Russian Centre for Science & Culture

15th MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ( MIFF ) 2018
for Documentary, Short & Animation Films
SCREENING PROGRAMME

29 JANUARY 2018, MONDAY

RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
SPECIAL PACKAGE
C M S VATAVARAN
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:45 AM
The Race to Save The Amur Falcon /Dir : Shekar Dattatri /20 Min./English/India/2016
Global Warning – Kashmir Chapter /Dir : Jalal Ud Din Baba/29 Min./English/India/2016
Nagar Aur Pani, Phir Wahi kahani /Dir : Iqbal Hussain and Aajad Singh Khichi/34 Min./Malwi and Hindi/India/2015

BREAK – 11:45 AM to 12:00 PM

SPECIAL PACKAGE
OF LOVE AND STRUGGLE : DOCUMENTARIES BY FILIPINO WOMEN
Time: 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM
Heart of the City /Dir : Ilang Ilang Quijano/35 Min./Filipino/Philippines/2011
Yanan /Dir : Mae Urtal Caradle /57 Min./Filipino/Philippines/2015

BREAK – 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM
RETROSPECTIVE
KOJI YAMAMURA, ANIMATOR – JAPAN
Time: 02:30 PM to 04:45 PM
Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor /Dir : Koji Yamamura/21 Min./Japan/2007
Fig /Dir : Koji Yamamura/06 Min./Japan/2005
Notes on Monstropedia /Dir : Koji Yamamura/06 Min./Japan/2016
Satie’s “Parade” /Dir : Koji Yamamura/14 Min./Japan/2016
Muybridge’s Strings /Dir : Koji Yamamura/13 Min./Japan/2011
A Child’s Metaphysics/Dir : Koji Yamamura/05 Min./Japan/2007
The Old Crocodile/Dir : Koji Yamamura/13 Min./Japan/2005
Mt. Head/Dir : Koji Yamamura/10 Min./Japan/2002

BREAK – 04:45 PM to 05:00 PM
SPECIAL SCREENING
Time: 05:00 PM to 06:15 PM
The Man who Dwarfed the Mountains/Dir : Ruchi Shrivastava & Sumit Khanna/59 Min./English/India/2015

BREAK – 06:15 PM to 06:30 PM
RETROSPECTIVE

DOMINIQUE DUBOSC, FILMMAKER – FRANCE

Time: 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM
FIRST FILMS
The Days of our death/Dir : Dominique Dubose/16 Min./English/Bolivia/1969
Manojhara/Dir : Dominique Dubose/20 Min./English/Paraguay/1969
Cuarahy Ohecha/Dir : Dominique Dubose/24 Min./English/Paraguay/1968
Jean Rouch/Dir : Dominique Dubose/27 Min./English/France/1991
15th MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ( MIFF ) 2018
for Documentary, Short & Animation Films
SCREENING PROGRAMME

30 JANUARY 2018, TUESDAY

RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
SPECIAL PACKAGE
C M S VATAVARAN
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM
India Unseen-Alternative Paths (Solar Power in Farming)/Dir : Video Volunteers/15 Min./Gujarti & Hindi/India/2015
Kiska Jungle, Kiska Mangal? (Whose forest is it anyway?) /Dir : Directors Team/21 Min./Hindi & Marathi/India/2015
Guardians of the Grain /Dir : G S Unnikrishnan Nair/23 Min./English/India/2016

BREAK – 11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
STORIES FROM SOUTH ASIA

Time: 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM
CHILDHOOD
Water /Dir : Sayed Jalal Rohani/14 Min./Afghanistan
Lo sum choe sum/Dir : Dechen Roder/20 Min./Bhutan
Jha Lo /Dir : Shenang Gyamjo Tamang/15 Min./Nepal
Pounopunik /Dir : Khandekar Sumon/17 Min./Bangladesh
Roshi (Rope) Dir : Yasmine Kabir/10 Min./Bangladesh
Chanda ke Joote /Dir : Maheen Mirza & Ektara Collective/22 Min./India


BREAK – 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM
SPECIAL SCREENING
Time: 02:30 PM to 03:30 PM
On and off the Records/Dir : Pratik Biswas/57 Min./English/India/2014

BREAK – 03:30 PM to 03:45 PM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
STORIES FROM SOUTH ASIA

Time: 03:45 PM to 06:30 PM
CHILDHOOD
Cecilia /Dir : Pankaj Johar/80 Min./India
Home
Home Alone/Dir : Loday Chopel/09 Min./Bhutan
The Container /Dir : Abu Shahed Emon/15 Min./Bangladesh
Split Ends/Dir : Rajan Kathet/26 Min./Nepal
Daadya /Dir : Pooja Gurung & Bibhusan Basnet/16 Min./Nepal

BREAK – 06:30 PM to 06:45 PM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
OF LOVE AND STRUGGLE : DOCUMENTARIES BY FILIPINO WOMEN
Time: 06:45 PM to 08:30 PM
Jazz in Love/Dir : Baby Ruth Villarama/75 Min./Filipino/Philippines/2013
15th MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ( MIFF ) 2018
for Documentary, Short & Animation Films
SCREENING PROGRAMME

31 JANUARY 2018, WEDNESDAY
RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
SPECIAL PACKAGE
C M S VATAVARAN
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Point and Shoot /Dir : Harsimran Kaur Anand /25 Min./English and Yimchunguru/India/2016
Saving the Saviour /Dir : Jalal Ud Din Baba/27 Min./English and Kashmiri/India/2016

BREAK – 11:00 AM to 11:15 AM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
STORIES FROM SOUTH ASIA

Time: 11:15 AM to 01:30 PM
THE WORLDS OF WOMEN
The Mermaid of Churna Island/Dir : Nameera Ahmed/21 Min./Pakistan
Qandeel/Dir : Tazeen Bari/25 Min./Pakistan
The Ground Beneath their feet/Dir : Nausheen Dadabhoy/75 Min./Pakistan

BREAK – 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM
SPECIAL SCREENING
Time: 02:30 PM to 03:30 PM
The New Girl in Class/Dir : Amrita Dasgupta/52 Min./English/India/2015

BREAK – 03:30 PM to 03:45 PM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
STORIES FROM SOUTH ASIA

Time: 03:45 PM to 06:15 PM
LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS
Jaalgedi/Dir : Rajesh Prasad Khatri/14 Min./Nepal
Container/Dir : Jamyang Dorji/13 Min./Bhutan
Hospital/Dir : Kesang Tseten/59 Min./Nepal
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS AND MUSIC VIDEOS
Mr. Fazili’s Wife /Dir : Hassan Fazili/10 Min./Afghanistan
Screaming Silence /Dir : Fatima/02 Min./Afghanistan
Kanar Hat Bazaar / Bazar of the Blind/Dir : Catherine & Tareque Masud/06 Min./Bangladesh
Monk in the Forest/Dir : Karma Wangchuk/11 Min./Bhutan
In My Town/Dir : Syam Karki/02 Min./Nepal
These Silences are all the words/Dir : Madiha Aijaz/05 Min./Pakistan
White As Snow/Dir : Rabbya Naseer & Hurmat ul Ain /03 Min./Pakistan
Laanat/Dir : Anam Abbas /02 Min./Pakistan

BREAK – 06:15 PM to 06:30 PM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
OF LOVE AND STRUGGLE : DOCUMENTARIES BY FILIPINO WOMEN
Time: 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

Nanay Mameng /Dir : Adjani Arumpac/45 Min./Filipino/Philippines/2012
15th MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ( MIFF ) 2018
for Documentary, Short & Animation Films
SCREENING PROGRAMME

01 FEBRUARY 2018, THURSDAY

RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
SPECIAL PACKAGE
URGENT CINEMA OF SANTIAGO ALWAREZ
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Hanoi, Tuesday 13th (Hanoi, Martes 13)/Dir : Santiago Alvarez/38 Min./Spanish/Cuba/1968
LBJ/Dir : Santiago Alvarez/18 Min./Spanish/Cuba/1968
Now/Dir : Santiago Alvarez/05 Min./Spanish/Cuba/1965

BREAK – 11:30 AM to 11:45 AM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
URGENT CINEMA OF SANTIAGO ALWAREZ
Time: 11:45 AM to 01:30 PM
The Necessary War (La Guerra Necesaria)/Dir : Santiago Alvarez/111 Min./Spanish/Cuba/1980

BREAK – 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM
SPECIAL SCREENING
Time: 02:30 PM to 04:00 PM
Bade TV wala/Dir : Avadhoot Khanolkar/28 Min./English/India/2015
What the Fields Remember/Dir : Subasri Krishnan/52 Min./India/2015

BREAK – 04:00 PM to 04:15 PM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
OF LOVE AND STRUGGLE : DOCUMENTARIES BY FILIPINO WOMEN
Time: 04:15 PM to 05:45 PM
Tondo, Beloved : To What Are The Poor Born? /Dir : Jewel Maranan/76 Min./Filipino/Philippines/2011

BREAK – 05:45 PM to 06:00 PM
SPECIAL PACKAGE
STORIES FROM SOUTH ASIA

Time: 06:00 PM to 08:30 PM
VIOLENCE
Dying Dreams/Dir : Sudath Abeysiriwardane/18 Min./Sri Lanka
Ticket Please/Dir : Anantha Ramanan/10 Min./Sri Lanka
Returned/Dir : Vathees Varunan/11 Min./Sri Lanka
God Must Be Deaf /Dir : Kaushalya Pathirana/08 Min./Sri Lanka
Demons in Paradise/Dir : Jude Ratnam/94 Min./Sri Lanka