KAMAKSHI
Satinder Singh Bedi
India.  2015.  24 min.

Venue :   B Travel Brand Xperience
Date :   23 may.   17.30 h

In Hindu mythology, Kamakshi is the goddess of compassion. She fulfils all wishes and embodies serenity and peace. Sita, Rama’s wife, after suffering a long journey full of deprivations and false accusations levelled against her by her beloved husband, pleads to be swallowed up by her mother, the earth.

In black-and-white, we follow an old woman who digs for water in a dry and barren region. She digs and digs, and the furrows in the dry soil are mirrored in the wrinkles of her spirited face. Almost disappearing in the ditch, a girl suddenly appears at its edge. They exchange looks. The old woman distributes coins from a water-filled boat. The water carriers wield torches in the night. Associative and hallucinatory imagery is interspersed by narrative moments. Towards the end, colour takes charge of the direction and the desire for water is fulfilled at a high price.

GARASS
Sanju Surendran
India. 30 min. 2014

Venue :   B Travel Brand Xperience
Date :   23 may.   17.30 h

4 friends are to celebrate the night of Diwali. But happiness and nostalgia give way to memories of the past that pursues them. An accident occurs.

In the mood for love
Aakriti Kohli,  Sandeep Singh
India.  2015.  28 min                                                                                                            PSBT

Una historia de personas que han vivido y amado.
Esta película explora las relaciones y el amor y mirando la noción de  la fraternidad, el amor, la sexualidad y la ilegalidad en relación con la comunidad de Gays y Lesbianas. Las historias son documentos de personas y compañeras en un intento de mirada íntima  y reflexión sobre sí mismos, la comunidad y el movimiento. Destacando su vida cotidiana y el trabajo, la película examina la experiencia de vivir en una ciudad, tener una relación y el concepto mismo de una familia. Finalmente la película cuestionará los poderes generales del estado en la definición, vigilancia y regulación  de la gente y el discurso popular, que rechaza los derechos de los Gays y Lesbianas como  algo trivial y sin importancia.

Caste on the Menu Card
Ananyaa Gaur, Anurup Khillare, Atul Anand, Reetika Revathy Subramanian, Vaseem Chaudhary                                                                             India. 2015. 20 min

Venue :  Función Lenguaje                                                                                               Date :  20 may.  19.30h

The film delves into the idea of food as a site of exclusion by focusing on beef-eating practices in Mumbai. It attempts to portray the prevalence of caste differentiations as seen in the food choices of people in the city and touches upon concerns related to livelihood, social inclusion and human rights. By tracing the mythological and historical roots of the meat-eating culture in our country, the film discusses the hierarchy maintained by Brahminical preferences and its intended subversions. This is seen in the stand taken on dealing with the political economy of the leather and meat industries. The film also follows the ruptured background of universities’ caste politics over the demand of inclusion of beef in institutions. It observes that many restaurants in Mumbai offer beef delicacies, but off the menu. Thus, the film reads ‘Caste on the Menu Card’. This film was made prior to the 2015 ban on sale of beef (including bulls and bullocks) in Maharashtra.