| 4pm, 9th March : ‘Televisnu’ by Prithi Gowda 15 min / India / 2011  A surreal tale of a young Indian woman who tries to fix her computer but ends up fixing her life. | 4pm, 10th March : ‘My Body’ by Semmalar Annam 18min / India / 2020  A young woman does something unpredictable when 2 perverted men challenge her very existence. |
| 4pm, 11th & 12th March : ‘Hellaro’ by Abhishek Shah 121 min / India / 2019  In 1975, a young girl named Manjhri married off to a small village in the Rann of Kutch. There has been no rain in the village for many years due to a curse. Until one night with the beat of drums magic happens. | 4pm, 13th March : ‘Kamlabai’ by Reena Mohan 46 min / India / 1992  An endearing portrait of India’s first lady actor. |
| 4pm, 14th March : by Mani Kaul An Indian Woman – an historical assessment 20 min / India / 1975  This film fathoms history – of matriarchy and patriarchy, of morality, of oppressive anti-woman modes. | 4pm, 15th March : Gay India Matrimony by Debolina Majumder 68 min / India / 2019  The film revolves around three characters who are out to explore same-gender marriage prospects. This drives everyone around them into complete frenzy. |
| 4pm, 16th March : Love Song… by Richa Hushing 30 min / India / 2008  A film exploring certain uncertainties, questioning conventional notions of marriage, belonging and morality in an urban Indian milieu. | 4pm, 17th March : City Girls by Priya Thuvaserry 28 min / India / 2021  ‘City Girls’ by Priya Thuvassery is an intimate portrayal of two young girls from small towns of India now living in Delhi. What it means for a young woman brought up in an ‘elsewhere’ she’s longed to escape from all her life. |
| 4pm, 18th March : The Last Rhododendron by Yashasvi Juyal 38 min / India / 2020  ‘The Last Rhododendron’ narrates the journey of a conflict where one generation is connected to the possibilities of the city, and the other is tethered to the survival of their land. | 4pm, 19th March : Lajwanti by Pushpendra Singh 65 min / India / 2014  A folk tale set in the Thar Desert explores the inner struggles of a married woman to honour a dream and in that search find the higher meaning of love and freedom.Pushpendra will be available for a Q&A. |
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