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Travelling Film South Asia ’08 – Kathmandu
30 May – 1 June 2008
Yala Maya Kendra, Patan Dhoka |
Film South Asia announces Travelling Film South Asia 2008 (TFSA ‘08) – 13 Outstanding Documentaries from Our Region. These films have been selected from the 45 films screened in the competitive section of Film South Asia ‘07, the sixth edition of the festival of Southasian documentaries. |
| Friday 30 May |
| 11.00 am |
Inaugural ceremony followed by the screening of
Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears (62’)
UK/Bangladesh, 2006, dir – Simon Chambers
Sassy Londoners sent to Dhaka for arranged marriage
(by invitation)
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| 1.30 pm |
Ayodhya Gatha (60
India, 2007, dir – Vani Subramanian
Life in Ayodhya post-Babri Masjid
Winner of the special Jury Mention Award at FSA ’07 |
| 3.00 pm |
Remembrance of Things Present (81’)
India, 2007, dir – Chandra Siddan
How is a teenager supposed to deal with an arranged marriage?
Winner of the Second Best Film Award at FSA '07 |
| 5.00 pm |
Living Goddess (96’)
Nepal, 2006/07, dir – Ishbel Whitaker
Lives of Kumaris during the People’s Movement of April 2006 |
| Saturday 31 May |
| 10.00 am |
From Dust (60')
Sri Lanka, 2005, dir – Dhruv Dhawan
Post-Tsunami exposé of State corruption |
| 11.30 pm |
The Miseducation of Pakistan (30')
Pakistan, 2005, dir – Syed Ali Nasir
Primary schools in Pakistan: an indictment of state and society
6 Yards to Democracy (55')
India, 2006, dir – Nishtha Jain & Smriti Nevatia
Election promises of free saris leads to stampede |
| 2.00 pm |
A Life with Slate (59')
Nepal, 2006, dir – Dipesh Kharel
Poetic dimensions of slate-mining in Nepali village
Joint Winner of the Best Debut Film Award at FSA '07 |
| 4.00 pm |
Eisenfresser (Ironeaters) (85')
Bangladesh, 2007, dir – Shaheen Dill-Riaz
Famine forces farmers to seek work as ship-breakers
Winner of the Ram Bahadur Trophy for Best Film at FSA '07 |
| 6.00 pm |
Motherland Afghanistan (74')
Afghanistan, 2006, dir – Sedika Mojadidi
An Afghan father’s return to the home country |
| Sunday 1 June |
| 10.00 am |
Rabba Hun Kee Kariye (Thus Departed our Neighbours) (65')
India, 2007, dir – Ajay Bhardwaj
The scars of Partition in Indian Punjab |
| 11.30 pm |
The Sky Below (75')
India/Pakistan, 2006/07, dir – Sara Singh
The India-Pakistan frontier six decades after Partition
Joint Winner of the Best Debut Film Award at FSA '07 |
| 1.30 pm |
Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears (62')
UK/Bangladesh, 2006, dir – Simon Chambers
Sassy Londoners sent to Dhaka for arranged marriage |
| 3.00 pm |
Chaama Deu! Tara Nabirsa! (Forgive! Forget Not!) (59')
Nepal, 2007, dir – Pranay Limbu
A journalist’s fight for survival in a Nepali barrack |
Rs. 30 per ticket Available at
Dhokaima café, Patan Dhoka, 5522113 / Film South Asia Secretariat, Patan Dhoka, 5552141 |
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