Protecting Paradise (2017/Docu/English & Hindi with Eng subs/18 mins). Dir. Paro Natung and Chandan Patro. This short documentary by and about the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) guards of Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, provides a unique insight into the lives and working conditions of frontline forest staff. The Bugun and the Lilochia (2019/Docu /English […]
Chai Pani Etc. (2005 /35mm /Hinglish/92 mins). Wri & Dir Manu Rewal. Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, Zafar Karachiwala and Gaurav Kapoor. Torn between his ambitious fashion designer girlfriend and an elegant social activist, an earnest foreign-returned filmmaker tries to make an honest film about Jaisalmer for state TV, while battling corrupt hypocritical bureaucrats. Screening followed […]
Ek Jagah Apni (2022/ Hindi with English subs/88 mins/). Dir. & Producer: Ektara Collective. Laila and Roshni, two transwomen, are looking for a house after they are evicted from the place they rented. It soon becomes evident that their search for a home is also their ongoing search for a place in this society that […]
City Symphonies (2022/English/60 mins). Dir. Subha Das Mollick. Prod. Films Division. In the late eighteenth century, Calcutta witnessed an efflorescence of musical experimentations. In the white town, memsahebs took keen interest in the music they heard at the nautch parties and transcribed the songs in western staff notation. They played these ghazals and tuppahs on […]
Saving the Wild (2016/Docu/English and Assamese with English subtitles/25 mins). Dir. Rita Banerji. Winner of four awards, this film captures the challenges faced by the team of wildlife rehabilitators at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), operating in one of India’s prime wildlife habitats – Kaziranga, Assam. From Poachers' Paradise to Ecotourism Hotspot […]
No City for Women (2023/ English & Hindi with English subs/94 mins/). Dir. & Prod. Rangan Chakravarty. Gurgaon, India's Millennium City, promises many opportunities - but, for women, it also poses specific challenges. Through women's personal narratives, the film explores their experiences of living and working in Gurgaon and illuminates the gendered nature of urban […]
The Fifth edition of the Habitat International Film Festival (HIFF), an eagerly-awaited event, will be held between March 8-17 with Germany as the Focus Country. The ten-day HIFF opens with the screening of the German film Teacher's Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer) directed by Ilker Catak. The German offerings include six feature films, including Ingeborg Bachmann, Perfect […]
Smile Foundation is hosting the 10th edition of the annual Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFFCY) in partnership with the European Union (The delegation of the European Union in India). SIFFCY in its 10th year has put together a diverse list of films from India and abroad to be organized in a […]
DIFF On The Road - Himalayan Cultures. 12 Apr, 6:30 pm The Poplar Trees (Nepal, Maldives/ 2023/ Tibetan (Mustangi), with Eng subs/ 9 mins). Dir. Manoj Kumar Pant. Windhorse (Nepal/2023/ Nepali, English with Eng subs/ 10 mins). Dir. Sunil Gurung. Dhorpatan/ No Winter Holidays (Feature Documentary/Nepal/ Nepali/ 2023/ 79 mins). Dirs. Rajan Kathet & Sunir […]
Born to Sing (2001/English/45 mins). Dir. Shikha Jhingan. This film is a musical journey with four Mirasans, who sing life cycle ritual songs for their patrons in the Malwa region of Punjab. The film raises some important questions: What is the nature of their relationship with their land-owning patrons? What happens when Punjabi pop music […]
The Habitat Film Festival is back in its 16th edition, scheduled from May 3-12 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The festival hosts a handpicked selection of pan-Indian award-winning and critically acclaimed films from 2023-24, that showcase the dynamic and changing face of contemporary Indian Cinema. Date: May 3-12, 2024 Venue: India Habitat Centre
Dieci inverni (2009) Ten winters (2009) Directed by Valerio Mieli Venue: Italian Cultural Centre, ChanakyapuriThe film is subtitled in English. It’s the winter of 1999. A water bus is crossing the Venice lagoon. Camilla, a shy eighteen-year-old, who has recently arrived in the city from a country village to study Russian literature, notices a boy […]
