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An indigenous/tribal woman begins interacting with AI while working at a data centre in the remote Indian province of Jharkhand. August 10, 2025 at 7:30:00 PM AFS Cinema Humans in the Loop India | Narrative Feature 2024 | 74 | Hindi, Kurukh Virtual Q&A with director Aranya Sahay TICKETS TICKETS Best Film Winner, FIPRESCI Award Best Debut Film, New York Indian Film Festival 2025 Best Feature Grand Jury Prize, IFFLA 20225 Inspired by the real phenomenon of 'data labelling' in indigenous regions across India, 'Humans In The Loop' follows Nehma, an indigenous woman who, after divorcing her Hindu husband, returns to her ancestral village with her children—Dhaanu & Guntu. To support her family, Nehma takes an unusual job—'data labelling,' tagging images to help algorithms distinguish objects. Major AI firms outsource this to remote regions of India, where labor is cheap. At the centre, a common saying "AI is like a child", resonates with Nehma. Having grown up believing in life, even in inanimate objects, she connects to the metaphor. She approaches her work with care of a parent teaching their child. As Nehma immerses herself in work, her bond with Dhaanu deteriorates. Struggling with village life, Dhaanu contemplates running away while Nehma begins to see AI as a surrogate child, hoping it will understand her perspective. But as AI mirrors human biases, Nehma questions if it can ever truly see through her indigenous lens. Restoration Process About the Artist Aranya is an Indian filmmaker based out of Mumbai. He studied Direction at FTII, Pune. He went on to assist Imtiaz Ali and Patrick Graham as an Associate Director & Director's Assistant. He has directed five short films, of which 'Songs for Babasaheb' and 'Chait' have screened at Mumbai International Film Festival, Signs Film Festival, and Jaffna Film Festival. In 2021, his film 'Saaya' was selected as a 'Film Bazaar Recommends' project. He was a participant and grant winner in the Museum of Imagined Futures Impact Fellowship Programme in 2023. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Aranya Sahay Writer: Aranya Sahay Producer(s): Storiculture SAUV Films Mathivanan Rajendran Sarabhi Ravichandran Shilpa Kumar Film Editor: Swaroop Reghu Aranya Sahay Featured Cast: Sonal Madhushankar Ridhima Singh Geeta Guha Anurag Lugun Monika Aranya Sahay Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Two shepherds begin to hear a mysterious sound in the Himalayas, but their town is skeptical of their concern. Eventive Virtual May 3 - May 5, 2024 Last Days of Summer India | Short 2023 | 15 mins | Boti TICKETS TICKETS Official Selection of the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR), INTERFILM Berlin, & the Dharamshala International Film Festival A recurring mysterious sound from Himalaya mountains is only heard by two curious young shepherds. Unable to convince the villagers of the worrying nature of such sound, they journey into the unknown to unravel the mystery. Restoration Process About the Artist Born in 1990, Stenzin Tankong is a Film & Television graduate from the Symbiosis Centre of Media and Communication. He’s a director and scriptwriter from Ladakh. He has been working on motion pictures for about five years now, and his one aim is to bring the stories of his people and culture onto the world platform. LAST DAYS OF SUMMER is his first professional film. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Stenzin Tankong Writer: Jigmet Wangchuk Producer(s): Flore Cavigneaux, Jérôme Blesson Stenzin Tankong, Urgain Phunts Film Editor: Featured Cast: Tsewang Chodak, Stanzin Thupstan , Padma Angmo Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

When a mysterious gatecrasher appears at their wedding, Madhav and Sufi are forced to face past secrets and reflect on what makes a family. Filmocracy Virtual April 28 - May 1, 2023 Queer Parivaar India | Short 2021 | 27 mins | English, Bengali TICKETS TICKETS Restoration Process About the Artist Shiva Raichandani is a multidisciplinary non-binary artist whose works harness the power of storytelling to create inclusive spaces for positive gender-expansive representation in media. Shiva is a screenwriter, director, and producer for film and TV. As an awardee of the inaugural Netflix Documentary Talent Fund, they directed a short film called PEACH PARADISE, which premiered on TikTok’s first-ever live film showcase. Shiva’s independent short QUEER PARIVAAR won the prestigious BAFTA-qualifying Iris Prize ‘Best British Short’ award, making it available for broadcast and streaming on Channel 4. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Shiva Raichandani Writer: Shiva Raichandani Producer(s): Film Editor: Featured Cast: Shiva Raichandani, Taru Devani, Asifa Lahore Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

A reluctant young teacher, Ugyen, finds himself assigned to the world’s most remote village school. Situated in Northern Bhutan, Lunana is an 8-day trek into the Himalayas - an alienating experience for the city-dwelling Ugyen, who plans to move to Australia to pursue music as soon as possible. Eventive Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Indie Meme Special 10th Year Retrospective Showcase Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom Bhutan | Narrative Feature 2019 | 109 mins | Dzongkha ORIGINAL FILM PAGE WATCH ONLINE Limited tickets available on site. 2022 Academy Award Nominee for 'Best International Feature' A reluctant young teacher, Ugyen, finds himself assigned to the world’s most remote village school. Situated in Northern Bhutan, Lunana is an 8-day trek into the Himalayas - an alienating experience for the city-dwelling Ugyen, who plans to move to Australia to pursue music as soon as possible. He arrives to find a welcoming community amid the beautiful but forbidding surroundings - and an especially eager student body, whose access to teachers and materials from outside has been inconsistent. Filmed using cameras operating on solar-powered batteries, and starring primarily villagers from the real Lunana in child & adult roles, this charming drama transports us to a rarely seen part of the globe. Film Heritage Foundation used the best surviving elements for the restoration – the original camera negative and the 35 mm print preserved at the NFDC – NFAI. Unfortunately, the sound negative was not available. We digitized the sound from the 35 mm print preserved at Film Heritage Foundation. The film elements were repaired by the Film Heritage Foundation conservators and the scanning was done in Prasad Lab in Chennai We found that due to the deterioration of the print, there were vertical green lines on many parts of the film. While the scanning and digital clean-up was done at Prasad under the supervision of L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, the grading, sound restoration and mastering was done at the lab in Bologna. Both Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani, the cinematographer of the film, have been involved in the restoration of the film. Restoration Process Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation The screening will be preceded by a performance by Specific Thing. Specific Thing is the project of local musician Román. Sometimes he plays by himself and sometimes he plays with his snazzy band — he loves to do both! And the music? It draws from folk, punk, pop, latin, communism, animals, friends... He likes to keep it cartoony, quick, and catchy. The band released an album in 2025 called "Now Is Actually Not A Good Time". Find more at @specificthing on Instagram. Meet Specific Thing About the Artist Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Pawo Choyning Dorji (Director & Writer) is a writer, photographer and filmmaker from the Kingdom of Bhutan. Pawo's introduction to film came in 2012 when he worked as Khyentse Norbu's assistant for the later's feature; Vara: A Blessing. In 2016 he produced the critically acclaimed Bhutanese feature Hema Hema: Sing me a song while I wait. The film had its world premiere at the 69th Festival del film Locarno and went on to win the Special Mention at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Trailer Credits Crew: Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji Writer: Pawo Choyning Dorji Producers: Pawo Choyning Dorji Steven Xiang Stephanie Lai Jia Honglin Film Editor: Ku Hsiao-Yun Featured Cast: Sherab Dorji Ugyen Norbu Lhendup Kelden Lhamo Gurung Pema Zam Restoration Effort Led By: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Director, Film Heritage Foundation Restoration Credit: Restored by Film Heritage Foundation in association with Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul), the cinematographer Govind Nihalani and the director Shyam Benegal. Funding supported by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul) Thank you to our community partners for this screening!

The film is about the propagation of evil curses in the form of a beautiful ring that invokes greed. The story revolves around a simple man who stumbles upon the ring and steals it. April 12, 2025 at 5:45:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 International Premiere Ouroboros India | Short 2024 | 6 mins | N/A Followed by the film The Glassworker . TICKETS TICKETS Birsa Munda international film awards- best horror short film 13th Mumbai shorts international film festival - best student animated film 17th jaipur international film festival - best upcoming film award The film is about the propagation of evil curses in the form of a beautiful ring that invokes greed. The story revolves around a simple man who stumbles upon the ring and steals it. Restoration Process About the Artist Animation Film student at Satyajit Ray film and television institute of India, writer, director, animator, CS Engineer. I make 2d animations and dabble with all aspects of an animated film production pipeline from writing to storyboarding to actual animation and post. A story teller striving to show the world things never seen before! Bringing to light all that shrouded in the realm of thoughts! Films inspire perspectives in me, molded me in more ways than one, perhaps a film can change the world for the better! Ever since I can remember, drawing and doing crafty things with my hands has been a lot of fun and a huge part of my identity. I have dabbled in all kinds of art techniques, from oil paintings to sculptures, from making posters to graphic design, But my life as an artist truly began the day when for the first time I made an animation, seeing my drawings living and breathing, I knew that I wanted more. I wouldn't have known it at the time that it would forever change me. The medium of storytelling has helped me to identify my ultimate goal as an artist- to move the masses for the better. Films and art have a profound effect on the masses, it has the power to bring about real change, like it did with me. I feel that if a story can bring about change from within an individual, perhaps it can change the world for the better as well! I put my heart and soul to every artwork I create. Every film I make, every time my drawings come to life, it always has elements that are a reflection of my own deepest inner self. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Anuj Choudhary Writer: Anuj Choudhary Producer(s): Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute Film Editor: Featured Cast: Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Inspired by Iranian cinema and the poetry of Forough Farrokhzad, a young director from India journeys to Tehran to witness how resistance becomes a daily act of survival in Iranian society. April 12, 2025 at 8:15:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Indie Meme Special 10th Year Retrospective Showcase United States Premiere And, Towards Happy Alleys India, Iran | Documentary 2023 | 75 mins | Persian, English Preceded by the short film The First Film . Live Q&A with director Sreemoyee Singh and lead actress Aida Mohammadkhani TICKETS WATCH ONLINE Limited tickets available on site. Best Film in the International Competition at BAFICI, Argentina, April 2023 Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari award for Best Debut Director at Mumbai International Film Festival, June, 2024 Best Documentary in World Cinema Festival, Calcutta, 2024 Fascinated by Iran’s film culture and the poetic works of the feminist poet Forough Farrokhzad, Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh sets out in search of the protagonists of Iranian cinema. The numerous interviews she conducts over a period of six years with filmmakers Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Shirvani, and human rights activist Nasrin Sotudeh, among others, show the precarious situation in which critics of the regime find themselves, including the constant threat of imprisonment and being banned from practicing their profession. With a keen eye for unusual situations, she documents the effect of the Islamic Republic’s strict and omnipresent censorship on the daily lives of Iranian women whose uncompromising struggle has put them at the forefront of the protests that are currently rocking the country. And, Towards Happy Alleys is a passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran which also provides a frank view of daily life, and bears witness to a fearless generation raising its voice and implacably demanding its civil liberties. Film Heritage Foundation used the best surviving elements for the restoration – the original camera negative and the 35 mm print preserved at the NFDC – NFAI. Unfortunately, the sound negative was not available. We digitized the sound from the 35 mm print preserved at Film Heritage Foundation. The film elements were repaired by the Film Heritage Foundation conservators and the scanning was done in Prasad Lab in Chennai We found that due to the deterioration of the print, there were vertical green lines on many parts of the film. While the scanning and digital clean-up was done at Prasad under the supervision of L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, the grading, sound restoration and mastering was done at the lab in Bologna. Both Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani, the cinematographer of the film, have been involved in the restoration of the film. Restoration Process Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation The screening will be preceded by a performance by Specific Thing. Specific Thing is the project of local musician Román. Sometimes he plays by himself and sometimes he plays with his snazzy band — he loves to do both! And the music? It draws from folk, punk, pop, latin, communism, animals, friends... He likes to keep it cartoony, quick, and catchy. The band released an album in 2025 called "Now Is Actually Not A Good Time". Find more at @specificthing on Instagram. Meet Specific Thing About the Artist Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Sreemoyee is a filmmaker and producer from Kolkata, India. She has a PhD degree on “The Exiled Filmmaker in Post-Revolution Iran” from the department of Film Studies at Jadavpur University. She learned Persian and traveled to Iran to film her debut documentary And, Towards Happy Alleys which launched at the Berlinale International Film Festival (Panorama section) in February 2023 and has screened at prestigious film festivals such CPH:DOX (Denmark) Thessaloniki (Greece) Sheffield (UK) DMZ Docs (South Korea) Antenna Film Festival (Australia) Jio MAMI (India), Docpoint Helsinki (Finland) winning the ‘best film’ in the International Competition at BAFICI, Argentina. Sreemoyee also won the Best Debut Director award at the Mumbai International Film Festival for her film along with the FIPRESCI (International) Critics Jury award. Sreemoyee has also worked as an Assistant Professor of Film Studies at St. Joseph’s University, Bangalore, and a Guest Lecturer at New York University, Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). She is the recipient of the Golden Globe Foundation Residency for International Filmmakers in Los Angeles in February-March 2024. Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Trailer Credits Crew: Director: Sreemoyee Singh Aida Mohammadkhani Writer: Sreemoyee Singh Producers: Sreemoyee Singh Happy Alley Films Film Editor: Joydip Das Pradyatan Bera Featured Cast: Restoration Effort Led By: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Director, Film Heritage Foundation Restoration Credit: Restored by Film Heritage Foundation in association with Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul), the cinematographer Govind Nihalani and the director Shyam Benegal. Funding supported by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul) Thank you to our community partners for this screening!

Sthal explores the tradition of arranged marriage in rural India, where a girl's marriage overshadows the very sustenance of life. Narrated from the perspective of a young girl, Savita, it highlights the patriarchy rooted in society. Eventive Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 Sthal (A Match) India | Narrative Feature 2023 | 104 mins | Marathi TICKETS TICKETS Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival 2024 (Best Film, Best Actress) Third Eye Asian Film Festival 2024 (Best Film, Best Actress) Pune International Film Festival 2024 (Sant Tukaram Award - Best Marathi Film, Best Screenplay) In a village in the Vidarbha region of India, a determined young girl, Savita, yearns for education and a brighter future. However, as her farmer parents anxiously struggle to find a suitable match for her, societal expectations place immense pressure on her to prioritize marriage over personal aspirations. Being dark-complexioned and short in height, Savita is seen as an added ‘burden’ on her parents and ‘marrying her off’, as difficult as finding fair price for their crop. Facing countless rejections from potential suitors, she must navigate a world where the pursuit of marriage overshadows the very sustenance of life. Shot on real locations with real people from the village, all non-actors, Sthal (A Match) is the director's debut feature film that explores the tradition of arranged marriages in rural India while highlighting patriarchy, colorism and social evil deeply rooted in society. Restoration Process About the Artist Born in a village in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Jayant Digambar Somalkar is an engineering graduate, but his creative bent of mind made him veer towards filmmaking. His debut short film, ‘Iyatta - Class,' showed at many film festivals and won many awards. He has co- written and co-directed the critically acclaimed Amazon Prime Video Original Series 'Guilty Minds’. ‘Sthal - A Match’ marks the director's debut feature, showcasing his talent for storytelling and commitment to presenting social issues in an authentic and compassionate manner. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Jayant Digambar Somalkar Writer: Jayant Digambar Somalkar Producer(s): Shefali Bhushan Karan Grover Riga Malhotra Jayant Somalkar Film Editor: Abhijit Deshpande Featured Cast: Nandini Chikte Taranath Khiratakar Sangita Sonekar Suyog Dhawas Sandip Somalkar Sandip Parkhi Swati Ulmale Gauri Badki Mansi Pawar Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

A lonely cat in an apartment, watching a pair of doves, learns that there is more in life, called love Eventive Virtual May 3 - May 5, 2024 Remember Its Flight India | Short 2023 | 8 mins | undefined TICKETS TICKETS A lonely cat in an apartment, watching a pair of doves, learns that there is more in life, called love. When the dove Teaches a cat how to love; Here is the poem Which the cat repeats to them, And that’s all: “Remember its flight For the bird is mortal”. Restoration Process About the Artist Born in 1970 in Tehran, Iran, Sasan Golfar earned his BA degrees in Civil Engineering (Polytechnic Tehran) and Drama Acting (Azad University, Tehran) and pursued Cultural Studies courses for his MA (Allameh Tabatabaei, Tehran). He also studied filmmaking in Youth Cinema Society of Iran and served as actor, director assistant, and editor in a number of 35mm, 16mm, and video short films produced by the Youth Cinema Society. He won a stage acting award in Fajr Student Theatre Festival in 2004 and took on acting roles in Iranian TV series in 2005. As a writer and translator, he has published 14 works, including novels, short stories, and plays with 8 further books to be published in 2023 and 2024. He is a journalist and was the editor of International Cinema in a number of major Iranian newspapers such as Shargh, E'temad and Kargozaran and Tajrobe monthly magazine. He's a film critic and a member of critics Center (Kanoon Montagedan) of Iranian Khane-ye Cinema. As a director, producer, writer, cinematographer, and editor, he made "The Dream of Being Free", "Andante Innicentemente", "Remember Its Flight", "Sisyphus Childhood", "Call of the Wild". In ُthe spring-summer seasons of 2023 he won 'Best Short Film' in the Pageant Film Festival, India for "The Dream of Being Free", 'Best Narrative Short' in Opi Soulplace Festival, Italy and second place in London Music Video Festival for "Remember Its Flight". Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Sasan Golfar Writer: Sasan Golfar Producer(s): Sasan Golfar Film Editor: Featured Cast: Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

A woman goes on a virtual reality date and is transported to a speakeasy bar from the prohibition era of Mumbai. April 20, 2024 at 11:15:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 3 - May 5, 2024 North America Premiere Next, Please India 2023 TICKETS TICKETS Best Short Film - Rome Indie Film Festival Best Short Film - Heart of Europe Film Festival A woman goes on a virtual reality date and is transported to a speakeasy bar from the prohibition era of Mumbai. Restoration Process About the Artist Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Rishav Kapoor Writer: Chaitanya Tamhane Producer(s): Chaitanya Tamhane Film Editor: Vedant Joshi Featured Cast: Jim Sarbh, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Shardul Bhardwaj Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The life of a young glassblower in training and his relationships over the years, as his land goes through war and strife. April 12, 2025 at 5:45:00 PM AFS Cinema Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Indie Meme Special 10th Year Retrospective Showcase Texas Premiere The Glassworker Pakistan, Spain, USA | Narrative Feature 2024 | 98 mins | English, Urdu Preceded by the short films Da'Lit Kids and Ouroboros . Recorded Q&A with writer-director Usman Riaz TICKETS WATCH ONLINE Limited tickets available on site. International South Asian Film Festival of Canada Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival Hong Kong Kids International Film Festival A young, gifted Vincent and his father Tomas run the finest glass workshop in the country and find their lives upended by an approaching war in which they want no part. The arrival in their town of an army colonel and his young aspiring violinist daughter, Alliz, shakes their reality and tests the relationship between father and son. As the love develops between Vincent and Alliz, they will need to gather up their courage to confront their fathers. Film Heritage Foundation used the best surviving elements for the restoration – the original camera negative and the 35 mm print preserved at the NFDC – NFAI. Unfortunately, the sound negative was not available. We digitized the sound from the 35 mm print preserved at Film Heritage Foundation. The film elements were repaired by the Film Heritage Foundation conservators and the scanning was done in Prasad Lab in Chennai We found that due to the deterioration of the print, there were vertical green lines on many parts of the film. While the scanning and digital clean-up was done at Prasad under the supervision of L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, the grading, sound restoration and mastering was done at the lab in Bologna. Both Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani, the cinematographer of the film, have been involved in the restoration of the film. Restoration Process Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation The screening will be preceded by a performance by Specific Thing. Specific Thing is the project of local musician Román. Sometimes he plays by himself and sometimes he plays with his snazzy band — he loves to do both! And the music? It draws from folk, punk, pop, latin, communism, animals, friends... He likes to keep it cartoony, quick, and catchy. The band released an album in 2025 called "Now Is Actually Not A Good Time". Find more at @specificthing on Instagram. Meet Specific Thing About the Artist Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Usman Riaz is the Co-Founder of Mano Animation Studios, Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animation studio. A multifaceted talent, Usman has made significant strides in various creative fields. A recipient of a full scholarship at Berklee College of Music, Usman’s musical journey is marked by his albums ‘Flashes & Sparks’ and ‘Circus in the Sky,’ both released with EMI Pakistan. His prowess extends to filmmaking, having written, directed, and scored notable short films like ‘RUCKUS’ and ‘The Waves,’ with the latter being an Official Selection at the 2013 New York City Independent Film Festival. His ambitious project, ‘The Glassworker,’ showcases his storytelling and animation skills, promising to be a significant addition to his portfolio. Under Usman’s leadership, Mano Animation Studios has become a beacon of cultural storytelling and artistic excellence. The release not only marks a significant moment in Pakistani cinema but also elevates traditional animation on the global stage, showcasing its enduring charm over transient CGI trends. Usman Riaz’s artistic contributions continue to inspire a new generation of creators and storytellers worldwide. Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Trailer Credits Crew: Director: Usman Riaz Writer: Moya O’Shea Usman Riaz Producers: Film Editor: Featured Cast: Art Malik Sacha Dhawan Anjli Mohindra Tony Jayawardena Teresa Gallagher Mina Anwar Sham Ali Maya Saroya Nila Aalia Restoration Effort Led By: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Director, Film Heritage Foundation Restoration Credit: Restored by Film Heritage Foundation in association with Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul), the cinematographer Govind Nihalani and the director Shyam Benegal. Funding supported by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul) Thank you to our community partners for this screening!

In this psychological horror film, two young mothers having a rough day are unprepared to meet Lalanna, a precocious preteen girl who suavely pushes their buttons. Seeming to possess all the promise and confidence the two women have lost, Lalanna unleashes within them a merciless instinct to set her straight. Filmocracy Virtual April 28 - May 1, 2023 Lalanna's Song India | Short 2022 | 33 mins | Malayalam, Hindi, English TICKETS TICKETS Restoration Process About the Artist Megha Ramaswamy is a filmmaker & writer based in Mumbai. Her first two shorts, NEWBORNS (2014) and BUNNY (2015), both premiered at Toronto International Film Festival. Her documentary, THE LAST MUSIC STORE (2016), won the audience 'Best Documentary' Award at South Asian International Film Festival. Her films have traveled to Indian and international festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand and Cork, winning top honors for their powerful storytelling and innovative technique. She is a beneficiary of the Chicken & Egg Grant for women filmmakers in collaboration with the Indian Documentary Foundation (IDF), and also the recipient of the British Council Screenwriters Grant 2008 (UK). Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Megha Ramaswamy Writer: Megha Ramaswamy Producer(s): Film Editor: Featured Cast: Rima Kallingal, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Nakshatra Indrajith Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

A crippled widow demands respect for her beloved pigeon. Caught in the maze of loneliness, a pregnant woman finds her escape in a tomato. When paranoia strikes, a religious devotee of Lord Hanuman battles it with a mace. April 18, 2024 at 7:00:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 3 - May 5, 2024 Texas Premiere Amar Colony India | Narrative Feature 2022 | 75 mins | Hindi Recorded Q&A with Filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan TICKETS TICKETS Special Jury Prize - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022 Best Debutant Director - International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2022 Amar Colony is a desperate tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy. The film is set in a small hill town in the lower Himalayas in India. Meera (20), a lonely pregnant woman is caught in a maze of desires and disappointments. Devki (45), a widow confined to a wheelchair, demands respect for her pigeon. Durga (60), a religious fanatic begins to experience delusions. When mundane lives of these three women intertwine in a lonely chawl in India, we encounter an existential underworld of raw impulses, desires and fears in this human wilderness with no respite and no resolution. Restoration Process About the Artist Siddharth Chauhan is a filmmaker based in Shimla/Mumbai. He has continuously taken his locally produced films to festivals in UK, US, Sarajevo, Belarus, Indonesia, New Zealand, Italy, China, Canada and France. His short film 'Pashi' won 6 International Awards including Best Director, Best Film, Audience Choice, Best Actor and Best Cinematography. Indie Film Magazine reviewed and called Pashi – 'India's Finest Short Film'. Amar Colony is Siddharth’s debut feature film. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Siddharth Chauhan Writer: Siddharth Chauhan Producer(s): Nisheeth Kumar Film Editor: Paresh Kamdar Featured Cast: Nimisha Nair Sangeeta Agrawal Usha Chauhan Deepak Sharma Aayush Srivastava Rohit Agrawal Sreejith Vijay Yash Thakur Jasleen Gulati Ishan Azad Anuj Sharma Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.