Films made by our participants have been
doing well in the festival and the student film circuit. Here are some films of note:
PRICELESS (2010, short fiction)
A street child’s blind date with high
society.
Invited to the:
Antalya Lemon Short Film Days, Turkey 2011
Cinema of Resistance: Patna Film Festival
2011
Guwahati International Short Film Festival
2011
MERI PEHCHAAN (2010, short docu)
Explores the hopes, pain and longings of
people of the transgender and MSM (men who have sex with men) community.
Screened at the International Documentary and Short Film
Festival of Kerala 2011
In 2011, a curated set of 10 films from our
workshops were shown in Mumbai at the Cinema Satsang, a film festival organised
by Katha and the India Foundation for Arts (IFA). Read more here.
KAASH: (2010, short fiction)
A boy wants an ice-cream but cannot have
it, until a chance opportunity presents itself. Will he take it?
In competition at the Short and Documentary
Film Festival of Hyderabad 2010.
Screened at the 6th ViBGYOR Intl. Film
Festival Thrissur 2011,
RASIYA (short fiction, 2009)
Rasiya looks at 3 minutes from the life of
a sex worker, her relationship with her "lovers", and her
relationship with money.
Critical Acclaim award at Contre Jour 2010,
SSCBS Delhi University.
Cinemela, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
September 2009
India International Youth Film Festival,
Feb 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (2009, short fiction)
A little boy makes a greeting card... his
simple act raises an important question - what happens to old people in our
society?
First prize at "Contre Jour", the
annual film festival of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University
of Delhi, Feb 2010.
Screenings at Cinemela, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
September 2009
India International Youth Film Festival,
Feb 2010
THE VOID (2009, short fiction)
A boy on the cusp of childhood and teenage
copes with a troubled home life, frustrated parents, and the cold silences of a
loveless home.
Second prize at "Contre Jour",
the annual film festival of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies,
University of Delhi, Feb 2010
Screenings: Cinemela, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, September 2009
India International Youth Film Festival, Feb
2010
St. Stephens, University of Delhi, Feb 2010
CHOCOLATE (2009, short fiction)
What happens when a little boy is rewarded
a chocolate for his honesty? A comic look at the tragic state of relations
between parents and children.
Cinemela, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
September 2009
India International Youth Film Festival, Feb
2010
JournoJunction, Kamla Nehru College,
September 2009. Delhi
Crescendo 2010, S S C B S, February 2010, Delhi
THE FACTORY (2009, short fiction)
A little girl learns to draw. Or does she?
A critical look at our "education" system.
Cinemela, Jawaharlal Nehru University, September
2009
India International Youth Film Festival, Feb
2010
A Kashmiri Pandit woman lives in
Delhi with her family. The film is an expression of her longing and of her dream
to return to a home that now exists only in her memories.
Winner of the 2nd Prize at the Amity Engineering Short Film Festival
Winner of the 2nd Prize at the Amity Engineering Short Film Festival
IN COMPANY OF FRIENDS (2008, short docu)
A film on the Friendicoes animal shelter
in Delhi. A "must-watch" for all animal lovers.
MILLION MUTINIES(2008-09, short docu)
How does democracy work in a country of a
billion? And what does "protest" involve? Slogans, dharnas, marches... or an endless, demoralising wait on dusty footpaths,
seeking justice that may never come?
6 AM (2008, short docu)
A man wakes up and goes for a morning walk.
Or does he? and is he still alive? A short fiction film.
ASHA (2008, short docu)
A little girl loves to dance - as many
little girls do. A film on childhood.
GHEVRA (2008, short docu)
Somewhere on the margins of the big city, a
man who leads a cushy life makes a momentary contact with a man who lives on
the street. But are their lives "connected"? A film on urban living
and "India Shining".
UMANGEIN (2007, short docu)
At Kutumb, exposure, education and the
'space' to explore helps under-privileged children carve out a better future
for themselves.
BASANTI (2006, short docu)
A cleaning-woman makes her own choices and
lives her life as she sees fit; in the process questioning notions of status,
class, education and gender.
RANG (2004, short docu)
Shot at the dargah of hazrat Nizamuddin
Auliya, Rang is a portrait of faith at a shrine that has long stood for India's
syncretic traditions.
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