ENGLISH TITLE

RK/RKAY

INDIA|2019|HINDI|01:36:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

The film is a film-within-a-film and is a retro tribute to the cinema of the 1960s. It is part real, part fiction and part fantasy with RK a filmmaker (played by Rajat Kapoor), making a new picture in which he also plays the lead character as Mahboob. The film has many layers of the story with multiple characters, unresolved plot lines, magical realism, and people in search of their destiny all converge in this playful tale.

ORIGINAL TITLE

RK/RKAY

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Rajat Kapoor

Screenplay: Rajat Kapoor

Producer(s): Nflicks Pvt Ltd, Mithya Talkies, Priyanshi Films

Executive Producer: Gurudas Pai, Sameer Shaikh

DOP: Rafey Mehmood

Editor(s): Suresh Pai

Music: Sagar Desai

Sound Design: Resul Pookutty, Arunav Dutta

Production Design: Meenal Agarwal

Lyrics: Hussain Haidry

Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Kubbra Sait, Ranvir Shorey, Manu Rishi

ENGLISH TITLE

SOIL

GERMANY|2020|TURKISH| 01:45:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

A young orphan lives with his uncle and grandmother in a remote Turkish village town. By selling fruits they have a simple life in poverty. When the grandmother gets sick they have to make tough a tough decision.

ORIGINAL TITLE

TOPRAK

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Sevgi Hirschhäuser

Screenplay: Sevgi Hirschhäuser

Producer(s): Chris & Sevgi Hirschhäuser

DOP: Chris Hirschhäuser

Editor(s): Sevgi Hirschhäuser

Music: Shaul Bustan

Cast: Numan Çakir, Burak Aydin, Emine Anil, Serpil Arik, Mustafa Arhan, Sidar Baran, Sencan Köymen Erbas, Asli Arik, Bekir Taskan, Soner Akçay, Aykut Keser & Dudu Keser

ENGLISH TITLE

SOME DAY

INDIA|2019|TAMIL| 01:50:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

This film is inspired by several true incidents in India but go unreported. Someday is a poignant tale of the simple lives of people in the rural regions of India and their beautifully harmonious relationship with cattle It tells the true tale of water scarcity, child labour and the challenges of simple existence for the people hoping for a better future.

ORIGINAL TITLE

Endraavathu Oru Naal

CREW & cAST

Director(s): Vetri Duraisami

Screenplay: Vetri Duraisami

Producer(s): Vetri Duraisami, The Theatre People

DOP: N. Shanmuga Sundaram   

Editor(s): Mu.Kasivishwanathan

Music: N.R. Raghunanthan

Cast: Viddharth, Remya Nambeesan, Ilavarasu

ENGLISH TITLE

MOTHER AND MILK

FINLAND|2019|SILENT|00:10:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Mother and Milk describes the mental process of becoming a parent. When the baby is born the new mother has to give up the life she knew. A flood of breast milk covers everything – her home, work, friends, relationship and a good night’s sleep. Only after realizing she is a part of the eternal chain of generations, Mother is able to accept the situation and start living her new life in the family.

ORIGINAL TITLE

MOTHER AND MILK

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Ami Lindholm

Screenplay: JP Saari

Producer(s): Ami Lindholm

Compositing Artist: Juulia Valkola

Art Direction: Ami Lindholm

Animation: Sanni Lahtinen

Sound: Jani Lehto

Editor: Ami Lindholm

Sound Design: Jani Lehto

Music: Väinö Sipilä

Cast: Heljä Heikkinen, Antti LJ Pääkkönen, Carla Rindell

ENGLISH TITLE

DO YOU THINK GOD LOVES IMMIGRANT KIDS, MOM?

TURKEY|2019| ARMENIAN| 01:29:36|COLOUR

This film tells the struggle of Armenian families who migrated in 2003 to Istanbul, Turkey and provided education for their children despite all the circumstances. In the film, the struggle of children living in a foreign land, their daily lives, and their former habits and longings are told through the eyes of migrant children.

ORIGINAL TITLE

DO YOU THINK GOD LOVES IMMIGRANT KIDS, MOM?

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Rena Lusin Bitmez

Screenplay: Rena Lusin Bitmez

Producer(s): Rena Lusin Bitmez

Assistant Director: Arif Eren Karakas

DOP: Nurdogan Erduvan

Editor(s): Rena Lusin Bitmez, Ugur Hamidogulları

Post Producer: Murat Izzet ArslanCast: Ruzanna Babaian, Hasmik Varteresian, Antranik Yedigarian, Harutyun Bogosian

ENGLISH TITLE

JOWAR GATHA

INDIA|2017|HINDI| 00:29:58|COLOUR

crew & cast

Director(s): Laxminaryan Devda

Screenplay: Shobhit Jain

Producer(s): Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain

DOP: Laxminarayan Devda

Editor(s): Pradeep Lekhwar

Location Sound Recordist: Sandip Bhati

ORIGINAL TITLE

JOWAR GATHA

SYNOPSIS

Indigenous varieties of sorghum and millets, and diverse cuisine, interlaced with the traditional practice of farming come alive in “Jowar Gatha” (The Jowar Ballad). While farmers lament the decline of Jowar (sorghum) and millets due to changing cropping patterns in the drylands of Central India, rich traditions of life around these crops manifest through traces of songs, rituals and stories. The elders reiterate that new agricultural cropping patterns have come at the cost of not only the disappearing of some of the traditional crop varieties but also with a risk to health and quantum of harvest.

ENGLISH TITLE

BIRDS

NORWAY|2019|ENGLISH|00:04:26|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Birds is about a young woman’s escape from her own, mystical side, our relation to nature and about experiencing a contact with it beyond what we are capable to understand rationally.

ORIGINAL TITLE

BIRDS

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Daniel Paida Larsen

Screenplay: Daniel Paida Larsen

Producer(s): Krister Svensli, Daniel Paida Larsen

DOP: Andreas Bru Eide

Editor(s): Einar Lindstøl

Music: Linnea Dale

Art Direction: Martin Andersen

Costume Design: Mari BallangrudCast: Ingrid Liavaag, Anne Marta Myklbust

ENGLISH TITLE

BOMB

INDIA|2020|HINDI|00:16:49|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

An Indian army soldier is hiding from death in a pit during World War II, with him is a British soldier who is suffering from shell shock. Indian soldier who has realized that he is going to die in this war, looks for comfort in having a conversation and argues about the morality of war.

ORIGINAL TITLE

BOMB

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Vipul Wadekar

Screenplay: Mohit Goswami, Vipul Wadekar

Producer(s): Dhaarna Wadekar, Vipul Wadekar

DOP, Editor & Sound: Vipul Wadekar

Assistant Director: Aishwarya Shukla

Associate Director: Abhijeet Kamble

Associate DOP: Yug Dharawat

Art Director: Ashutosh Sharma

Executive Producer: Amanpreet Singh

Creative Producer: Nyan Pachori

Cast: Chetan Sharma, Samaksh Sudi

ENGLISH TITLE

FORTISSIMO

SWITZERLAND|2019|FRENCH| 00:20:00|COLOUR

A pianist arrives in her new flat. But as soon as she rehearses, her neighbour tries everything possible to stop her from playing. The reason: she hates classical music. Soon enough, a sound war starts between the two women, very rapidly involving everyone in the building. The pianist, in a moment of madness, plays the same Rachmaninov over and over till she faints, while the rest of the neighbours fight over everyday problems from one window to another. When the police arrive, they witness a crowd of hysterical neighbours shouting at each other and take the side of the pianist, the only one who at that moment, after a moment of intense madness, is playing a serene Mozart piece.

ORIGINAL TITLE

FORTISSIMO

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Janine Piguet

Screenplay: Janine Piguet

Producer(s): Thierry Pradervand

DOP: Thierry Pradervand

Editor: Julie Quintard

Sound Design: Mitch Gasser

Music: Rachmaninov, Grieg, Mozart, Impro by Hyung Jun Lim, Voxset

Sound: Mitch Gasser

Art Direction: Thierry Pradervand, Cinzia Fossati

Costume Design: Christelle SantabarbaraCast: Janine Piguet, Laure Balon, Francis Coffinet

ENGLISH TITLE

THE WOES OF ANGÈLE

FRANCE|2019|FRENCH| 00:22:07| BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

The 8-year-old Angèle lives alone with her uncle Tom, after the tragic loss of her father, while her mother’s health declines. She regularly visits her unconscious mother at the hospital with Tom, who is clueless about how to help the little girl. As he also struggles with his own demons, the girl tries to mend her failing speech, helped by female figures that remind her of her mother, soon to be gone.

ORIGINAL TITLE

LES MAUX D’ANGÈLE

CREW & CAST

Director(s): François Zaïdi

Screenplay: Léa Deneuville

Producer(s): François Zaïdi, Céline Dabin

DOP: Thomas Manche

Music: Ludovic Roux

Sound: Ludovic Roux; Editor: François Zaïdi

Sound Design: Ludovic Roux

Art DIrection: Thierry Bayoud, Léa Deneuville, François Zaïdi

Costume Design: Léa Deneuville

Cast: Deirdre Zaïdi, Jean-Marie Lhomme, Léa Deneuville, Julie Guio

ENGLISH TITLE

AZADEH

IRAN|2019| PERSIAN| 00:09:30|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Azadeh lives in the village with her family. She wants to go to the city to visit her father for the last time, but her mother and brother don’t allow her.

ORIGINAL TITLE

AZADEH

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Mirabbas Khosravinezhad

Screenplay: Mirabbas Khosravinezhad

Producer(s): Iranian Youth Cinema Society (IYCS)

DOP: Sadegh Souri

Editor(s): Mirabbas Khosravinezhad

Sound Designer: Arash Qasemi

Sound Recorder: Hadi Beheshtizadeh

Visual Effects: Alireza Safari

Colourist: Mohsen KheirabadiCast: Amir Hossein Biranvand, Mahdiyyeh Ahmadirad, Ma’soomeh Karakizad

ENGLISH TITLE

THE VISIT

GERMANY|2018|GERMAN| 00:15:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Klaus (60) works voluntary as a Santa Claus in a shopping mall. After an exhausting day, he considers to hang up his job. But then, he gets a call from the children’s intensive care unit.

ORIGINAL TITLE

DER BESUCH

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Christian Werner

Screenplay: Michael Knoll

Producer(s): Thomas Springer, Talin Özbalik, Simon Albin, Christian Werner

DOP: Christian Trieloff

Editor: Sebastian Bonde

Music: Maximlian Pongratz

Sound: Marc Meusinger

Sound Design: Mario Schneider

Art Direction: Lisa Kumpf

Costume Design: Anne GorkeCast: Matthias Brenner, Helena Pieske , Peter Schneider , Cornelia Heise

ENGLISH TITLE

RENEWABLE

SYNOPSIS

Years after their break-up, Tania and Josean meet again at a conference on renewable energy. She has a lot to tell him.

ORIGINAL TITLE

Renovable

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga

Screenplay: Jose Mari Goenaga

Producer(s): Xabier Berzosa, Javier Bonilla

DOP: Javi Agirre Erauso

Music: Belize

Sound: Xanti Salvador

Assitant Director: Aitor Arregi

Artistic Director: Jon Serrano

Production Executive: Xabier Berosa and Javier Bonilla

Cast: Tania de Roberto, Josean Bengoetxea, Yvette Filanc, Shigeyuki Kasai

ENGLISH TITLE

MATEO’S MOTHER

SPAIN|2019|BASQUE|00:15:05|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

After a period of time without seeing his mother, Angel Mari decides to bite the bullet and go and visit her at the nursing home to which she has been admitted. He doesn’t like seeing how his mother has disappeared under the skin of a senile old woman who does not recognize her own children.

ORIGINAL TITLE

Mateoren ama

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga

Screenplay: Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi

Producer(s): Jon Garaño

Editor(s): Aritz Moreno, Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga

Music: Pascal Gaigne

Cast: Iñigo Aranburu, Itziar Aizpuru, Mariasun Pagoaga, Aitziber Garmendia

ENGLISH TITLE

THE SCORPION’S TALE

USA|2018|English & Spanish| 00:22:18|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Greed, revenge and death all impact one another in this taught crime drama. Nothing is what it seems in this film written and produced by Maximiliano Hernández and directed by newcomer Jhosimar Vasquez.

ORIGINAL TITLE

THE SCORPION’S TALE

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Jhosimar Vasquez

Screenplay: Brandon Lee, Maximiliano Hernandez, Tammy Anne-Fortuin

Producer(s): Jaime Carbajal

DOP: Egor Povolotskiy

Editor: Monge

Art Direction: Dong Lei

Costume Design: Oksana Derina

Sound: Igor Parfenov

Sound Design: This Is Sound Design

Music: Sergei SternCast: Maximiliano Hernandez, Adam Irigoyen, Anthony Starke, Ness Bautista, Hayley Keown, Eric Aragon

ENGLISH TITLE

O.I.

CANDA|2018|ENGLISH| 00:18:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Chris revisits the Tiki bar where he made his first-ever deal. He wants to celebrate the biggest deal he’s ever made by drinking down memory lane. It is early morning and there is only one other customer, Barry, and the Barman. Barry is drinking to forget and is in no mood to celebrate anything. Only Chris’ offer of free drinks for a week if he can’t solve Barry’s problems makes Barry change his mind. Barry has a unique problem. He came up with a truly original idea. And he is the only one immune to it. Chris doesn’t believe a word of it and is determined to prove Barry a liar and win the bet.

ORIGINAL TITLE

O.I.

CREW & CAST

Director(s): N’cee van Heerden

Screenplay: N’cee van Heerden

Producer(s): Victoria Burkhart, Karen Wong

DOP: Byron Kopman

Editor: C.A. van Aswegen S.A.G.E.

Sound Design: Vince Renaud, Jo Rossi

Music: Max Aruj

Sound: Mike Southworth

Art Direction: Tony Durke

Costume Design: Katie GooldCast: Ben Cotton, Kett Turton, Toby Hargrave, Jennifer Nicole Stang, Paul McGillion

ENGLISH TITLE

SPOON

USA|2019|ENGLISH|00:04:35|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

In the city, a businessman walks to work on a Monday morning when he’s interrupted by a junkie-like kid who asks him: Do you want some soup?

ORIGINAL TITLE

SPOON

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Victor Velasco

Screenplay: Victor Velasco

Producer(s): Victor Velasco, Ginaris Sarra

DOP: Lerry Kin

Editor: Victor Velasco, Ginaris Sarra

Sound: Jonathan Millet

Sound Design: Jifu Li

Music: Victor Velasco

Art Direction: Ginaris Sarra

Costume Design: Ginaris SarraCast: Alex Marino, Brendan Takash

ENGLISH TITLE

LOOK AT THE SKY

INDIA|2018|OTHER|00:25:00|COLOUR

Hai, a 40-year-old man is outcast by the villagers for not supporting the village candidate in the election. He shows courage and stand by his individual right.

ORIGINAL TITLE

LOOK AT THE SKY

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Ashok Veilou

Screenplay: Ashok Veilou

Producer(s): Satyajit Ray film and television institute

Cast: Ng. Hiipunii, Angela Pou, Y. Thaipei,  Th. Rahavei , S. Veipou

ENGLISH TITLE

THE SWING

KYRGYZSTAN|2019| RUSSIAN|00:20:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

An elderly and honest Bolot works as a heating man at a village school. When the coal in his house finishes, his wife persuades him to steal coal from the school, despite the school’s small supply.

ORIGINAL TITLE

SELKINCHEK

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Samara Sagynbaeva

Screenplay: Samara Sagynbaeva, Dastan Zhapar Uulu

Producer(s): Ali Toktakunov

DOP: Zhumanazar Koichubekov

Editor: Aizaada Omuralieva

Sound: Salamat Supataev

Sound Design: Alymbek Tursunbaev

Costume Design: Samara SagynbaevaCast: Zhyrgalbai Torogeldiev, Satkyn Zhumabekova, Urkia Mamytova, Cholpon Alimbekova

ENGLISH TITLE

THE FORUM

GERMANY|2019|ENGLISH|01:46:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

For the first time in the 50-year history of the World Economic Forum, an independent film team was able to shoot behind closed doors, documenting the most powerful people on the planet taking decisions that will affect us all.

ORIGINAL TITLE

DAS FORUM

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Marcus Vetter

Script: Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler

Producer(s): Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Caroline Schaper, Bettina Walter

DOP: Georg Zengerling

Editor(s): Marcus Vetter, André Nier, Ana R. Fernandes, Michele Gentile

Music: Marcel Vaid

Produced By: Christian Beetz

Production By: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion

Executive Producers: Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman

Line Producer: Kathrin Isberner, Sereina GabathulerCast: All World Leaders

ENGLISH TITLE

SAMOS – THE FACES OF OUR BORDER

SWITZERLAND|2019|ENGLISH|01:28:00|COLOUR

CREW

Director(s): Shams Abou El Enein

ORIGINAL TITLE

SAMOS – THE FACES OF OUR BORDER

SYNOPSIS

Through interviews with the people at the inhuman migrant camp of Samos (Greece), built for 600 persons and hosting more than 6000, have an insight on the European politics that have led to this humanitarian crisis.

ENGLISH TITLE

SINGLE SLIPPER SIZE 7

INDIA|2019|TAMIL|01:38:44|COLOUR

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Radhakrishnan Parthiban

Screenplay: Radhakrishnan Parthiban

Producer(s): Radhakrishnan Parthiban

DOP: T Ramji

Editor(s): R Sudharshan

Music: Santosh Narayanan, C Sathya

Sound: Resul PookuttyCast: Radhakrishnan Parthiban, Gayathrie, Deepa Venkat

ORIGINAL TITLE

OTHTHA SERUPPU SIZE 7

SYNOPSIS

The film is set in current-day Chennai, in a world where the divide between rich and poor is vast, greed, betrayal, and crime roam free, and every individual carries with him/her the psychological stress of the lives they’ve lived so far. 

A middle-aged man Masilamani, a security guard at a popular sports and recreation club, is being questioned as a murder suspect while his terminally ill young son waits outside the investigation room. 

Throughout the film, he is the only actor seen on screen, while other characters are the only voices that interact with him. Masilamani, an eccentric and emotional wreck, talks in riddles, back and forth, provoked by visual or audio stimuli in the physical space around him.  His strange tale with moments of unexpected comedy and sudden displays of wit leaves us questioning who is he, what has he done and if he deserves the punishment that is staring him in the face.

ENGLISH TITLE

BIRIYAANI

INDIA|2019|MALAYALAM|01:33:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

The movie chronicles the life of Khadeeja, a married muslim woman confined within the four walls of the household, forced to conceal her desires in the name of religious and societal norms. When fate brings her to an abandoned life, she chooses a different way of financially and sexually liberating herself- to be a sex worker; soon to realize that her soul is still dissatisfied. Finding a new way of hope, she decides to give back to the forces that pushed her to live an orphaned life of humiliation and misery. Shot in various regions spread across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the movie captures the essence of life from a conservative, religious and rural background. While these places are representative of areas where such stories might still exist, the movie does not push the audience to see it as a regular event in these places.

ORIGINAL TITLE

BIRIYAANI

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Sajin Baabu

Screenplay: Sajin Baabu

Producer(s): Razzaque

DOP: Karthik Muthukumar

Editor(s): Appu N. Bhattathiri

Music: Leo Tom

Sound Designer: Sajin Baabu      

Sound Mixer: Vinod Shivaram

Dialogue Editor: Anandrag Veyattummal

Live Sound: Aravind B.R.

Costume: Nineesh, Mananthavady

Production Manager: Ratheesh Kallara

Makeup: Hary Joshy

Art Direction: Nithish Chandran Acharya

Location Manager: Mylackal SalimCast: Kani Kusruti, Surjith, Shailaja Jala, Thonakkal Jayachandran, Anil Nedumangad, Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, Bob Felix, Mini I G, Shyam Raji and Shyam Reji

ENGLISH TITLE

SLEEPWALKER

GERMANY|2015|GERMAN|00:09:20|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

A man wakes up in the middle of a crossing. He has no memory of how he got there. His only clue is a small note in his hand with an address on it. He is searching for explanations. Throughout his gruelling search, he is losing his only confidant. The search is more and more dragging him in. But the chase for memories ends with a realization, which makes him doubt himself more than ever before.

ORIGINAL TITLE

SCHLAFWANDLER

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Ricarda Axthelm

Screenplay: Ricarda Axthelm, Felix Baermann

Producer(s): Astrid Holz – MHMK Macromedia Hochschule für Medien und Kommunikation

DOP: Felix Baermann

Editor(s): Jokob Seidel

Music: Kilian Unger

Sound: Wolfi Muller

Cast: Christoph Mory, Sophie Meister, Johannes Herrschmann, Jan Niklas Kunz

ENGLISH TITLE

DEATH OFFERS LIFE – LAST MOMENTS OF VINCENT VAN GOGH

INDIA|2019|MALAYALAM|00:08:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life.

They include landscapes, still life, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold, symbolic colours, and dramatic, impulsive and highly expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art.

This short film deals with the last five minutes of the renowned painter Vincent Van Gogh who was a failure in his lifetime.

After his death, Van Gog’s paintings were much sought after. In this movie, death has a talk with Van Gogh.

ORIGINAL TITLE

DEATH OFFERS LIFE – LAST MOMENTS OF VINCENT VAN GOGH

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Saheer Abbas

Screenplay: Madhu N R

Producer(s): Rani Ranjan, N.A.N.R. FILMS

DOP: Noushad Shereef

Editor(s): Antony Nikhil Varghese

Music: Arun Gopan

Sound Mixing: Fazal

Sound Designing: Jude Robins

Stills: Bakir Sadar

Associate Director: Vishnu Raj

Assistant Directors: Arun EG, Lithin KT

Assistant Cameraman: Karthi

Live Sound Effects: Berlin Moolampally

Design & VFX: Rantheesh Krishna

Art Director: Abilash Muthukad

Production Controller: Balasankar Venugopal

Makeup: Boban Varappuzha

Costumes: Aswathy Sagar

DI: Sreekumar (Cinema Salone)

CG Lead: Salim Lahir

Cast: Rashin Khan, Anuroop Thekkumkaadan

ENGLISH TITLE

THEDAL

INDIA|2019|TAMIL|00:14:25| BLACK & WHITE AND COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

The protagonist goes in search of water in the desert and he has only hope to find it.

ORIGINAL TITLE

THEDAL

CREW & CAST

Director(s): VIGNESH PARAMASIVAM

Screenplay: VIGNESH PARAMASIVAM, MUKHTAAR, SHENBAGAM

Producer(s): VIGNESH PARAMASIVAM

DOP: Moha N Ragu

Editor(s): Nilanthan

Music: Cheran

Sound: Siva Guru

DI: Vinayagam K

Associate Directors: Mukhtaar, Thennilavan

Associate Cinematography: Swarna Balaji V

Cast: Guru Lakshmanan, Rajkumar

ENGLISH TITLE

SILO, 50 YEARS

CHILE|2020|SPANISH|00:12:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

A journey through the history of the development of Silo’s thoughts in the world since he began his public message in Punta de Vacas, Argentina, in 1969. Silo, spiritual guide, philosopher and writer, shows here the methodology of active non-violence.

ORIGINAL TITLE

Silo, 50 años

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Martin Ortega, Franciso Granella

Script: Juan Chambeaux, Martin Ortega, Franciso Granella

Producer(s): Francisco Granella Goich

DOP:

Editor(s): Martin Ortega

Music: Mario Carvajal, Mark Lesseraux

Sound:

VFX: Martin Ortega

Cast: People of Chile

ENGLISH TITLE

MAGICAL FOREST

INDIA|2019|HINDI|00:34:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

This story is about the relationship between the children from villages and the nearby jungle in Vindhyachal, Barjhai Ghat in Mirzapur district near Varanasi. The story is told through the eyes of the children of that village.

ORIGINAL TITLE

Jaadui Jungle

creW & CAST

Director(s): Archana Chandrashekar

Producer(s): Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain

DOP: Aajad Singh Khichi, Iqbal Hussain, Rabindra Kumar Barik

Editor(s): Archana Chandrashekar

Sound Design: Archana Chandrashekar;

Concept & Guidance: Pinky Brahma Choudhury;

Sound Mixing: Pradeep Lekhwar, Shobhit Jain;

Sound Recording: Sandip Bhati, Pradeep LekhwarCast: Children from villages

ENGLISH TITLE

THE MAN WHO LOOKED BEYOND THE HORIZON

NETHERLANDS|2018| DUTCH, ENGLISH|00:28:23|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Blekendaal embarks on an investigation to unravel the mystery that surrounds the missing of a Dutchman called Bas Jan Ader which happened more than 40 years ago. It turns out that, in order to understand what drove this man to his fateful voyage, the filmmaker has to overcome his fear of looking beyond his own horizon. In a whirlwind montage of images jumping from one time, place and person to another, Blekendaal shows us that Bas Jan left behind something more special than just a mystery.

ORIGINAL TITLE

THE MAN WHO LOOKED BEYOND THE HORIZON

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Martijn Blekendaal

Screenplay: Martijn Blekendaal

Producer(s): Willemijn Cerutti

DOP: Pim Hawinkels

Sound: Benny Jansen

Editor: Finbarr Wilbrink

Sound Design: Hugo Dijkstal

Music: Sebastiaan Koolhoven

ENGLISH TITLE

DHUMMAS

INDIA|2019|HINDI|00:19:00|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

A day-long encounter between an old almost bedridden grandmother who has supposedly lost her memory and a young girl Mrinalini, sparks an interesting yet intriguing conversation, and in these conversations, Mrinalini draws an unlikely parallel between her present and her grandmother-in-law’s past. The conversations also bring to light that the grandmother is very much in possession of her memories as she emerges as a representative of the suppressed woman. A number of things are left unsaid and the unsaid make up the essence of the story.

ORIGINAL TITLE

DHUMMAS

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Nainisha Dedhia

Screenplay: Nainisha Dedhia

Producer(s): Ford Foundation Grant – National Institute of Design

DOP: Appu Prabhakar

Music: A Bhaskar Rao

Assistant Director: Pramati Anand

Production Designer: Vishwa Patel

Location Sound: A Bhaskar Rao

Executive Producer: Anshuman Dandriyal

Assistant Camera: Abhishek Verma

Assistant Production Designer: Ritika Jathar

Cast: Sonali Bharadwaj, Pramodini Nanavati

ENGLISH TITLE

AN EARLY SPRING

INDIA|2019|HINDI|00:37:45|COLOUR

SYNOPSIS

Seema feels a little unsettled when a young female backpacker — Anu comes to stay with them for a few days. The growing bond of friendship between Sonia (Seema’s daughter) and Anu is looked at with unease by the villagers of this small Himalayan village.  Meanwhile, due to the lack of rain and an unprecedented warm winter, the wheat crops have gotten infested with pests. Things turn for worse when Seema realizes that Anu is fuelling Sonia’s desire to rebel against the norms. This leads Seema to take matters into her own hands and decide the fate of her child.

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Jhat Aayi Basant

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Pramati Anand

Screenplay: Pramati Anand

Producer(s): NID Ford Foundation

Editor(s): Pramati Anand

Music: A Bhaskar Rao

Sound Design: Pramati Anand

Assistant Camera: Deepak Gasni

Costume: Pragya Paliwal

Makeup: Pragya Paliwal

Colourist: Nikesh Ramesh

Cast: Greeny Francis, Bindu Bhatia, Preety Sharma

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#ME TOO

INDIA|2020|TAMIL|00:03:40|COLOUR

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This Tamil music video encourages the innocent victims of sexual harassment to come out with their “Me too” reports without fear.  It questions the “must possess” characteristics of Tamil women and slut-shaming. 

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#ME TOO

CREW & CAST

Director(s): R.Vijayalakshmi (Viji), Gowtham

Concept: R.Vijayalakshmi

Producer(s): R.Vijayalakshmi

DOP: Milton

Editor(s): Gowtham Sundararajan

Music: Raja Sha

Tune: Echo Ramanathan

Singer: Srisha

Lyrics: R.Vijayalakshmi

Dance Direction: Gowtham Sundararajan

Cast: Anjana Ramesh & Akshaya Krish, Prameela Ramesh, Viswanathan, Vasundra, Vidya Krish, Ashwathi, Chethana Saravanan, Krithika Vaidyanathan, Pushys, Shreya, Krishna

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ANGEL’S TRUMPET

ESTONIA|2019|ESTONIAN|00:02:26|COLOUR

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Inspiration for the film came to me from the plant Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia). One of its many breeds can be pollinated solely by a very long billed hummingbird. Only this bird is able to reach the core of the blossom and drink the flower’s nectar. It took millions of years of evolution to develop such cooperation between the bird and the plant. I was amazed by this interesting synergy and I played with the idea of imagining what could be the next step in the evolution of hummingbirds.

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INGLITROMPET

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Martinus Klemet

Screenplay: Martinus Klemet

Producer(s): Martinus Klemet

Music: WIlliam Tell Overture By Gioachino Rossini

Editor: Martinus Klemet

Sound Design: David Kamp;

Music: Gioachino Rossini, Krzysztof Penderecki

Design: Martinus Klemet

Animation: Martinus Klemet

Art Direction: Martinus Klemet

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HOW AND WHY DON JOSE DISSIPATED

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COMO Y PORQUE SE HA ESFUMADO DON JOSE

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THISAI KAATTI

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THISAI KAATTI

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TRANSITION

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TRANSITION

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ONE CUP TEA

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EK CUP CHAHA

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MILK

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MILK

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MEN OF GOD

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MEN OF GOD

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PANCHAMA

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PANCHAMA

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KASTOORI THE MUSK

INDIA|2019| HINDI, MARATHI|01:40:24|COLOUR

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Director(s): Vinod uttreshwar kamble

Screenplay: Vinod kamble, Shivaji karde

Producer(s): Insight films

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KASTOORI THE MUSK

SYNOPSIS

Film is based on real events in the life of a 14-year-old boy, who has to engage in manual scavenging and post-mortem and his struggle for education. Because of his profession, smell of his body and clothes, he is prejudiced and teased by his classmates.  To get rid of those, he comes across scent of Kastoori (the musk). To purchase Kastoori, he starts overtime work of manual scavenging and post-mortem. He purchases Kastoori but it is a fake one. On republic day, he has to carry out post-mortem and can’t reach his school to receive district level award in Sanskrit. Because of those events and guidance by a social worker, he realizes that he doesn’t need Kastoori or scent to remove others’ prejudice towards him. He was searching Kastoori, which he found within himself. Thus, he starts his journey from the material world to the “self”.

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THAAINILAM

INDIA|2020|TAMIL|01:46:00 |COLOUR

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Director(s): ABHILASH G DEVAN

Screenplay: ABHILASH G DEVAN

Producer(s): Dr. AMAR RAMACHANDRAN

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THAAINILAM

SYNOPSIS

Thaainilam is set in the background of the time period of Sri Lankan war in 2008. This heart wrenching story of a father Sethuraman and his daughter Tamizhini who are refugees in India from their Mother land Sri Lanka. His wish was to have a piece of land to call as home and to keep Tamizhini safe. Will his wish be fulfilled?

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THE TWO LOVERS

INDIA|2019| BENGALI|01:59:55|COLOUR

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Farhaz Chowdhury, a top Muslim chef from Dhaka in Bangladesh, first falls in love with her cooking and then with Basundhara — a Hindu Brahmin woman who runs a home catering service in Kolkata, India. Embedded within the culinary culture of every country is its climate, its emotions, its people and even nature and colours and smells and taste. ‘The Two Lovers’ is, thus, a celebration of food, and the love for it. It’s a celebration of the invested emotions and senses that turns cooking into an art form.

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Ahaa Re

CREW AND CAST

Director(s): Ranjan Ghosh

Screenplay: Ranjan Ghosh

Producer(s): Bhavna Aaj O Kal

DOP: Hari Nair

Editor(s): Rabiranjan Maitra, Amit Pal

Background Score: Binit Ranjan Maitra, Souvik Gupta

Sound and Film Mix: Anindit Roy, Adeep Singh Manki

Art Director: Nafisa Khatun

Cast: Rituparna Sengupta, Arifin Shuvoo, Paran Bandopadhyay, Amrita Chattopadhyay, Shubhro Sankha Das, Anuvab Pal

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ADOOR

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN|2020|PERSIAN|00:56:49|COLOUR

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Mostafa, a 14th years old teenager from Kerman, lives with his father who is addicted to drugs.

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ADOOR

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Director(s): Mohamadsadeq Esmaeili

Screenplay: Mohamadsadeq Esmaeili

Producer(s): Mohamadsadeq Esmaeili

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LIVING ON THE EDGE – DEGLAMOURIZING BOLLYWOOD

INDIA|2017|HINDI| 00:50:00|COLOUR

CREW AND CAST

Director(s): Opender Chanana

Screenplay: Opender Chanana

Producer(s): Opender Chanana

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LIVING ON THE EDGE – DEGLAMOURIZING BOLLYWOOD

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This documentary is startling revelation about the abysmal working conditions in Bollywood which is now laying claim to be global giant and churning out thousands of hours of content. The technicians and workers are deprived of social security and long punishing working hours take their toll on their health. The basic and fundamental safety measures are absent leading to accidents with unfailing regularity. Basic facilities such as clean toilets and hygienically prepared food are not accessible. In nutshell human rights are violated on sets and locations with impunity. 

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JONATHAN AGASSI SAVED MY LIFE

ISRAEL|2018|ENGLISH, HEBREW|01:44:00|COLOUR

CREW & CAST

Director(s): Tomer Heymann

Producer(s): Barak Heymann

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JONATHAN AGASSI SAVED MY LIFE

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In Heymann’s new Documentary we enter into one of the most desired Israeli Male Gay Porn Stars, Jonathan Agassi, while diving deep into his unusual and unique relationship with his mother, Anna. Blurring the line between freedom and oppression, this film shows Agassi’s power become his greatest weakness.

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THE CALM AFTER THE STORM

AUSTRIA|2019|ENGLISH, GERMAN|00:39:00|COLOUR

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Cora and Martin are siblings, who definitely do not like each other. But the day comes when she and her brother are forced to fly in the same private jet to the funeral of their father. This shouldn’t be a problem at all, but Cora is in an advanced stage of pregnancy and her brother is very afraid of flying. Cora’s boyfriend Toni is a fighter pilot in the Austrian Airforce and recommends Cora stay at home, but she decides to fly. Even before the jet takes off, she and her brother are arguing, and meanwhile an intense thunderstorm approaches…

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DIE RUHE NACH DEM STURM

CREW AND CAST

Director(s): Luca Amhofer

Screenplay: Luca Amhofer

Producer(s): Luca Amhofer

DOP: Simon Schneider

Editor(s): Valentina Strobl, Luca Amhofer

Music: Karin Pallier

Sound Design: Alexander Römich

Sound: Alexander Römich

Art Direction: Dominic Wieland

Costume Design: Sandra Kallay

Cast: Simone Leski, Vinzenz Wagner, Kevin Krennhuber, Wolf Danny Homann, Alexander Tröger

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FLOOD

SRI LANKA|2015|TAMIL| 00:06:28|COLOUR

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Janushan brings home a kitten abandoned by its owner. But his mother disapproves of it and beats Janushan. Janushan drops his pet cat while getting beaten by his mother. To his astonishment, he finds his cat along with his grandmother in the hut behind his house. He realizes that his mother has lied to him and discarded his grandmother and wants him to discard the kitten just like her.

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Vellam

CREW AND CAST

Director(s): Sivalingam Vimalrajh

Screenplay: Sivalingam Vimalrajh

Producer(s): Sivalingam Vimalrajh

Cast: C Janushan, C Vasanthy, P Amirthanaayaki, Cat

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PAARVAI

INDIA|2020|TAMIL|00:08:47|COLOUR

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An early morning conversation between two youngsters Shyam and Gokul while jogging explains the reasons behind the various rape incidents in India from a different perspective.

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PAARVAI

CREW AND CAST

Director(s): Dinesh Kumar T

Screenplay: Dinesh Kumar T

Producer(s): Dinesh Kumar T

DOP: Nidhin Prem

Editor(s) & DI: Nidhin Prem

Songs: Ganesh Aravindhan; Associate Direction: Vinothini Velusamy;

Cast: Shyam Sundar G, Gokul Prasanth, Kalyan Sundar G , Shambhavi Chaturvedi , Akshayaa, Saranya,  Hari, Varshini , Shri Aishvarya

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AN UNTOLD STORY OF PAPERBOATS

INDIA|2016|HINDI| 00:21:32|COLOUR

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This action-packed film is the story of a school boy who gets drawn into the dark life of child soldiers. Set in the Naxalite infested jungles of Bengal.

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AN UNTOLD STORY OF PAPERBOATS

CREW AND CAST

Director(s): Amit Khanna

Producer(s): Neeru Khera

Cast: Darshan Gurjar, Shreya Rawat, Siddharth Somal

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CHINGATHERIL

INDIA|2020|MALAYALAM|00:04:10|COLOUR

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Onam is the festival of Flowers and Unity. It is celebrated in the Month of Chingam. It is the new year in Kerala. Malayali people all over the world celebrate Onam with Onam Sadhya (The Kerala Meal), Onam Pudava (New Dress), and Onam Kalikal (games played).

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CHINGATHERIL

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Director(s): Aneesh Allepatt

Screenplay: Praveen M

Producer(s): JAR MEDIA GROUP

DOP: Aditya Kattookkaran

Editor(s): Sudhi

1st AC: Abhimanyu

Lyrics: Dr. Renny Antony

Cast: Jai Bala, Kavya Bellu, Kathal, Anuradha

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WHEN YOU GROW UP

NETHERLANDS|2019|SILENT|00:21:14|COLOUR

CREW AND CAST

Director(s): Max Baggermann

Producer(s): Jana Mucek, Tessel Jonkers, Jesse van der Pluijm

Editor: Wies Hundling

DOP: Tom Enzler

Sound: Dennis Sanders

Sound Design: Björn Hoogland

Music: Annelotte Coster

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ALS JE LATER GROOT BENT

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What is work? Everyone works and has to work. The 40-hour workweek is a standard in our capitalistic society. Our work consumes most of our available time for almost our whole lives. Office jobs and assembly-line work have become a symbol of wasting our time on useless labour. The film shows us a day in the life of the working man and the routine and grinds that come with it. With patience, the film shows commuters in traffic lines and public transport, all heading to work. Huge office buildings where hundreds of people are working, all identical behind a computer screen, typing. Endless repetition behind the assembly line. The documentary takes a look at people during a workday and makes you reflect on the meaning of labour.

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KATHAI THIRAIKATHAI VASANAM IYAKKAMD

INDIA|2019|TAMIL|01:38:44|COLOUR

CREW AND CAST

Director(s): Radhakrishnan Parthiban

Screenplay: Radhakrishnan Parthiban

Producer(s): Radhakrishnan Parthiban

Cast: Santhosh Prathap, Akhila Kishore, Vijay Sethupathi, Arya, Vishal, Amala Paul, Thambi Ramaiah, Taapsee Pannu, Prakash Raj, Vijay Ram, Nazriya Nazim and Cheran

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KATHAI THIRAIKATHAI VASANAM IYAKKAM

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Thamizh (Santhosh Prathap) is working as an assistant director and wants to become an aspiring film director with dreams of making it big in the industry. He has his own team of eager youngsters, all hoping to be part of the film industry. They are mentored by Seenu (Thambi Ramaiah), a veteran filmmaker, who has devoted his life to cinema but achieved nothing. Together they are in search of that elusive story that would catapult them to stardom overnight. Everyone pitches in with their own ideas and Thamizh drafts a story which is a collage of the characters they had faced, the result is some highly entertaining comedy.

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IN YOUR EYES

ISRAEL|2018|Amharic, Arabic, English, Hebrew|00:56:00|COLOUR

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Director(s): BARAK HEYMANN

Producer(s): BARAK HEYMANN

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IN YOUR EYES

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The film follows the less-known aspects of the lives of four “web stars” – Israeli YouTubers: Moti Taka, one of the busiest singers in Israel today, who visits Ethiopia for the first time with his mother Dalia. Suzi Boum, aka Lior Israelov, is a successful, well-known drag queen, who was born and raised in a religious family in southern Tel Aviv. Chen Halfon, a 25-year-old mother of three, is one of the few orthodox YouTubers in Israel. Hannah Ziad, an Arab YouTuber with about half a million followers, reveals a complex family story about her father’s death.

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DAUGHTER OF KASHMIR

INDIA|2020|SILENT|00:05:00||COLOUR

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Director(s): KIRAN SUBHASH DESHMUKH

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DAUGHTER OF KASHMIR

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The story is about the relationship between a father and a daughter who live in Kashmir. The father works in a handmade carpet factory, but his surroundings made him become a militant. Watching his daughter’s struggle for his family he escapes from the militant camp and joins the family. But militants force him to come back to camp.