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Onir Anirban

I Am
Contested Terrains , Queeristan: Exploring the Other
Narrative Feature, 2010, 95 min
Directed by: Onir Ainban
Interests: Narrative Feature Film, Opening Night Film, Red Carpet, Trade Screening

The film I AM is divided into a series of four short stories about issues and dilemmas that bruise modern Indian society, ranging from policing of homosexual men to adult survivors of childhood sex-abuse, and unmarried motherhood. It follows the tales of four individuals, Afia, Megha, Omar, and Abhimanyu, who are struggling to find their identity and uphold their dignity in a world that is cold and unsympathetic.

Note: I Am Omar; an excerpt from this film will play as part of Shorts & Docs IV on September 22nd and September 24th
Shorts & Docs IV on September 22nd includes the panel "‘Otheristan’; Exploring Queerness in South-Asian Cinema." Read More

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Imran Babur

A Single Step
Contraband Pakistan: Debunking the Stereotype
Short Narrative, 2003, 18 min
Directed by: Imran Babur
Precedes: Bhutto
Interests: Short Film

A story of education and the changes it has brought to the life of mountain dwellers, with a special focus on women. Read More

Imran Babur

A Tale Unfolds
Contraband Pakistan: Debunking the Stereotype
Short Narrative, 2001, 7 min
Directed by: Imran Babur
Precedes: Bhutto
Interests: Short Film

Fantasy of a young girl wandering in the halls and galleries of the Baltit Fort in Hunza, Pakistan, a unique approach to document the fort’s award winning renovation.

NOTE: This film screens with Bhutto, as well as (Women of) Without Shepherds and A Single Step. Ticket price includes Brunch, Screenings, and Panel. Read More

Judhajit Bagchi
Ranadeep Bhattacharya

Amen
Queeristan: Exploring the Other
Short Narrative, 2010, 24 min
Directed by: Judhajit Bagchi and Ranadeep Bhattacharya
Plays In: Shorts and Docs IV
Interests: Short Film

The World Wide Web brings the two protagonists, Andy and Harry, together on a nonchalant afternoon. Andy, the suave and rich urban banker stands in a place where he shouldn’t ideally be while his counterpart, the soft-spoken, overtly humble Harry, stands tall and firm and is completely rooted where he is today. Both have different hopes from the destined meeting.

Note: $15 includes this film along with You Can't Curry Love, Office, I Am Omar in Shorts & Docs IV Read More

Duane Baughman
Johnny O Hara

Bhutto
Contraband Pakistan: Debunking the Stereotype
Documentary Feature, 2010, 84 min
Directed by: Duane Baughman and Johnny O Hara
Interests: Documentary Film, Opening Day Documentary

Bhutto is the definitive documentary that chronicles the life of the first woman to be elected (twice) as the head of a Muslim state. Hers is an epic tale of Shakespearean dimension about a woman politician from Pakistan (According to Newsweek, the most dangerous place in the world). Benazir Bhutto was born into a wealthy landowning family that became Pakistan’s dominant political dynasty. Often referred to as the “Kennedy’s of Pakistan,” the Bhuttos share a painful history of triumph and tragedy, played out on an international stage. Read More

Ritesh Batra

Gareeb Nawaz's Taxi
Queeristan: Exploring the Other
Short Narrative, 2009, 25 min
Directed by: Ritesh Batra
Interests: Short Film

Gareeb Nawaz’s silent and monotonous world changes for ever when a drag queen enters his taxi.

$15 includes this film along with Amen, Office, I Am Omar, and You Cant Curry Love Read More

Dibakar Banerjee

Love Sex aur Dhoka
Contested Terrains
Narrative Feature, 2010, 150 min
Directed by: Dibakar Banerjee
Interests: Narrative Feature Film, Trade Screening

Following its name explores the emotions of love, sex, and betrayal through very candid points of view. This film is told through the chaos of the camera that has invaded all our lives – through handy cams filming home movies, security cameras shooting every inch of existence, mobile phones transmitting love messages, and sting cameras uncovering uncomfortable truths. Read More

Vishal Bhardwaj

Maqbool
Superdevis, Virgins, and Vamps , Contested Terrains
Narrative Feature, 2004, 132 min
Directed by: Vishal Bhardwaj
Interests: Narrative Feature Film

Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family. Abbaji's mistress and Maqbool plot and carry out his death; the sea plays the role of Birnham Wood. Read More

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Abhishek Chaubey

Ishqiya
Superdevis, Virgins, and Vamps , Contested Terrains
Narrative Feature, 2010, 120 min
Directed by: Abhishek Chaubey
Interests: Narrative Feature Film, Panel Discussion

Ishqiya explores desire, greed, and revenge. Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) are two thieves on the run from their boss. They seek refuge with an old friend and subsequently meet his widow, Krishna (Vidya Balan). Both are drawn to her – what ensues is an intense and at times surreal drama that reverses tropes of the widow as the “victim”. Read More

Sudipto Chattopadhyaya

Pankh
Queeristan: Exploring the Other
Narrative Feature, 2009, 90 min
Directed by: Sudipto Chattopadhyaya
Interests: Narrative Feature Film, Panel Discussion

The film is the story of the repercussions that have happened to a boy - a child artist who once played girl roles in films as Baby Kusum . Baby Kusum is a child star, a cute little girl. In reality, Baby Kusum is boy, masquerading as a girl. Read More

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Saba Dewan

Delhi Mumbai Delhi
Roti Kapda aur Makaan; Rethinking Labor, Migration & Economic Justice
Documentary Feature, 2009, 63 min
Directed by: Saba Dewan
Plays In: Shorts and Docs I
Interests: Documentary Film

Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi, shot in the backdrop of the Maharashtra Governments’ controversial move to ban girls from dancing in beer bars, interweaves stories of gender, labor, sexuality and popular culture within an increasingly globalized economy.

Note: $15 includes this film along with Naach and Office Read More

Saba Dewan

Naach
Roti Kapda aur Makaan; Rethinking Labor, Migration & Economic Justice , Contested Terrains
Documentary Feature, 2008, 84 min
Directed by: Saba Dewan
Plays In: Shorts and Docs I
Interests: Documentary Film

The Sonpur cattle fair in Bihar comes alive every evening when more than fifty women take to the stage and dance to the latest Bollywood songs. A barbed wire fence separates the girls whose performance is charged with sexual energy. In a very candid camera style the director follows the women dancers, whose survival raises questions related to contemporary constructions and practices of gender, sexuality, labor and popular culture.

Note: $15 includes this film along with Delhi Mumbai Delhi and Office Read More

Saba Dewan

The Other Song
Contested Terrains
Documentary Feature, 2009, 120 min
Directed by: Saba Dewan
Plays In: Shorts and Docs III
Interests: Documentary Film, Panel Discussion

In 1935 Rasoolan Bai, the well- known singer from Varanasi recorded for the gramophone a ‘Thumri’ (specific style of classical Indian music) that she would never sing again- “Lagat jobanwa ma chot, phool gendwa na maar” (My breasts are wounded, don’t throw flowers at me). More than seventy years later the film travels through Varanasi, Lucknow and Muzzafarpur in Bihar to search for the forgotten Thumri and opens a Pandora’s Box of life stories, memories, half remembered songs, and histories that for long have been banished into oblivion.

Note: $15 includes this film along with Morality TV aur Loving Jehad: Ek Manohar Kahani Read More

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Rituparno Ghosh

Antarmahal
Contested Terrains
Narrative Feature, 2005, 118 min
Directed by: Rituparno Ghosh
Interests: Narrative Feature Film

Set in late nineteenth century Bengal, creative director, Rituparno Ghosh’s Antarmahal is near perfect cinematic exploration of the colonial landlord’s (Jackie Shroff) two main obsessions: his desperate attempts for an heir, which even his newly married second wife Jashomati seems unable to deliver; and competing with his regional rivals to produce the most magnificent effigy of a goddess for the annual Durga Puja ceremony. This year he concocts a master plan - why not change the face of the goddess for the most powerful woman on Earth - Queen Victoria. Read More

Kaushik Ganguly

Just Another Love Story
Queeristan: Exploring the Other
Narrative Feature, 128 min
Directed by: Kaushik Ganguly
Interests: Narrative Feature Film, Red Carpet, Trade Screening

In Just Another Love Story, noted Indian Film director/ actor Rituparno Ghosh delivers a haunting portrayal of a gay filmmaker named Abhiroop. Ghosh’s character along with his bisexual partner Basudeb’s, the cinematographer, travel from Delhi to Calcutta to make a documentary film. However, they are made to leave Calcutta as the film-director and his director of photography run into some trouble. Read More

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