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.

The Piyus – Road of Bones
Tomás Elhaiek
Argentina. 2015. 86 min.

Venue : CC Pilar Miró
Date :  19 may.  20.00h

The Piyus are a group of adventurers who are rolling the world on their motorcycles. In this opportunity they ride across Siberia, through the mystical and deadly Road of Bones. An epic odyssey that portrays the vestiges of the Stalin USSR.

The deep rising
Mehrajur Rahman Baruah
India. 2015. 26 min

The film delves in to the issue of disability unfolding the biased mindsets and unfriendly circumstances that propel the physically challenged people continue to live and enmesh in the vortex of disability. The narrative minutely explores the dance troupe ‘Ability Unlimited’ encompassing the art practices of differently able artists, their world within and outside, the collapse of the interface as well as “We and They” dichotomy created by the mainstream society. The film engages the artists who have innately redefined the notion of disability by transforming it to their advantage, giving a new lease of life accordingly enabling them to lead a dignified and productive life.

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

A story of people who have lived and loved.
This film explores queer love and relationships, and looks at the notion of togetherness, love, sexuality, and illegality with reference to the LGBTQ community. The film documents stories of individuals and partners who turn an inward gaze and reflect on themselves, the community and the movement. Foregrounding their everyday life and work, the film looks at the experience of living in a city, having a relationship and the very concept of a family. Finally the film prods us to question the overarching powers of the state in defining, policing and regulating people, and popular discourse, which dismisses LGBTQ rights as trivial and unimportant.

The Man who would be second
Ramón Alós
Spain. 2014. 91 min

Venue :  CC Pilar Miró
Date :  24 may.  20.00h

We will follow the steps of Enrico, an Italian film student, who will travel through Spain, France and Italy searching for answers on the enigmatic life of Segundo de Chomón, an almost unknown Spanish filmmaker of the early years.

Toll Bar
Zhasulan Poshanov
Kazakhstan. 2015. 60 min

Venue :  B.The Travel Brand
Date : 18 april. 19.30h

Rauan works at a parking lot in a prestigious residential area. Aidar passes him daily in his luxurious car. The auto belongs to his father, who works in the oil business. Rauan and Aidar are both determined to build their own lives themselves. They live in the same city, their paths cross in the same yard, but there is an abyss between them. They are separated by a toll-bar between wealth and poverty. One day Aidar and Rauan will clash and their worlds will clash. What will the results be..?

Eduardo Ducay, the cinema that was always there
Vicky Calavia
Spain. 2015. 55 min

Venue : CC Pilar Miró
Date :  25 may.  20.00h

Visual documentary about the figure of the producer Eduardo Ducay, who has driven along so important film career milestones as “Tristana” by Luis Buñuel, “The Living Forest” of JLCuerda, the television series “The Regent” of FM Leite.

Ottaal
Jayaraaj
India. 2014. 80 min
Cast : Shine Tom Chacko, Ashanth K. Shah, Vasudevan

Venue :  Casa Asia
Date :  27 may. 19.30h

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, Tintu and many more.