| TITLE OF THE FILM | Cinema Pe Cinema |
| DIRECTED BY | Vani Subramanian |
| LANGUAGE | English, Hindi, Tamil (English subtitles) |
| YEAR | 2024 |
| DURATION | 63 minutes |
| SPECIAL NOTE | Kolkata Premiere |
PRINCIPAL CREW
| WRITING | Vani Subramanian |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Pooja Sharma, Rangoli Agarwal |
| EDITING | Niharika Popli |
| SOUND DESIGN | Pratik Biswas, Gangotri Mishra |
ABOUT THE FILM
An act of resistance against forgetting single-screen cinema theatres as they shutter down across India. An effort to keep the memories of some films alive through traces of their audio and visual ephemera. A shared cinematic space in which diverse audiences speak of complex single-screen theatre-going experiences.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Vani Subramanian has been a feminist activist and documentary filmmaker since the nineties. Her work as a filmmaker explores the connections between our everyday practices, perceptions and prejudices, and the larger political questions confronting us – be they in the areas of cinema spectatorship and culture, food practices and production, education, sectarian intolerance, sex selective abortions, or questions relating to justice and the death penalty. Her films have been screened and received awards, both nationally and internationally. Presently Vani is the Creative Director of reFrame Institute of Art and Expression, an initiative that produces artistic efforts that respond to contemporary challenges.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
“Monuments to an inclusive India, single screens were often the only spaces where audiences of different classes, castes, genders and religions could come together. We were drawn to the architectural and human resilience of Indian cinema halls. As we met and listened to individuals and communities in various parts of India, the contours of a rich and complex cinematic landscape began to emerge.”
