Here is the list of our film screenings conducted so far. Click on the film name to see details.
| Movies/Documentary | Subject | |
| Izzatnagari Ki Asabhya Betiyaan Made by: Nakul Singh Sawhney | “Those who threaten our traditional code”, says Jai Singh Ahlawat, the Head of the Ahlawat Khap “…are the educated youngsters, the Dalit officers, who want everything to be equal… And, of course, our “asabhya betiyan”, (immoral daughters) who imagine equality like animals and want our age-old customs to die out…”. Voices like Jai Singh Ahlwats’s belong to the patriarchal and casteist pillars of a feudal society — the Khaps; those who oppose “self-choice” marriages and deny young people the right to love. The film explores the stories of five young Jat women who dared to resist. These women take on take on the powerful Khaps and in the process confront “honour” crimes, injustice and social boycotts. | |
| Water and a City Made by: Swati Dandekar | How much water does a person need? Who ensures that this need is met? Do we have a “right to water”? Located in Bangalore, India’s IT capital, the film traces the journey of water into and out of urban homes. Along this journey, it looks at how cities and city dwellers across the social and economic strata interact with water. Examining access to water for the poor and the politics of water pricing, “Water and a City” is a window to urban India’s continuous exploitation of natural resources. The film also explores possible alternatives for a water future that is ecologically sustainable, and socially just. | |
| Puttakkana Highway Made by: B Suresha | Puttakka, the protagonist of the film and many others from her village are displaced from their village in the backwaters for the construction of a dam. But fate seems insistent on disturbing her peace, as the village she later settles in, is marked to be bulldozed for the construction of a private highway. Puttakka, a widow due to a freak accident, stands to lose not just her livelihood but, very painfully, also her husband’s grave. She goes from pillar to post in an effort to prevent what is virtually inevitable. Will she succeed is the crux of the film. The film thus critiques and deconstructs the nature of development. | |
| Partners in Crime Made by: Paromita Vohra | Full of wicked irony, great music and thorny questions Partners in Crime explores the grey horizons of copyright and culture in times when technology is changing the contours of the market. The film takes you through a story about art, crime, love and money to check if the times, they may be a-changing after all. | |
| The Latent City when art excavates the city Made by: Krishnendu Bose | The film is a video re-presentation sliced in between the chronicle of the disappearing city. It represents a debate around the disabling of public spaces and attempts to unlock the larger narrative of the city. The movie nudges us to re-examine the latent citizenry and urges to re-imagine the future of our cities through the ‘eye glass’ of public art. | |
| Mera Apna Sheher (My Own City) Made by: Sameera Jain | The film explores whether there is a sense of belonging, of ownership of the city. Can a woman in the city, as she continuously negotiates the polarities of anxiety and comfort – be free? | |
| Mean Sea Level Made by: Pradip Saha | Mean Sea Level takes us through the story of the inhabitants of small islands at the southern tip of the Indo-Gangetic Delta. Almost 7000 inhabitants have been forced to leave Ghoramara island in the last 30 years, as the island has become half in size. Popular explanation tells us that sea level will rise and cover the land. But a lot of things are happening before that. The land breaks and falls into the sea 24/7.Mean Sea Level is a testimony of reckless political economy of our times. | |
| Autonomy in urban local bodies with cases from Karwar City Municipal Council. Made by: Centre for Budgetary and Policy Studies | The documentary is a very short and snappy montage of thoughts on the what and how of decentralisation through the eyes of municipal councilors and Panchayat members. Another documentary titled “Story of a Municipality – Karwar” tells the story of the conception, review and implementation (or lack thereof) of an ADB funded project in Karwar town. It shows the nuanced and complex ways decentralisation plays out in a small town municipality in India. | |
| The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Made by: Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions | This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during Peak Oil, a term for the time in our history when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. | |
