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His late grandfather's spirit haunts twelve-year-old Jayaram Siddi. He loses touch with reality. His family embraces tribal rituals and Dammam music to restore his balance and address inter-generational trauma. December 7, 2025 at 8:00:00 PM AFS Cinema Austin Premiere Rhythm of Dammam India | Narrative Feature 2024 | 92 min | Konkani, Kannada Live Q&A with Writer-Director, Jayan Cherian, following the screening Followed by a member mixer at VIVO. TICKETS TICKETS In Uttara Kannada, India, Jayaram Siddi, a twelve-year-old boy, is believed to be possessed by the spirit of his late grandfather, Rama Bantu Siddi. Despite seeking help from local black magicians, Jayaram's condition remains unchanged. He escapes into a dream world, using 'magical' instruments from his grandfather to connect with his ancestors. However, he becomes overwhelmed by the agonizing history of his ancestors' chattel slavery, losing touch with reality. Jayaram drops out of school, and his family strives to restore his balance by embracing tribal rituals and Dammam music, both vital to their cultural heritage. The film delves in Jayaram's struggle with the intergenerational trauma, emphasizing the challenges faced by him and his family in finding healing and stability. --- For historical context, the Siddis are an ethnically Southeast African community who have been in India since ~600 CE, coming either as soldiers in Arab armies or as enslaved people brought into the ports. Restoration Process About the Artist Jayan Cherian, from Kerala, holds an MFA in filmmaking from The City College of New York as well as a BA in film and creative writing from Hunter College. He has received numerous honors and recognition for his cinematic works, which have been featured at prestigious film festivals around the world, including the Berlin International Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, BFI London Lesbian Gay Film Festival, NARA International Film Festival, Rio-de-Janeiro International Film Festival, Kolkata International Film Festival, and Montreal World Film Festival. His career features notable titles including Ka Bodyscapes (2016), Papilio Buddha (2014), The Shape of the Shapeless (2010), and the much-awaited Rhythm of Dammam (2024). He has also contributed significantly to numerous documentaries and short films over the course of his career. --- The live Q&A will be moderated by Jacqueline Rush Rivera. Jacqueline is dedicated to seeking out and supporting hidden cultural gems and sharing their stories through a decolonial framework. She has curated film exhibitions, directed film festival programs, directed film distribution projects, designed large and complex art exhibitions, stage managed theater productions, and has worked in a variety of cultural spaces. She currently contributes to projects for VoxFem Festival, Cinema Without Borders, and LeRay Music. Born on the Island of Borinquen/Puerto Rico, Jacqueline is a long-time resident of Austin, Tejas. Libraries, dancehalls, and mountain tops are some of her favorite things. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Jayan Cherian Writer: Jayan Cherian Producer(s): Jayan Cherian Film Editor: Shinos Rahman Featured Cast: Chinmaya Siddi Prashant Siidi Nagaraj Siddi Girija Siddi Parashuram Siddi Mohan Siddi Lilly Jacki Siddi Gundayya Rama Siddi Katrina Francis Siddi 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 recent immigrant from Sri Lanka, 56-year-old Perianayaki’s days always begin at her dead-end job stacking shelves at the local supermarket. As a result of her inability to speak English, she struggles to fit in and build meaningful relationships.Today, on her wedding anniversary, Perianayaki is forced to reconcile with the bittersweet realities of her life. Filmocracy Virtual April 28 - May 1, 2023 Periyanayaki New Zealand | Short 2022 | 11 mins | English, Tamil TICKETS TICKETS Restoration Process About the Artist Since graduating from the University of Auckland in 2018 with an MA in Screen Production, Bala Murali Shingade has been working as a writer, director and actor for screen and theatre. For his MA thesis film, Bala was awarded the Geoff Evans Prize for Screen Excellence. In 2019, he wrote, directed, and edited 800 LUNCHES, a short film commissioned and funded by the Outlook for Someday. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Bala Murali Shingade Writer: Bala Murali Shingade Producer(s): Film Editor: Featured Cast: Jeyagowri Sivakumaran 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.

On the night before leaving her small-town home, Sejal discovers her widowed mother has stopped taking the medication she relies on for her mental health. As Sejal tries to confront her, her mother remains lost in making aloo poori—a farewell meal steeped in family ritual. April 12, 2025 at 3:30:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 Texas Premiere Aloo Poori USA | Short 2025 | 13 mins | English, Hindi TICKETS TICKETS Chicago South Asian Film Festival Red Rose International Film Festival Planet Female Global StoryFest (Best Student Film) Aloo Poori follows the story of a mother and daughter during their last day of living together in a small town in Western Pennsylvania. Sejal is on the cusp of leaving her home and mother behind, unsure if she’s scared to go, or scared to stay. Her mother Madhuri is avoiding a recent mental health diagnosis and her daughter's departure by throwing her heart into her cooking. The two have never had to function without each other, and on the eve of Sejal’s departure, they realize they might not know how to-- grappling with what forgiveness and farewell truly mean to them. Restoration Process About the Artist Aditi Sridhar (she/her) is a narrative and documentary filmmaker dedicated to telling culturally specific stories that challenge perspectives and foster action-oriented conversation. Raised in small town Pennsylvania, her storytelling practice is deeply rooted in the intersection of community, identity, and place. She recently produced a feature-length documentary on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, exploring how his Pittsburgh roots shaped his iconic body of work. Aditi has worked at Warner Brothers Pictures and is an alum of the AMPAS Gold Rising Program, where she was selected as a Trophy Presenter at the 95th Academy Awards. Her directorial debut short film, PIVOT, was featured at festivals across the country, including the Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival, and DC South Asian Film Festival. She is currently developing new projects that blend homegrown storytelling with global perspectives, with a focus on amplifying underrepresented voices in media. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Aditi Sridhar Writer: Aditi Sridhar Producer(s): Aditi Sridhar Owen Gambill Film Editor: Featured Cast: Sangeeta Agrawal Anvita Gattani Advika Ravishankar Mike Puthumana 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 Threshold details one day in the life of a couple who have been married over two decades. Eventive Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Indie Meme Special 10th Year Retrospective Showcase The Threshold India | Narrative Feature 2015 | 87 mins | Hindi, English ORIGINAL FILM PAGE WATCH ONLINE Limited tickets available on site. The Threshold details one day in the life of a couple who have been married over two decades. On this day, the day after their newly married son, and the guests from his wedding party, have left, the wife informs her husband that she is leaving him. For good. Presented with this fait accompli, two people on the verge of an idyllic retirement are forced to confront the truth of their marriage, without the masks. Even as the couple tries to get to the heart of the matter, they find the big questions of their lives beyond their grasp. They are two people, isolated in a house in the hills, preparing for the harsh Himalayan winter, trying to find themselves one last time. This film was an opportunity to explore a corner of our world that never makes it onto screen. The people we don’t normally notice. The people who are always at the edges of the family photograph. Except we know these people. They are our aunts and uncles. They are our parents. They are our grandparents. We will become them. It was an opportunity to examine an existential crisis: The unraveling of the idea of the ideal Indian marriage all of us are familiar with. 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 Pushan Kriplani is a cinematographer and a theater director. He graduated with a degree in English literature and earned his Master’s in Film and TV production from the University of Bristol, with a sprecialization in Cinematography. He has worked on over thirty productions for the stage and for the radio, in capacities ranging from director to actor to designer, musician and producer. He is a founder member of the industrial theater co. As a cinematograpger, he has filmed several features, as well as commercials, documentaries and shorts, working with Shyam Benegal, Ram Madhvani and Zafar Hai, amongst others, as well as for National Geographic, Discovery and the BBC. He has also directed six documentary shorts. He lives and works in Mumbai, India. This is his first feature film as director. Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Trailer Credits Crew: Director: Pushan Kriplani Writer: Nihaarika Negi with Neena Gupta Rajit Kapur Pushan Kriplani Producers: Vishal Dhandhia Akshat Shah Film Editor: Pradip Patil Featured Cast: Neena Gupta Rajit Kapur Dhanendra Kawade 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!

A story of a homemaker and her everyday life emptional abuse she suffered. April 12, 2025 at 3:30:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 United States Premiere A Lazy Noon Bangladesh | Short 2025 | 15 mins | Bangla TICKETS TICKETS 23rd Dhaka International Film Festival - Best Short Film Fipresci Award Nira, a highly educated 38-year-old woman who comes from an upper-middle-class family. Her husband is a senior executive at a corporate company, and she is a homemaker. She married with the intention of enjoying a modest and peaceful life. She was going about her regular activities. But, as time passes, she becomes increasingly aware of the emotional abuse she is subjected to. She made the decision to stand up and protect her dignity and self-worth. Restoration Process About the Artist Monon Muntaka is a Dhaka-based visual artist and cultural activist. Her work focuses on social concerns, culture, women, and gender, as well as its documentation. She is also passionate about films and video art. As a visual storyteller, she is continuously on the lookout for new stories and ways to communicate them visually. Her interactions with a diverse group of multi-talented people, including artists, curators, writers, filmmakers, educators, and researchers, had a significant impact on her life. She took part in several exhibitions, including the British Council's International Collaboration - Artists Make Space, the Goethe Institute Bangladesh's “KᗩᕼIᑕᕼᗩᒪ” show, and the "Dhaka OIC Youth Capital 2020-21." SheDecides 2021 Virtual Gallery, Dui - "Synchronised Encounter", "The Unheard Voices" on Violence Against Women, 2016, "VISIBILITY" at WILL FEST 2018, "Move 4 Women"; on International Women's Day 2019, "De | Real exhibition: A curatorial research project in response to the global pandemic, 2020," and "Texture & Mixture" solo exhibition in 2023. Her work has been shown at ArtIQulate in 2022 and 2023, LensCulture in 2020, "Inonica", "femlens", and "Al Jazeera" in 2021. She is an Adenauer Fellow. Winner of the "Breaking the Silence" short film grant competition in 2022, 12th Photoffee Photographer of the Year in 2022, and recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Awards in 2023. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Monon Muntaka Writer: Monon Muntaka Producer(s): Rubaiyat Hossain Film Editor: Chaitali Samaddar Featured Cast: Runa Kanchon Adnan Shikha Ananya Singh 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.

An irate policeman insists on adding more clauses to a young man's case, alleging animal cruelty that resulted in the death of two stray dogs. The policeman's aggression and the young man's resistance reveal a tense history involving a common element of love, belonging, and loss. Based on the short story 'Jamyam' by Abhishek SS. April 20, 2024 at 3:30:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 3 - May 5, 2024 United States Premiere Vakuppu (The Clause) India | Short 2023 | 10 mins | Malayalam TICKETS TICKETS Royal Stag Large Short Films Best Actor Award at Jio MAMI 2024 Based on the short story 'Jamyam' by Abhishek SS, the film delves into the inner turmoil of seemingly aggressive senior police officer Shankara Pillai (James Elia) and a young man. In a police station in Kerala, Chandran is arrested and awaits his turn on the bench as the police attempt to frame him for the deaths of two stray dogs near a butcher shop. The senior police officer keeps piling on more charges from the penal code, and the motive behind his actions appears increasingly personal. Chandran's phone incessantly rings, and the officer glimpses a photo of a young woman (Meenu) on the caller ID. The senior civil police officer overhears Chandran's address and decides to excuse himself from duty. As Shankara Pillai is about to leave, Chandran discloses that "she" is eight months pregnant, and he was at the butcher shop to purchase mutton for her. Shankara Pillai departs, instructing his subordinate to release Chandran after some time. On his way out, he stops by a shop to buy a mutton dish. When he opens his wallet, we catch sight of a photo of a young Meenu inside it. Restoration Process About the Artist Jayaraj R. is an accomplished advertising filmmaker with a career spanning over a decade. His journey began in 2011 as an assistant director, where he honed his skills and steadily rose through the ranks. Over the years, Jayaraj has collaborated with numerous prestigious national brands and agencies, serving as a producer and director. His impressive portfolio includes directing commercials for renowned clients such as Tata Trusts and Chandrika Glycerine Soap. With this wealth of experience, Jayaraj ventured into founding Homebrew Films, bringing a rich tapestry of expertise to the world of film and video production. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: R Jayaraj Writer: Abhishek SS Producer(s): HomeBrew Films Film Editor: Praveen Krishnan Featured Cast: James Elia, Siju Chandran, Arun Kizhussery, Jomel, Jomit Johny, Siju , Paul 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 middle-aged Indian woman accused of murdering a rich American woman; an innocent husband who loves his wife; a journey of this couple where karma proves at the end “what goes around comes around”. June 18, 2024 at 11:45:00 PM AFS Cinema The Verdict India 2023 TICKETS TICKETS A middle-aged Indian woman accused of murdering a rich American woman; an innocent husband who loves his wife; a journey of this couple where karma proves at the end “what goes around comes around”. Restoration Process About the Artist Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Krishna Sankar Writer: Krishna Sankar Producer(s): Prakash Mohandas Film Editor: Sathish Suriya Featured Cast: Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Sruthi Hariharan, Prakash Mohandas, Vidyullekha Raman, Suhasini. 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.

April 14, 2023 at 11:30:00 PM AFS Cinema Texas Premiere Goldfish United Kingdom, India | Narrative Feature 2022 | 103 mins | English LIVE, In-Person Q&A w/ Director Pushan Kripalani & Lead Actress Kalki Koechlin TICKETS TICKETS World Premiere at the Busan International Film Festival (2022) With help from a neighbourhood and a past she has shunned, a young woman (Kalki Koechlin) returns home to deal with her mother's dementia and the scars of her childhood. Restoration Process About the Artist Pushan Kripalani is a cinematographer and director. He graduated with a degree in English Literature and earned his Master's in Film and TV Production from the University of Bristol, with a specialization in Cinematography. He lives and works in Mumbai, India. His first feature film, THE THRESHOLD, was acclaimed in its festival run, garnering praise at MAMI and the NFDC Film Bazaar and winning 'Best Actor' and 'Best Actress' at the New York Indian Film Festival. As cinematographer, he has shot several features, as well as ads, documentaries, and shorts, working with Shyam Benegal, Ram Madhvani and Zafar Hai, amongst others, as well as for National Geographic, Discovery and the BBC. He has worked on 30+ productions for stage and radio, in capacities ranging from director to actor to designer, musician, and producer. GOLDFISH is his second feature film. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Pushan Kripalani Writer: Pushan Kripalani Arghya Lahiri Producer(s): Amit Saxena Surabhi Bhatnagar Film Editor: Pradip Patil Featured Cast: Kalki Koechlin Deepti Naval Rajit Kapur Bharti Patel Ravin J. Ganatra Gordon Warnecke Shanaya Rafaat 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.

Set in India during 1992, the film follows 11-year-old Supriyo, who struggles with poor vision and faces challenges that extend beyond his eyesight amid the country's rising sociopolitical tensions. April 13, 2025 at 10:30:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 International Premiere Chashma India | Short 2024 | 20 mins | Hindi Followed by the film Boong . TICKETS TICKETS An 11-year-old boy with poor vision must confront more than his physical limitations when a school conflict forces him to make a difficult decision. Set against the backdrop of 1992 amidst India's rising sociopolitical tensions, Supriyo's journey boldly explores the emotional and societal blind spots around him. Restoration Process About the Artist Nitin Baid is an acclaimed Indian film editor known for his nuanced storytelling and impactful contributions to Bollywood. He gained recognition with Masaan (2015) and went on to edit films like Raazi (2018), Gully Boy (2019), and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). His ability to craft seamless narratives has earned him multiple accolades, including Filmfare Awards. Recently, he ventured into directing with the short film Chashma: Blind Spot, showcasing his versatility in filmmaking. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Nitin Baid Writer: Nitin Baid Varun Grover Producer(s): Dimpy Agrawal Meena Agrawal Film Editor: Nitin Baid Vaishnavi Bhate Featured Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma Ayan Khan Kabeer Shah Shafeen Patel Shishir Sharma Vijay Shrivastava 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.

Set in India during 1992, the film follows 11-year-old Supriyo, who struggles with poor vision and faces challenges that extend beyond his eyesight amid the country's rising sociopolitical tensions. April 13, 2025 at 10:30:00 PM AFS Cinema Virtual May 2 - 4, 2025 Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Indie Meme Special 10th Year Retrospective Showcase International Premiere Chashma India | Short 2024 | 20 mins | Hindi Followed by the film Boong . TICKETS WATCH ONLINE Limited tickets available on site. An 11-year-old boy with poor vision must confront more than his physical limitations when a school conflict forces him to make a difficult decision. Set against the backdrop of 1992 amidst India's rising sociopolitical tensions, Supriyo's journey boldly explores the emotional and societal blind spots around him. 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 Nitin Baid is an acclaimed Indian film editor known for his nuanced storytelling and impactful contributions to Bollywood. He gained recognition with Masaan (2015) and went on to edit films like Raazi (2018), Gully Boy (2019), and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). His ability to craft seamless narratives has earned him multiple accolades, including Filmfare Awards. Recently, he ventured into directing with the short film Chashma: Blind Spot, showcasing his versatility in filmmaking. Photo courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation Trailer Credits Crew: Director: Nitin Baid Writer: Nitin Baid Varun Grover Producers: Dimpy Agrawal Meena Agrawal Film Editor: Nitin Baid Vaishnavi Bhate Featured Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma Ayan Khan Kabeer Shah Shafeen Patel Shishir Sharma Vijay Shrivastava 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 story of a young tribal girl who rises from the ashes to proclaim her most essential rights, over her body and the decisions upon it. Shot with an all tribal cast at Attapadi in Kerala. April 16, 2023 at 8:15:00 PM AFS Cinema International Premiere Dhabari Quruvi India | Narrative Feature 2022 | 105 mins | Irula TICKETS TICKETS Official Selection of the International Film Festivals of India, Kerala, and Chennai This is the story of a naive tribal girl who, facing an unwanted pregnancy, rises from the ashes to proclaim her most essential rights, those over her body and the decisions upon it. Set amid the Irula Tribal Community at Attappadi in Kerala, DHABARI QURUVI is noted as the first film to star an entirely tribal cast. The production included around sixty people, belonging to Irula, Muduka, Kurumba and Vaduka tribal communities. Dhabari Quruvi draws story inspiration from a folk myth that exists among the tribal communities at Attapadi. The title refers to a sparrow, whose father is unknown. Restoration Process About the Artist Priyanandanan is a National Award Winning Director from Kerala who has achieved great acclaim for his plays, feature films, and television projects. His directorial ventures in plays include Vaikom Muhammad Bashir's LOVE LETTER (Premalekhanam), Joy Mathew's SANKADAL, N Sasidharan's KITCHEN (Adukkala), and many more. These dramas, staged across India, received many accolades. Priyanandanan commenced his film career under famous directors KR Mohanan, PT Kunju Muhammed, and Manilal. He began by filming newsreels and documentary shorts, including FIGHT FOR MAN AND LAND & THE HISTORY OF STRIKES IN THRISSUR DISTRICT. He also directed several television films including four based on MT Vasudevan Nair's short stories. His first feature film, NEYTHUKARAN, examined the life of a weaver, who was an ardent supporter of E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the first ever Chief Minister of Kerala State. Veteran Actor Murali won the Indian National Award for 'Best Actor' for this film. His second movie, PULIJANMAM, received the National Award for 'Best Feature Film' in 2006. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Priyanandanan Writer: Priyanandanan Kuppuswami Maruthan Smitha Sylesh K. B. Hari Lijo Panadan Producer(s): Ajith Vinayaka Anila Sojan ('Aevas Visual Magic') Film Editor: Ekalavyan 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.

Filmmaker-actor couple, Tithi and Farhan are subjects of criticism and troll for not taking baby in a patriarchal society. Tithi doesn’t succumb to the pressure of social validation and decides to have a baby when the time is right for her but the question never ends for her. AFS Cinema Virtual May 3 - May 5, 2024 North America Premiere Something Like an Autobiography Bangladesh, Germany, India 2023 Recorded Q&A with Filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Screens with Helena . TICKETS TICKETS Busan Film Festival, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Farhan and Titi are a director-actor couple living in Dhaka. In a conservative and patriarchal Muslim society, they are criticized for not having children even after 10 years of marriage. Restoration Process About the Artist Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Writer: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Nusrat Imrose Tisha Producer(s): Redoan Rony Film Editor: Momin Biswas Featured Cast: Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Iresh Zaker, Dolly Zahur 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.