Festival Films

In order to be independent and break free from the conservative society, four women sets on a journey to discover freedom and happiness.

A portrait of daily life of the workers in an Indian textile factory, revealing its beauty as well as its shameful working conditions.

Purushothaman Nair is jobless while his wife Devi is a teacher and they have a daughter. The film speaks about love, romance, and the bonds between family members.

Un thriller che cattura i tentativi disperati di un uomo per sfuggire all'isolamento in un appartamento nel cuore di Mumbai.

Showmen riding cinema lorries have brought the wonder of the movies to faraway villages in India once every year. Seven decades on, as their cinema projectors crumble and film reels become scarce, their patrons are lured by slick digital technology. A benevolent showman, a shrewd exhibitor and a maverick projector mechanic bear a beautiful burden - to keep the last traveling cinemas of the world running.

A Yakshagana actor who mainly does female roles is faced with his own sexuality and societies outlook.

Seven People anxiously wait for their HIV results in a clinic, bribe a clinical staff to know their results in advance. What is the result ?

A non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world, "An Insignificant Man" follows Arvind Kejriwal and his insurgent party as they look to shake up Indian politics while struggling to keep their own idealism alive.

Durga, a north Indian migrant and a Keralite youth named Kabeer are running away on a midnight. The hapless Durga encounters a cross section of the society through the rest of the night.

A fishing community living on floating biomass in Loktak Lake in Manipur, North Eastern state in India. They were ousted from their houses by government intervention in 2011. Their houses were destroyed and destitute villagers were forcibly relocated.

The curious child of idealistic interfaith parents observes an increasingly intolerant world as his family faces financial strain.

Young gay Indian-American Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her infertile married sister's baby to gain their disapproving mother's acceptance, straining her relationship with girlfriend Lisa.

Ambientato nel 1979, A Death in the Gunj è un romanzo di formazione sul timido studente Shutu che usa una gita in famiglia per sfuggire al suo semestre fallimentare.

Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey.

Pratima, then a kid, is being told the tale of Hastir Kanya, a neglected first wife of a priest who acquires as his second wife the spoil daughter of a wealthy priest. The lonesome first wife weeps by the river that turns salty. Elephants, attracted by the salty water hear her tale of woes and anoint her. She is transformed into an elephant. Young Pratima is mesmerized by this tale. Once, as she and her friends are wandering in the fields, she notices a group of folk performers and ventures to go near them. The maid accompanying them dissuades her. At home, once, as she is learning songs sung during Kartik Puja from the maids, her guardian summons her to the palace. Things are different when she is with Lalji, her father, who encourages her to learn the soulful folk songs from the mahouts.

A man returns to his childhood hometown, where he meets the happily married woman he once jilted, while his best friend endures a more volatile union.

A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.

A collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office 'Fun Committee Award', which entitles him to a whole day full of fun. He is most reluctant to leave the safety of his cubicle but he has to. Prescribed fun modules have to be completed and non-compliance is not an option... The second story begins with a domineering head-of-the-family, Anil, who is on life support. Seeking some relief, his family decides to buy a TV, which Anil had banned. Now every night the family plugs into a popular soap whose hero, Purshottam, is a man ideal in every way and they are smitten. Then suddenly, comes the news that Anil is better and may be home soon. Will they have to let Purshottam go?... The third one centers on Aarti whose repetitive existence is slowly making her more and more mechanical and numb. Deep inside ferments a disconnect and unease that she is unable to articulate to anyone. Then one day there arrives a most intimate letter and everything changes...

Ottaal (The Trap) is an adaptation of one of Anton Chekhov's timeless works, Vanka. A story of the 18th century, but one that has travelled the time and space to be retold in the present day at a small village in the South of India. Kuttappayi, a young boy, is miserable and desperate as he starts writing a letter to his grandfather from a place, dim and dark. Kuttappayi's recollections takes us to the picturesque locations of Kuttanad, where Kuttappayi and his grandpa, Valiyappachayi, are arriving with their ducks. The village is as pleasant as it can be even though what brings him there is the death of his dearest parents. With hope and freedom, he is about to start his life afresh among the village's letterless postman, the nameless dog, the rich lad, Tinku and many more.

An ambitious man leaves his small Indian village for America. But when his letters to home stop coming, his brother sets out on his own adventure.

With help from his recent recruit, a gang leader takes on an established crime lord in a battle for control of Vancouver's arms and drug trade.

This homage to 1980s teen sex comedies follows a college quiz bowl champion who knows almost everything, except how to talk to women.

Quattro operai vengono torturati dalla polizia per far sì che confessino un furto che non hanno commesso.

Set in the world of College Theatre, CRD probes fascism and fierce competition in arts.

Actor, Leader, Hero, God. Men from various generations alter their lives, sell their belongings, and place fandom above their families in devotion to an iconic South Indian superstars.