HALL I
29 September 2011
12 PM Opening Ceremony (By Invitation)
Followed by screening of 'Journey to Yarsa' (55 min) by Dipendra Bhandari
The film tells the story of a family from Rukum joining the harsh expedition to collect yarsagumba
in the high Himal.
3 PM The Other Song 120 min, India, 2009, dir - Saba Dewan
Searching for the lost recording of tawaif Rasoolan Bai.
5:30 PM Jharu Katha 64 min, India, 2010/11, dir - Navroze Contractor
Biography of the commonest of household implements, the broom.
30 September 2011
10 AM Common Ground 52 min, Sri Lanka, 2011, dir - Philip Buccellato
Making space for both people and elephants.
11:30 AM Nargis - When Time Stopped Breathing 90 min, Burma, 2010,
dir - Kyaw Kyaw Oo, Maung Myint Aung
Shot in secret, the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
1:30 PM Out of the Darkness 73 min, Nepal, 2010, dir - Stefano Levi
Dr Sanduk Ruit takes an 'eye camp' to his home village.
3:15 PM Ishpata 70 min, Pakistan, 2011, dir - Afsheen Sajid Ali, Irfan Ali Shah
Pakistan's indigenous Kalasha people.
5 PM Saving Dolma 62 min, Nepal, 2010, dir - Kesang Tseten
The case of an accused female migrant in the Gulf.
6:30 PM I was worth 50 sheep 72 min, Afghanistan, 2010, dir - Nima Sarvestani
Women as property in Afghanistan.
1 October 2011
10 AM This Prison Where I Live 91 min, Burma/Germany, 2010, dir - Rex Bloomstein
Two artistes separated by repression, joined by comedy.
12 PM The Market 70 min, India/Canada, 2010, dir - Rama Rau
The kidney trade in the eye of donor and recipient.
1:30 PM Apour Ti Yapour. Na Jang Na Aman. Yeti Chu Talukpeth 77 min, India, 2011,
dir - Ajay Raina
Lives in the borderlands of Kashmir.
3:15 PM The Boy Mir - Ten Years in Afghanistan 90 min, Afghanistan, 2010, dir - Phil Grabsky
A journey into early adulthood in Afghanistan.
5:15 PM Partners in Crime 94 min, India, 2011, dir - Paromita Vohra
'Munni badnam hui' and the matter of copyright.
2 October 2011
9:00 AM International Humanitarian Law and the Video as Witness
A discussion led by Tapan Bose (Secretary General of South Asia Forum for Human Rights)
including the screening of Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (49')
Organized jointly by SAFHR and Accountability Watch Committee
11 AM I Am 71 min, India, 2011, dir - Sonali Gulati
Gays, lesbians and families share the 'coming out'.
12:45 PM Inshallah, Football! 83 min, India, 2010, dir - Ashvin Kumar
Soccer is both a game and saviour in Kashmir.
2:45 PM Cowboys in India 76 min, India, 2009, dir - Simon Chambers
Rollicking through Orissa on the trail of Vedanta mining operations.
4:30 PM Summer Pasture 85 min, TAR, 2010, dir - Lynn True, Nelson Walker
Chronicles of a summer for a nomadic Tibetan family.
HALL II
29 September 2011
3 PM Nero's Guests 56 min, India, 2009, dir - Deepa Bhatia
Journalist P Sainath's view of India's agrarian crisis.
4:15 PM The Dreaming Vendors 51 min, Bangladesh/Thailand, 2010, dir - Ahmed Abid
Migrants entrapped by cross-costal human traffickers.
5:45 PM Moving to Mars 84 min, Burma/Thailand/UK, 2011, dir - Mat Whitecross
Two Burmese refugee families try to settle in the UK.
30 September 2011
10 AM The Nine Months 77 min, India, 2010, dir - Merajur Rahman Baruah
Chasing the 'mobile theatres' of Assam.
11:45 AM Dharavi, Slum For Sale 79 min, India, 2010, dir - Lutz Konermann
Struggle between residents and developers in the world's largest slum.
1:30 PM Platform No. 5 26 min, India, 2010, dir - Vanaja C
Street children make a living at the train station of Secunderabad.
The Search for Justice 28 min, Pakistan, 2011, dir - Tehmina Ahmed
The state of labour laws and courts in Pakistan.
3 PM The Truth That Wasn't There 84 min, Sri Lanka/UK, 2011, dir - Guy Gunaratne
The first filmmakers to enter the Sri Lankan North after the fighting stopped.
5 PM Tareque Masud Memorial: A Dialouge
'Documentary: The Universe from Nitrate to YouTube'
Panelists - Nupur Basu (filmmaker and journalist), Yasmine Kabir (filmmaker) and
Satish Sharma (photographer and writer), Moderated by Kanak Mani Dixit
6: 45 PM Director Painter Shri Baburao Laad Saheb 15 min, India, 2010, dir - Richa Hushing
Inside the 5 Star Acting School in the Dharavi slum.
Kerosene 16 min, Sri Lanka, 2011, dir - Kannan Arunasalam
Adapting to wartime scarcities in Jaffna.
Tres Tristes Tigres 15 min, Bangladesh, 2010, dir - David Munoz
The Bangladeshi migrant labourers get duped.
1 October 2011
10 AM The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 59 min, India, 2010, dir - Tarun Bhartiya
For whom the toy train is 'not some exotic antique, but a noisy family member'.
11:15 AM War and Love in Kabul 86 min, Afghanistan, 2009, dir - Helga Reidemeister
A pair of star-crossed lovers in Afghanistan.
1:15 PM Journey to Yarsa 55 min, Nepal, 20111, dir - Dipendra Bhandari
Following a Rukum family in search of yarsagumba gold.
2:45 PM So Heddan So Hoddan 53 min, India, 2011, dir - Anjali Monteiro, KP Jayasankar
The legacy of Sufi poet Shal Abdul Latif Bhitai in Kachchh and Sindh.
4:15 PM Jai Bhim Comrade 207 min, India, 2011, dir - Anand Patwardhan
A 14-year documentation of Dalit assertion in Maharashtra.
2 October 2011
10 AM International Marketing of Documentaries: Financing & New Strategies for
Distribution
A talk by Iikka Vehkalahti, Commissioning Editor of YLE TV
Organized jointly with Docskool
11:30 AM Made in India 97 min, India/USA, 2010, dir - Rebecca Haimowitz, Vaishali Sinha
Outsourcing wombs, the business of surrogate motherhood.
1:30 PM Pink Saris 96 min, India, 2010, dir - Kim Longinotto
Sampat Devi Pal and her gang challenge domestic injustice in Uttar Pradesh.
3:45 PM Aadesh Baba 77 min, Nepal, 2011, dir - Aurore Laurent, Adrien Viel
Between alcoholic drifts and the Pashupati holy life.
Venue: Kumari Cinema, Kathmandu
29 September 2011
12 PM Opening Ceremony (By Invitation)
Followed by screening of 'Journey to Yarsa' (55 min) by Dipendra Bhandari
The film tells the story of a family from Rukum joining the harsh expedition to collect yarsagumba
in the high Himal.
3 PM The Other Song 120 min, India, 2009, dir - Saba Dewan
Searching for the lost recording of tawaif Rasoolan Bai.
5:30 PM Jharu Katha 64 min, India, 2010/11, dir - Navroze Contractor
Biography of the commonest of household implements, the broom.
30 September 2011
10 AM Common Ground 52 min, Sri Lanka, 2011, dir - Philip Buccellato
Making space for both people and elephants.
11:30 AM Nargis - When Time Stopped Breathing 90 min, Burma, 2010,
dir - Kyaw Kyaw Oo, Maung Myint Aung
Shot in secret, the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
1:30 PM Out of the Darkness 73 min, Nepal, 2010, dir - Stefano Levi
Dr Sanduk Ruit takes an 'eye camp' to his home village.
3:15 PM Ishpata 70 min, Pakistan, 2011, dir - Afsheen Sajid Ali, Irfan Ali Shah
Pakistan's indigenous Kalasha people.
5 PM Saving Dolma 62 min, Nepal, 2010, dir - Kesang Tseten
The case of an accused female migrant in the Gulf.
6:30 PM I was worth 50 sheep 72 min, Afghanistan, 2010, dir - Nima Sarvestani
Women as property in Afghanistan.
1 October 2011
10 AM This Prison Where I Live 91 min, Burma/Germany, 2010, dir - Rex Bloomstein
Two artistes separated by repression, joined by comedy.
12 PM The Market 70 min, India/Canada, 2010, dir - Rama Rau
The kidney trade in the eye of donor and recipient.
1:30 PM Apour Ti Yapour. Na Jang Na Aman. Yeti Chu Talukpeth 77 min, India, 2011,
dir - Ajay Raina
Lives in the borderlands of Kashmir.
3:15 PM The Boy Mir - Ten Years in Afghanistan 90 min, Afghanistan, 2010, dir - Phil Grabsky
A journey into early adulthood in Afghanistan.
5:15 PM Partners in Crime 94 min, India, 2011, dir - Paromita Vohra
'Munni badnam hui' and the matter of copyright.
2 October 2011
9:00 AM International Humanitarian Law and the Video as Witness
A discussion led by Tapan Bose (Secretary General of South Asia Forum for Human Rights)
including the screening of Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (49')
Organized jointly by SAFHR and Accountability Watch Committee
11 AM I Am 71 min, India, 2011, dir - Sonali Gulati
Gays, lesbians and families share the 'coming out'.
12:45 PM Inshallah, Football! 83 min, India, 2010, dir - Ashvin Kumar
Soccer is both a game and saviour in Kashmir.
2:45 PM Cowboys in India 76 min, India, 2009, dir - Simon Chambers
Rollicking through Orissa on the trail of Vedanta mining operations.
4:30 PM Summer Pasture 85 min, TAR, 2010, dir - Lynn True, Nelson Walker
Chronicles of a summer for a nomadic Tibetan family.
HALL II
29 September 2011
3 PM Nero's Guests 56 min, India, 2009, dir - Deepa Bhatia
Journalist P Sainath's view of India's agrarian crisis.
4:15 PM The Dreaming Vendors 51 min, Bangladesh/Thailand, 2010, dir - Ahmed Abid
Migrants entrapped by cross-costal human traffickers.
5:45 PM Moving to Mars 84 min, Burma/Thailand/UK, 2011, dir - Mat Whitecross
Two Burmese refugee families try to settle in the UK.
30 September 2011
10 AM The Nine Months 77 min, India, 2010, dir - Merajur Rahman Baruah
Chasing the 'mobile theatres' of Assam.
11:45 AM Dharavi, Slum For Sale 79 min, India, 2010, dir - Lutz Konermann
Struggle between residents and developers in the world's largest slum.
1:30 PM Platform No. 5 26 min, India, 2010, dir - Vanaja C
Street children make a living at the train station of Secunderabad.
The Search for Justice 28 min, Pakistan, 2011, dir - Tehmina Ahmed
The state of labour laws and courts in Pakistan.
3 PM The Truth That Wasn't There 84 min, Sri Lanka/UK, 2011, dir - Guy Gunaratne
The first filmmakers to enter the Sri Lankan North after the fighting stopped.
5 PM Tareque Masud Memorial: A Dialouge
'Documentary: The Universe from Nitrate to YouTube'
Panelists - Nupur Basu (filmmaker and journalist), Yasmine Kabir (filmmaker) and
Satish Sharma (photographer and writer), Moderated by Kanak Mani Dixit
6: 45 PM Director Painter Shri Baburao Laad Saheb 15 min, India, 2010, dir - Richa Hushing
Inside the 5 Star Acting School in the Dharavi slum.
Kerosene 16 min, Sri Lanka, 2011, dir - Kannan Arunasalam
Adapting to wartime scarcities in Jaffna.
Tres Tristes Tigres 15 min, Bangladesh, 2010, dir - David Munoz
The Bangladeshi migrant labourers get duped.
1 October 2011
10 AM The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 59 min, India, 2010, dir - Tarun Bhartiya
For whom the toy train is 'not some exotic antique, but a noisy family member'.
11:15 AM War and Love in Kabul 86 min, Afghanistan, 2009, dir - Helga Reidemeister
A pair of star-crossed lovers in Afghanistan.
1:15 PM Journey to Yarsa 55 min, Nepal, 20111, dir - Dipendra Bhandari
Following a Rukum family in search of yarsagumba gold.
2:45 PM So Heddan So Hoddan 53 min, India, 2011, dir - Anjali Monteiro, KP Jayasankar
The legacy of Sufi poet Shal Abdul Latif Bhitai in Kachchh and Sindh.
4:15 PM Jai Bhim Comrade 207 min, India, 2011, dir - Anand Patwardhan
A 14-year documentation of Dalit assertion in Maharashtra.
2 October 2011
10 AM International Marketing of Documentaries: Financing & New Strategies for
Distribution
A talk by Iikka Vehkalahti, Commissioning Editor of YLE TV
Organized jointly with Docskool
11:30 AM Made in India 97 min, India/USA, 2010, dir - Rebecca Haimowitz, Vaishali Sinha
Outsourcing wombs, the business of surrogate motherhood.
1:30 PM Pink Saris 96 min, India, 2010, dir - Kim Longinotto
Sampat Devi Pal and her gang challenge domestic injustice in Uttar Pradesh.
3:45 PM Aadesh Baba 77 min, Nepal, 2011, dir - Aurore Laurent, Adrien Viel
Between alcoholic drifts and the Pashupati holy life.
Venue: Kumari Cinema, Kathmandu
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