FESTIVAL LINEUP
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
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With You For You Always
Azad Alam / HBO Short Film Competition / India / 2015 / 15 mins
45-year old Gayatri lives with her elderly mother and pet dog, Sweety. Gayatri is haunted by the death of her young daughter, Maya, who was raped and killed. Still searching for justice and living in fear from the gruesome incident, Gayatri takes a bizarre step to avoid and escape any more tragedies.
Precedes:
Maroon (FEATURE) preceded by With You For You Always (SHORT)
Village East Cinema
Thursday, December 1, 2016 7:30 pm -
Riff Raff
Ahmed Arif / HBO Short Film Competition / Pakistan / 2016 / 15 mins
One evening in upper-middle-class Karachi, a forty-year-old man maneuvers between the deceptive allure of his social scene, and the reality he has at home...
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Mantra (FEATURE) preceded by Riff Raff (SHORT)
Village East Cinema
Friday, December 2, 2016 7:30 pm
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Chidiya
Mehran Amrohi / Spectrum / India / 2016 / 112 mins
Two brothers, Shanu and Bua, aged 9 and 7 respectively, live in a chawl in Mumbai with their mother Vaishnavi. In need of money, Vaishnavi asks Bali Bhai, her kind brother-in- law who lives in the same chawl, to get Shanu and Bua a job with him. Bali Bhai, a spot boy in the film industry, takes the boys to his film set where they see the film's hero playing badminton. The kids don't get the job but they do get the shuttlecock and from there set out on a mission to build their own badminton court, buy racquets and play themselves. But sometimes it is the most ordinary, which is the hardest to accomplish.
Chidiya (FEATURE)
Village East Cinema
Saturday, December 3, 2016 5:00 pm -
Dobaara
Bejoy Nambiar / Spectrum / India / 2016 / 66 mins
22-year-old Parvathy is a free-spirited girl who loves to live life on her terms. However, when she is left with no option but to tie the knot with a man of her parents’ choice, her life takes a 360 degree turn. Mohan and Parvathy migrate, and this marks the beginning of their new life together. But Mohan’s priorities are clearly defined from the very start of their relationship. He invests all his time in his work. His intentions are pure; to build the perfect life for his family. But with a new addition to the family and as the years go by, Mohan gets further involved in his work. It is only after their son, Rohit, graduates that Parvathy decides to take a drastic step, shaking up her 20 years of marriage.
Dobaara (SHORT) preceded by Last Music Store (SHORT)
Village East Cinema
Sunday, December 4, 2016 5:00 pm
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Autohead
Rohit Mittal / Feature Competition / India / 2016 / 98 mins
A documentary crew follows a notorious auto rickshaw driver in the suburbs of Mumbai. As they dig deeper in his life they discover angst, sexual frustration and paranoia. This changes the course of their film. It also depicts the voyeurism of the crew in the process and leads to a terrible end.
Autohead (FEATURE) preceded by Veham (SHORT)
Village East Cinema
Saturday, December 3, 2016 2:30 pm -
Mantra
Nicholas Kharkongor / Feature Competition / India / 2016 / 90 mins
Kapil Kapoor, founded an iconic snack brand during the License Raj in India. Circa 2004, India is in throes of globalization and he is fighting a losing battle against a multinational that has taken over the market. Besides his company, he is desperately trying to save his wife and children who are battling crises of their own. For Kapil to hold onto things that are dear to him professionally and personally, he must confront and overcome demons of his own. Set in the midst of a nationwide India Shining campaign, Mantra tells the story of a family and its travails, and a sprawling and changing rapidly India.
Mantra (FEATURE) preceded by Riff Raff (SHORT)
Village East Cinema
Friday, December 2, 2016 7:30 pm
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The Last Music Store
Megha Ramaswamy / Spectrum / India / 2016 / 38 mins
The Last Music Store documents the curtains going down on the iconic Rhythm House. Bombay city's last & oldest large format music and video store finally yields to the challenges posed by new technologies and piracy and this crumble is captured via the lament of the store's eccentric, long-dedicated, working inmates who are coping with the situation in their own manner.
Precedes:
Dobaara (SHORT) preceded by Last Music Store (SHORT)
Village East Cinema
Sunday, December 4, 2016 5:00 pm -
Veham
Hassan Amin / HBO Short Film Competition / Pakistan / 2016 / 14 mins
After waking up in an obscure room with no memory, MUNTAZIR finds a letter and, following its instructions, sets off only to find himself lost in the middle of nowhere. He asks the mysterious JABBAR for directions who again pops up when Muntazir reaches his destination. The two develop an uncanny companionship with Muntazir opening up to his new friend. As more envelopes are delivered, Muntazir fights to regain his memory about where he is and who exactly is Jabbar.
Precedes:
Autohead (FEATURE) preceded by Veham (SHORT)
Village East Cinema
Saturday, December 3, 2016 2:30 pm
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Gardaab
Harune Massey / Centerpiece / Pakistan / 2016 / 93 mins
Set in Karachi, Pakistan, Gardaab(Whirlpool) is an intimate portrait of a city torn by violence. It’s a story of the city’s inhabitants as they navigate through this violence, fighting to preserve their humanity. A gritty fast paced thriller, the film is also a tale of an unlikely romance that blossoms amidst this chaos.
Gardaab
Village East Cinema
Friday, December 2, 2016 10:00 pm Available at the Door -
Revelations
Vijay Jayapal / Feature Competition / India / 2016 / 118 mins
A young Tamil woman, grappling with unknown tensions in her four year long marriage, develops a complex relationship with her new neighbor, a middle-aged man, who has a mysterious past of his own. This relationship soon begins to unravel many secrets, which change their lives forever. Set in the fascinating city of Kolkata, the film tries to explore themes such as guilt, redemption and female sexuality in the context of an Indian marriage.
Revelations (FEATURE) preceded by Chutney (SHORT)
Village East Cinema
Saturday, December 3, 2016 10:00 pm
