Conversation with Farha Khatun
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
P FOR PYAAZ, P FOR PAISA, P FOR PAANI
56’14” / 2022 / India / Nimadi, Malwi, Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Laxminarayan Devda
Conversation with Laxminarayan Devda
NEW INDIAN FICTION
NIGHT OF SEPARATION (SHAB- E-FIRAQ)
11’59” / 2022 / India / Hindi, Urdu (English subtitles)
Dir: Kamil Saif
Conversation with Kamil Saif
22’20” / 2022 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Pravin Ajinath Khade
Conversation with Pravin Ajinath Khade
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
(UN)HOMELY CITY
23’38” / 2022 / India / Marathi, Hindi, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Pooja Das Sarkar
Conversation with Pooja Das Sarkar
NEW INDIAN FICTION
MISSING SINCE 6.12.1956 (HARAWALE AAHET 6 DECEMBER 1956 PASUN)
19’58” / 2022 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Anand Pande
Conversation with Anand Pande
NEW SOUTHASIAN FICTION
JUNKO
14’59” / 2021 / Nepal / Nepali (English subtitles)
Dir: Minsho Limbu
Conversation with Minsho Limbu
NEW INDIAN FICTION
LAILAA MANJU
53’02” / 2022 / India / Hindi, English, Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Kamya N
Conversation with Kamya N
CLOSING NOTE KPFF 2023
CLOSING FILM
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
JOURNEY OF A BIRD
28’10” / 2021 / Myanmar / Burmese (English subtitles)
Dir: Anonymous