6-10 Dec 2020
Janmadinam, her first feature film, in 1999 has won several awards and has travelled to various International Film Festivals and Universities abroad. It was premiered at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival. Won three Kerala State Awards.
Also contributed to the documentary, 'Trading Images', an international co-production with IFU, (International Women's University, Hannover) and the German television company, NDR in 2001. This was made along with four other women filmmakers from: the U.S, Africa, China and Germany.
She is also a poet and fiction writer and has published three books: Poems and Plays, A Harvest of Light (a collection of poems, Orient Longman), and ‘Circumferences’ (a novel, Penguin). Mahua Tola Gets A School, is a book on an experimental primary school system in Madhya Pradesh, India.
'Saree' is her second feature film made in 2001. This film has also traveled to several international film festivals.
'Gujarat A Laboratory …’ on the violence, which engulfed Gujarat in 2002. 45 mins
‘Ayodhya to Varanasi: Prayers for Peace’, 2004 is a cultural journey as the film travels from Ayodhya to Varanasi. 60 mins
‘Before the Last Tree Falls’, 2006 is a study on the suicide of farmers in Wayanad, Kerala. 70 mins
‘I Want My Father Back’, 2007 is a study on the suicide of farmers in Vidarbha, Maharastra. 50 mins
Won the first prize at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, 2008
Won the first prize at the Karimnagar Film Festival, 2009
Raghuvanshi, The Seed Man, (2010) a plant breeder in Varanasi, U.P. 19 mins
‘Niyamgiri You are Still Alive’ (2010) won the Vasudha Environment Award, at the International Short Film section at IFFI, Goa, 2010. 17 mins
‘Butterfly Stand Still’ (2011) on a 55 year old woman who models at the J.J.School of Arts in Mumbai for art students and other artists.
‘Reap What You Sow, Eat What You Grow’ (2011) on a group of city farmers practicing community farming in Mumbai, India.
‘In Search of our Lost Rice Seeds’ (2012) a film on the loss of the traditional rice seeds of India. 40 mins. Won the “Main prize in the category - People and Earth/Ecological Success Stories” at the EKOTOPFILM film festival, 2013, at Bratislava, Slovakia.
Retrospective - I : Suma Josson
Born in Kerala, Suma Josson graduated in English Lit. from the College of St.Teresa, Minnesota, U.S.A. Having begun her career as a journalist, she switched over to the visual medium. Since then she has made two feature films and many documentary films on a wide range of issues.
Janmadinam, her first feature film, in 1999 has won several awards and has travelled to various International Film Festivals and Universities abroad. It was premiered at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival. Won three Kerala State Awards.
Also contributed to the documentary, 'Trading Images', an international co-production with IFU, (International Women's University, Hannover) and the German television company, NDR in 2001. This was made along with four other women filmmakers from: the U.S, Africa, China and Germany.
She is also a poet and fiction writer and has published three books: Poems and Plays, A Harvest of Light (a collection of poems, Orient Longman), and ‘Circumferences’ (a novel, Penguin). Mahua Tola Gets A School, is a book on an experimental primary school system in Madhya Pradesh, India.
a still from 'Niyagiri, You are Still Alive'
Dir: Suma Jasson
'Saree' is her second feature film made in 2001. This film has also traveled to several international film festivals.
'Gujarat A Laboratory …’ on the violence, which engulfed Gujarat in 2002. 45 mins
‘Ayodhya to Varanasi: Prayers for Peace’, 2004 is a cultural journey as the film travels from Ayodhya to Varanasi. 60 mins
‘Before the Last Tree Falls’, 2006 is a study on the suicide of farmers in Wayanad, Kerala. 70 mins
‘I Want My Father Back’, 2007 is a study on the suicide of farmers in Vidarbha, Maharastra. 50 mins
Won the first prize at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, 2008
Won the first prize at the Karimnagar Film Festival, 2009
Raghuvanshi, The Seed Man, (2010) a plant breeder in Varanasi, U.P. 19 mins
‘Niyamgiri You are Still Alive’ (2010) won the Vasudha Environment Award, at the International Short Film section at IFFI, Goa, 2010. 17 mins
‘Butterfly Stand Still’ (2011) on a 55 year old woman who models at the J.J.School of Arts in Mumbai for art students and other artists.
‘Reap What You Sow, Eat What You Grow’ (2011) on a group of city farmers practicing community farming in Mumbai, India.
‘In Search of our Lost Rice Seeds’ (2012) a film on the loss of the traditional rice seeds of India. 40 mins. Won the “Main prize in the category - People and Earth/Ecological Success Stories” at the EKOTOPFILM film festival, 2013, at Bratislava, Slovakia.
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