DAY 1 – January 20th

10:00 – 11:50
OPENING FILM
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING
97’ / 2021 / India / Hindi, Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Payal Kapadia

Kolkata Premiere
11:50 – 12:15
NEW SOUTH ASIA FICTION
SANAM
19’11” / 2022 / Afghanistan, Iran / Persian (English subtitles)
Dir: Md. Reza Keshvari
12:15 – 12:40
NEW INDIAN FICTION
LAKSHMI
18’12” / 2022 / India / Malayalam (English subtitles)
Dir: Harold Antony Paulson

Kolkata Premiere
12:40-13:30
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
AMID THE VILLUS, THE STORY OF PALAIKULI
45’37” / 2022 / Sri Lanka / Tamil (English subtitles)
Dir: Sumathy Sivamohan

Indian Premiere
Break
14:00 – 15:45
NEW INDIAN FICTION
TORTOISE UNDER THE EARTH (DHARTI LATAR RE HORO)
96’ / 2022 / India / Santhali (English subtitles)
Dir: Shishir Jha
15:45 – 16:10
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
HERE IS WHERE WE MEET AGAIN
19’ 34” / 2022 / Pakistan / Punjabi, Portuguese, Urdu, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Obaid Mustafa

Indian Premiere
16:10 – 16:45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SIEGE IN THE AIR
30’ / 2022 / India / English, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri (English subtitles)
Dir: Muntaha Amin
Break
17:00 – 18:10
INAUGURATION KPFF 2023
WELCOME NOTE

KEYNOTE TRIBUTE
“A PEOPLE’S FILMMAKER: REMEMBERING K P SASI”
Speaker: Meghnath

SPECIAL SCREENING
MAHSA (ZHINA), THE STORY OF A LEGAL MURDER
14’ 49” / 2022 / Iran / Persian, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Arash Mansour Gorgani

International Premiere
18:15 – 19:15
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
Break
19:30 – 21:00
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

10:00 – 11:10
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
NO WAY OUT
61’ 36” / 2022 / Bangladesh, South Korea / Bengali, Korean, Nepali, Khmer (English subtitles)
Dir: Shekh Al Mamun

Kolkata Premiere
11:10 – 13:00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
NOOR ISLAM
20’ / 2019 / India/ Bengali, Sylhetti (English subtitles)
Dir: Devashree Nath
CITY OF LANES
39’43” / 2021 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Modak KS, Ragini Rao Munjuluri
RAT TRAP
34’51” / 2021 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Rupesh Kumar Sahu

Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Rupesh Kumar Sahu

13:00 – 13:30
NEW INDIAN FICTION
SUPERPOWER (MAHASATTA)
20’ / 2021 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Vikram Rajkumar Bolegave

Kolkata Premiere
Break
14:00 – 15:10
NEW SOUTHASIAN FICTION
DUSKY VOYAGE (DHUSHARJATRA)
48’51” / 2022 / Bangladesh / Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Chaklader Mustafa Al Mashud (Mashud Sumon)

Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Mashud Sumon

15:10 – 16:30
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

Break
16:45 – 17:15
NEW INDIAN FICTION
VIRAL
23′ / 2022 / India, Pakistan / Hindi, Urdu, Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Shreyas Dasharathe, Jamshed Irani
17:15 – 18:30
FESTIVAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS

“IN SEARCH OF JUSTICE IN ‘NEW INDIA’”
Speaker: Teesta Setalvad

Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

Break
18:40 – 21:00
NEW INDIAN FICTION
JUST LIKE THAT (AISE HEE)
120’ / 2019 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Kislay

Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Kislay

DAY 3 – January 22nd

10:00 – 11:20
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE RIYALISTS
69’ / 2021 / Nepal / Nepali, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Kesang Tseten

International Premiere
11:00 – 13:30
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
DON’T WORRY ABOUT INDIA
98’27” / 2022 / India / English, Hindi, Tamil (English subtitles)
Dir: Nama Filmcollective

Indian Premiere

Conversation with Arjun Jr.

Break
14:00 – 14:40
NEW INDIAN FICTION
FOOTPRINTS
23’28” / 2022 / India / Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Tathagata Ghosh

World Premiere

Conversation with Tathagata Ghosh

14:40 – 16:00
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

Break
16:00 – 17:40
NEW INDIAN FICTION
AALAM
16’23” / 2021 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Deependra Kumar Yadav
CLOUDS OF MONSOON
29’59” / 2022 / India / English, Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Ketan Kuril

Conversation with Ketan Kuril

HURDANG
22’45” / 2022 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Alok Kumar Dwivedi

Conversation with Alok Kumar Dwivedi

Break
17:50 – 19:10
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
FATIMA
59’14” / 2022 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Sourabh Kanti Dutta

Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Sourabh Kanti Dutta

Break
19:20 – 21:00
NEW INDIAN FICTION
A PLACE OF OUR OWN (EK JAGAH APNI)
88′ / 2022 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Ektara Collective

Kolkata Premiere

DAY 4 – January 23rd

10:00 – 12:10
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT
117’22” / 2021 / Canada / English, Punjabi (English subtitles)
Dir: Ajay Bhardwaj

International Premiere
12:10 – 13:30
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
DREAM FOR LIVELIHOOD (BHAT KAPORER SWOPNO)
18’47” / 2021 / India / Bengali (English subtitles)
Dir: Raktim Mondal

Conversation with Raktim Mondal

RIPPLES UNDER THE SKIN
29’09” / 2021 / India / Surjapuri, Hindi (English subtitles)
Dir: Farha Khatun

Conversation with Farha Khatun

Break
14:00 – 15:15
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

Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Laxminarayan Devda

15:15 – 16:20
NEW INDIAN FICTION
NIGHT OF SEPARATION (SHAB- E-FIRAQ)
11’59” / 2022 / India / Hindi, Urdu (English subtitles)
Dir: Kamil Saif

International Premiere

Conversation with Kamil Saif

BEAUTY
22’20” / 2022 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Pravin Ajinath Khade

International Premiere

Conversation with Pravin Ajinath Khade

Break
16:30 – 17:10
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
(UN)HOMELY CITY
23’38” / 2022 / India / Marathi, Hindi, English (English subtitles)
Dir: Pooja Das Sarkar

International Premiere

Conversation with Pooja Das Sarkar

17:10 – 17:45
NEW INDIAN FICTION
MISSING SINCE 6.12.1956 (HARAWALE AAHET 6 DECEMBER 1956 PASUN)
19’58” / 2022 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Anand Pande

Kolkata Premiere

Conversation with Anand Pande

17:45 – 18:15
NEW SOUTHASIAN FICTION
JUNKO
14’59” / 2021 / Nepal / Nepali (English subtitles)
Dir: Minsho Limbu

Indian Premiere

Conversation with Minsho Limbu

Break
18:30 – 19:45
NEW INDIAN FICTION
LAILAA MANJU
53’02” / 2022 / India / Hindi, English, Marathi (English subtitles)
Dir: Kamya N

Conversation with Kamya N

19:45 – 20:15
CLOSING NOTE KPFF 2023
20:15 – 21:00
CLOSING FILM
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
JOURNEY OF A BIRD
28’10” / 2021 / Myanmar / Burmese (English subtitles)
Dir: Anonymous

Indian Premiere