Nazariya - Drishti – Natarani Film Club presents IAWART FILM FESTIVAL

18 May 2008 - 20:30

M S Amma :  Swati Thiyagrajan

A shy girl from Madurai . A journey into the life and times of legendary M S Subalakshmi through the eyes of her granddaughter – 22 minutes

The Birth of a Brain Fly :  Nandita Kumar

An  animation chjarting the surreal course of a psyche’s evolution within  the invisible landscape of the mind- 6 minutes

Leap Frog : Nandita Das

3 spots on education and water harvesting – 4 minutes

Ek Ajeeb Si Jhunjlahat: Ein Lall

The covered face, the pestle, mortar; the excessive force with which the pestle swings down; the remorseless regularity of stone pounding on stone; all contribute to a strange tremor of unease.

-  3 minutes

Losing to  Win :  Uma Sudhir

On Gujarati Muslim families sending their children away from their “watan” to complete their studies.

- 22 minutes

Ayodhya Gatha  : Vani Subramanian

What does it mean to  belong to a city that has become a symbol of religious intolerance, majoritarian aggression and communal tumult in India- Ayodhya? -  62 minutes