DAY 1 – March 20

10:00 – 11:20
OPENING NOTE & OPENING FILM
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE PIGEONS OF LAHORE

Dir: Thomas Sideris

62’ / 2024 / Pakistan, Greece / Urdu, English, Greek (English subtitles)

Asian Premiere
11:20 – 12:10
NEW INDIAN FICTION
GREEN GIRL

Dir: Sarthak Hegde

40’ / 2025 / India / Kannada (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
12:10 – 13:45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
FLICKERING LIGHTS

Dir: Anupama Srinivasan, Anirban Dutta

90’ / 2023 / India / Tangkhul (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Break
14:10 – 15:20
NEW INDIAN FICTION
BALLAD OF THE MOUNTAIN

Dir: Tarun Jain

17’ / 2024 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere

MIND THE CART (MANN KA THELA)

Dir: Madhu Dhurve, Pushpa, Narendra Singh Pardhi

23’ / 2024 / India / Hindi, Pardhi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Madhu Dhurve and Bali Bhagat
15:20 – 17:00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY? (LOG KYA KAHENGE?)

Dir: Rafina Khatun

40’ / 2024 / India / Hindi, Gujarati (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Rafina Khatun

BONOBIBI, THE WOMAN OF THE FOREST

Dir: Joy Banerjee, Annu Jalais

28’ / 2024 / India / Bengali, English, French (English subtitles)

International Premiere
Conversation with Joy Banerjee and Annu Jalais
Break
17:10 – 18:25
NEW INDIAN FICTION
IF (JODI)

Dir: Tathagata Ghosh

26’ / 2023 / India / Bengali (English subtitles)

Conversation with Tathagata Ghosh

KILL THE BUDDHA

Dir: Duttatreya

20’ / 2024 / India / Bengali, Hindi (English subtitles)

International Premiere
Conversation with Duttatreya
Break
18:30 – 19:30
INAUGURAL SESSION KPFF 2025

WELCOME NOTE
OPENING OF ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS

SPECIAL SCREENING IN MEMORY OF TARUN BHARTIYA
BRIEF LIFE OF INSECTS

Dir: Tarun Bhartiya

22’ / 2016 / India / Ktien Nongtung, Khasi (English subtitles)

19:30 – 21:00
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
THE PROFESSOR (JYOTIRMOY)

Dir: Sandip Kumar Mistry

72’ / 2024 / Bangladesh / Bengali (English subtitles)

International Premiere
Conversation with Sandip Kumar Mistry and Meghna Guhathakurta

DAY 2 – March 21

10:00 – 10:30
NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA
THE BLESSING OF IMMORTALITY (SAGAVARAM)

Dir: Dinesh Balasri

19’ / 2024 / Sri Lanka / Tamil (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
10:30 – 13:45
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
UNDER THE OPEN SKY

Dir: Sonum Sumaria

100’ / 2024 / India, UK / Kutchi, Sindhi, Gujarati (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere

THE FISHERMAN AND THE BANKER

Dir: Sheena Sumaria

85’ / 2024 / India, UK, USA / Gujarati, Hindi, English (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Break
14:10 – 16:35
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
SLAVES OF THE EMPIRE

Dir: Rajesh James

51’ / 2024 / India / Malayalam (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Rajesh James

FORMLESS FORM (ARUPA RUPA)

Dir: Deba Ranjan

60’ / 2024 / India / Odia (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Deba Ranjan
Break
16:45 – 18:10
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
CINEMA PE CINEMA

Dir: Vani Subramanian

63’ / 2024 / India / English, Hindi, Tamil (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Vani Subramanian
Break
18:15 – 21:00
SPECIAL SCREENING IN MEMORY OF NAVROZE CONTRACTOR
HUN HUNSHI HUNSHILAL (LOVE IN THE TIME OF MALARIA)

Dir: Navroze Contractor
Cinematography: Sanjiv Shah

128’ / 1992 / India / Gujarati (English subtitles)

Conversation with Sanjiv Shah

DAY 3 – March 22

10:00 – 12:00
NEW INDIAN FICTION
CHABILA

Dir: Anil Amrut Bhalerao

105’ / 2024 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)

Conversation with Anil Amrut Bhalerao
12:00 – 13:40
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
WHEN POMEGRANATE TURNS GREY

Dir: Khurram Muraad Siddiquie, Thoufeeq K

37’ / 2024 / India / Dakkani Urdu (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere

ON THE RIGHT TRACK

Dir: Devashish Shukla, Sam Venkat, Isha Tomar, Niv, Rituraj

40’ / 2024 / India / Hindi, Marathi, English (English subtitles)

Conversation with Devashish Shukla and Isha Tomar
Break
14:00 – 15:20
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
IN THE WAKE OF REMEMBERING

Dir: Sara Saini

19’ / 2024 / India, UK / English, Panjabi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere

BEYOND RATINGS

Dir: Aprajita

38’ / 2024 / India / Hindi, Bhojpuri (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Aprajita
Break
15:30 – 18:00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
TOWARDS SELF GOVERNANCE (DISHA SWARAJYACHI)

Dir: Virendra Valsangkar

53’ / 2023 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Virendra Valsangkar

SAMBHAL KE

Dir: Lubnah Ansari

55’ / 2023 / India, UAE / English, Hindi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Lubnah Ansari
Break
18:10 – 21:00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
NO SPACE TO PRAY

Dir: Raunaq Singh Chopra, Devanshi Yadav

40’ / 2024 / India / Hindi, Urdu, English (English subtitles)

World Premiere

FARMING THE REVOLUTION (INQUILAB DI KHETI)

Dir: Nishtha Jain

105’ / 2024 / India, France, Norway / Hindi, Panjabi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Nishtha Jain

DAY 4 – March 23

10:00 – 11:30
NEW INDIAN FICTION
BAHADUR, THE BRAVE

Dir: Diwa Shah

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

Kolkata Premiere
11:30 – 13:40
NEW INDIAN FICTION
PLACES I HAVE CALLED MY OWN

Dir: Sushma Khadepaun

29’ / 2023 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere

FREE AS A BIRD

Dir: Aditya Khude

16’ / 2024 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Aditya Khude

THE CLUSTER FIG FLOWERS (GOOLAR KE PHOOL)

Dir: Aronn Miitr

18’ / 2024 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

BAYBERRIES RIPEN IN THE MONSOON (KAFAL PAKO ASHADHA)

Dir: Pulkit Tomar

20’ / 2024 / India / Garhwali (English subtitles)

Conversation with Pulkit Tomar
Break
14:10 – 16:40
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
MY GRANDMOTHER’S TALE (AMMA KI KATHA)

Dir: Nehal Vyas

21’ / 2023 / India / Hindi, Urdu (English subtitles)

Asian Premiere

FIGHT SHALL CONTINUE (LADAI CHHODAB NAHIN)

Dir: Astha

30’ / 2024 / India / Hindi, Santhali, Nagpuri (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Astha

TAPU RAJEE

Dir: Biju Toppo

62’ / 2024 / India / Hindi, Nagpuri (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Biju Toppo
Break
16:50 – 18:10
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
BEYOND BOUNDARIES (TRITIYO BHUBON)

Dir: Biswajit Mitra, Sankhajit Biswas

54’ / 2024 / India, Australia / Bengali (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Sankhajit Biswas
Break
18:20 – 20:00
STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)
6-A AKASH GANGA

Dir: Nirmal Chander Dandriyal

80’ / 2023 / India / Hindi, English, Bengali (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with Nirmal Chander Dandriyal, Reena Mohan and Nityanand
Haldipur
20:00 – 20:20 CLOSING NOTE KPFF 2025
20:20 – 21:00
CLOSING FILM
STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA (DOCUMENTARY)
COMRADE POOPY

Dir: M (Anonymous)

20’ / 2024 / Myanmar / Burmese (English subtitles)

Kolkata Premiere
Conversation with M (Anonymous)