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Naanera (Deepankar Prakash) India

Naanera
Deepankar Prakash
India. 2021. 116 min

After the death of his father, Manish’s uncles start taking his life,s decisions. His journey leads him to a questionable point when he begins a secret love affair with a cousin and the family finds itself in the midst of another death.

DEEPANKAR PRAKASH

Deepankar Prakash is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Deepankar made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed film Mooso – The Mouse. He has also made a Hotstar Quix Original web-series called Crime Next Door. As a filmmaker, he is known for his award winning short films such as Masakkali, Kaagpanth, Podarok and Naked Voice.

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Latika Padgaonkar: Naanera

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Our Home (Romi Meitei) India

Our Home
Romi Meitei
India. 2022. 89 min

Belonging to an isolated fishing community of the Loktak lake, Chaoren makes the best use of his exclusive existence by excelling in school. When the canoe he uses every day to attend school has to be sold off because of his father’s illness, his spirit is not dampened. He beats the long distance from his shanty floating hut to his school by swimming his way through. But when the Government issues an eviction notice demanding Chaoren’s family to leave their home, his dreams are left with an angst of a displaced person.

ROMI MEITEI

Romi Meitei is prolific filmmaker who has given several box-office hits. Besides notching up commercial successes, his films have been screened in prestigious film festival including IFFI, MIFF,IFFK and others. He is recipent of prestigeous FIPRESCI and NETPAC award. He has also received several Manipur State Film Awards. He is the Chairman of Mami Thawan Foundation which aims to render services for the welfare of Manipur.

DIRECTOR,S NOTE

Globalisation cannot be interrupted by anyone and is renewing itself everyday. For a developing nation like ours, this is necessary. But advancement and growth in the name of globalisation does rise a concern in our minds if this is harming mother nature and affecting our habitats ? Development induced displacement has impacted many levels of community based society like ours. The kitle and kin of displaced communities that once co-existed with nature for their livelihood are now faced with a big dilema and left wandering like flocks of birds migrating for their survival and identities. The sight of this unstable livelihood is overwhemling and I, as a human, would wish that development of any kind would have the sensibility to protect the essence of communities like ours and coexist sustainably with natural habitats.

AWARDS

  • Best Feature Film at MSFA 22, Manipur/India
  • Best Art Director at MSFA 22 Manipur/India
  • Best Child Artiste at MSFA 22 Manipur/India
  • Best Editor at MSFA 22 Manipur/India
  • Best Sound Design at MSFA 22 Manipur/India
  • FIPRESCI Award for the Best International Film at 27IFFK, Kerala/India
  • NETPAC Jury Special Mention at 27IFFK, Kerala/India
  • Best Director Award at Sailadhar Film Awards, Assam/India
  • Best Cinematography Award at Sailadhar Awards, Assam/India
  • Best Child Artiste Award at Sailadhar Awards, Assam/India
ROMI MEITEI, BELA TARR

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I am Mehmood (Prataya Saha) India

I am Mehmood
Prataya Saha
India. 2022. 11 min

“Mein, Mehmood” (I am, Mehmood) is a film that is dedicated to the life of hardworking immigrants all over the world. The film traces the life of Mehmood, a simple middle-aged immigrant from the Indian subcontinent who has left immigrated to Middle East to provide a better life for his family.
A tele-caller with a tourism company that is badly hit by the pandemic, Mehmood, struggles to meet monthly sales targets. His inability in speaking the English language limits his ability to converse with potential clients, thus putting his job in jeopardy. Back in a village in his country of origin, his wife waits for him to send across money for their daughter’s education.

PRATAYA SAHA

Prataya Saha is a multiple award winning independent filmmaker, Tedx performer, theatre director & photographer based out of India and UAE. Prataya’s directorial debut was ‘Anna’s Weekend’ in 2016. Since then, he has made 12 short films with his films selected in 100+ film festivals around the world, winning around 26 awards, including the prestigious New York Asian Film Festival, Oaxaca Film Fest, IFFSA Toronto, VSAFF Vancouver, Cardiff International Film Festival, Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Oscar Qualifying festivals like Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Bengaluru International Film Festival, etc.

DIRECTOR,S NOTE

Growing up in the 90s in India was like being in a potpourri of different cultures. The advent of cable TV brought the entire world to the living room for most people who could afford a TV. Slowly, watching western pop culture, songs, sports and educational programmes largely promulgated in the English language became an integral part of life. Little did I realize then, that this was not so for a huge number of people and the answer lay in the socioeconomic divisions in a still-developing country of the size of a subcontinent.

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The Dance of Ali and Zin (Mehmet A. Konar) Turkey

The Dance of Ali and Zin
Mehmet Ali Konar
Turkey. 2021. 78 min

The story is set in a tiny Kurdish village. Isa’s younger brother is murdered and brought back to his hometown. Two weeks after the funeral, his mother Zîn dreams of giving a wedding celebration for her deceased son. This strange idea sparks off a host of contradictory feelings within her, and between her and Isa and family members, who are still reeling from the trauma and grief of losing a brother. The family gradually proceed into a grey area in their relationship. These ordinary people find themselves living in a psychological minefield wrestling on the planes between logic, norms, emotions and irrationality.

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The Night of the 21st (Omer Sterenberg) Israel

The night of the 21st
Omer Sterenberg
Israel. 2022. 14 min

Three childhood friends from a kibbutz represent the strengths and the fissures in Israeli society. They are reunited for a night of fun and exuberance which turns into a reckoning as each of them has taken a different path. And each has to deal with the tension and the love they feel for one another.

OMER STERENBERG

Born in 1992. His first short film, Listening In, participated in dozens of international film festivals, including Berlin Film Festival 2020 and won several prizes in others.

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festivals@jsfs.co.il

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Ordinary (Gil Fermon) Israel

Ordinary
Gil Fermon
Israel. 2022. 22 min

Squad commander Noah is two days before his discharge. In the meantime, the military routine continues as he and his soldiers patrol the border. Unexpectedly a young Palestinian boy crosses the border fence, is caught and Noah comes face to face with someone who, like himself, just wants to get home.

GIL FERMON

Born in 1988 in Israel and grew up in Jerusalem. holds a B.A. degree in Humanities Arts from Tel Aviv University and is currently studying for a master’s degree in philosophy at Tel Aviv University. He practices meditation. Worked as an Assistant director and producer for several short films and music videos, a photographer for documentary productions and as a freelance editor.

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NEWS

Deepa Mehta gets Lifetime Achievement Award at Imagineindia 2023

Deepa Mehta is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker whose work is internationally renowned. Her emotionally resonating, award-winning films have played every major film festival, and been sold and distributed around the globe. Her fiction films include the Elemental Trilogy: Earth, Fire, and the Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee, Water; Bollywood/Hollywood, Heaven on Earth, the epic adaptation of Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie’s three-time Booker Prize winning novel; Beeba Boys, Anatomy of Violence, and most recently the award-winning Funny Boy, which was nominated for several Canadian Screen Awards and won for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score. The film also picked up Best Picture and Best Supporting Performance Female at the 2021 Leo Awards.

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A Tale of Two Sisters (Akram Khan) Bangladesh.

A Tale of Two Sisters
Akram Khan
Bangladesh. 2022. 99 min

Rahela and Saleha are two sisters, married to two brothers Sabar and Jabar. Soon Rahela gives birth to Rahelillah and Saleha’s son is called Shaheb Ali. In 1971, during the Liberation War of Bangladesh against Pakistan, Rahelillah follows his conservative uncle, Jabar, who supports Pakistan while Shaheb joins the Liberation Force following his progressive uncle Sabar. The house turns into a battlefield but whose side should Rahela and Saleha take?

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Betulim (Maor Zagouri) Israel. Official Section

Betulim
Maor Zagouri
Israel. 2022. 120 min

A coming-of-age story of a boy whose mother dies the year he discovers his own sexuality. A story of guilt and regret that a sensitive teenager carries through a journey to lose his virginity.
Set against the hypnotic desert landscapes, he is swept up in an erotic discovery and must bid goodbye to his childhood. An intimate journey, saturated with fear and lust, of one boy’s path to manhood.

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