Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival
Saturday, December 19, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Responses from the Audience Members!
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Day 5, 10 December - Screening Schedule
22nd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2020
Day 5, 10 December : Screening Schedule
12 am to 12 am!
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Day 4, 9 December - Screening Schedule
22nd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2020
6-10 December; online and physical
Day 4, 9 December : SCREENING SCHEDULE with links
Monday, December 7, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Day 3, 8 Dec - Screening Schedule
22nd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2020
6-10 Dec; online and physical
Day 3, 8 December : SCREENING SCHEDULE with Links
Sunday, December 6, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Day 2, 7 December
22nd Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2020
Screening Schedule : Day 2, 7 December, 2020
12 am to 12 am
Friday, December 4, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Day 1, 6 Dec 2020
6-10 Dec; online and physical! 12 am to 12 am
Screening Schedule : Day 01, 6 Dec 2020
1) Saree
Dir: Suma Josson; 72 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2001; India; Fiction; Retro I
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Gita and Radha, two young friends are on their way back from school. And they find themselves stranded in a no man's land between dreams, fantasy, fears, with life and death lurking behind every corner. For the children it is an initiation process through death into life.
2) Famine
Dir : Sanjiv Shah; 52 min; Gujarati with Eng subtitles; 1987; India; Doc; Retro II
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For centuries, the grasslands in the North- Western, in an otherwise arid region of Gujarat bordering Pakistan have been home to the Maldharis, a predominantly Muslim community of traditional cattle grazers who have a rich heritage of culture, art and music.
Fifty years after lndia's independence the entire pastoral community and their habitat is under threat of extinction from natural calamities and human intervention in the name of development. Traditional practices of survival have been disrupted; native knowledge and skills have been made redundant. In the fourth successive year of drought an entire population has been reduced to digging ditches and carrying mud - surviving on dole.
During this re-telling of peoples' histories, what emerges is an understanding of the larger causes of scarcities and famines. And the need to review the very processes of planning and development which have deprived not only the people of BANNl, but the dispossessed all over the world of the right to survive on their own terms.
3) Koothu
Dir: Sandhya Kumar; 52 min; Eng, Tamil with Eng subtitles; 2018; Doc; Filmmaker in Focus
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In many villages in Tamil Nadu, a theatre tradition still links people with a past. Closely connected with religion and caste rituals, koothu brings to life stories about gods, demigods, kings and demons from the Indian epics.
A typical koothu performance is an all-night show in which performers wear elaborate make-up, costumes and wooden ornaments, and simultaneously sing, dance and act on stage. Koothu companies tour the countryside, often commissioned by villages to perform for several consecutive nights. Yet, in spite of its enduring rural popularity and because of its low-caste associations, koothu struggles to find place and patronage in urban art circles.
Who creates the binaries of folk and classical? Through the work of two koothu masters, P. Rajagopal and Sambandan Thambiran, the film delves into questions of representation and patronage of the art form while presenting its art and aesthetics.
4) Shramjeevi
Dir: Tarun Bhartiya; 43.50 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2020; India; Doc
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SHRAMJEEVI narrates the hopes and tragedies of the working class lives in Kapasehra village, one of the largest settlements of migrant workers in India.
5) La conquista de las ruinas
Dir. Eduardo Gómez; 88 min; Spanish with Eng subtitles; Argentina, Bolivia; 2020; Doc

THE CONQUEST OF THE RUINS shows the unknown side of the expansion of cities that endangers our future. Paleontologists. Quarry workers. Works in construction and private neighborhoods. The earth unites and separates them all, and each one has an interpretation of what this world is and how it should be inhabited.
6) Katya I Vasya idut v shkoluDir. Yulia Vishnevets ; 90 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Doc

LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE? Two young intellectuals, Katya and Vassya, come to a small industrial town to work as teachers. They want to change the system of scholastic education and the social situation in difficult regions. The school is a closed conservative world, where obedience and discipline are of the highest value. Young teachers discover that nationalism, sexism and homophobia are typical for their new environment. Children see the school as a prison and are completely indifferent to any new ideas. During one school year we observe attempts of our protagonists to bring new practices into the system. Young teachers try to speak with children about feminism, human rights and Russian politics, but the system pushes them out, and a comedy turns into a drama.
7) Ancestral Code
Dir. Volodymyr Lutskiy; 70 min; Ukrainian, Belorussian with Eng subtitles; Ukraine; 2020; Doc

Documentary film «Ancestral Code» is a research of the origins of the Ukrainian people, the search for its identity through the study of the melodism of Slavic ethnographic heritage. Now many talk about brotherhood, spiritual intimacy, affinity. We want to analyze the connection between the neighboring peoples of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus and Poland through music and folklore.
8) Noor Islam
Dir: Devshree Nath; 20 min; Assamese, Bengali with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Doc
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The documentary traces the struggles of one such native who is slowly losing his identity and eventually is deemed as an illegal immigrant. The film tries to explore his state of mind; of a person who is on the verge of losing his nationality and consequently losing almost everything he has.
His broken hopes cause a turbulence in his mind whilst the serene beauty of Assam and his humble lifestyle paint a contrast against this inner tempest.
9) Holy Rights
Dir: Farha Khatun; 53 min; Urdu with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Doc

Safia, a deeply religious Muslim woman from Bhopal in Central India, driven by her belief that because of the patriarchal mindset of the interpreters of Sharia, Muslim women are denied equality and justice in the community. She joins a program that trains women as Qazis, (Muslim clerics who interpret and administer the personal law), which is traditionally a male preserve. The film documents her journey as she struggles and negotiates through hitherto uncharted territory, exploring the tensions that arise when women try to change the status quo and take control of narratives that so deeply affect their lives.
10) Udaan
Dir : Poorvi Priya, Priya Singh, Ritika Gupta, Varun Pandey, Vishruti Saraf ; 18.34 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019
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Udaan, the movie, is based in Rafiq Nagar, Govandi, one of the most under- developed regions of Mumbai. It focuses on the issue of dignified livelihoods for marginalized women in Mumbai slums. Through the protagonists Johra and Fareeda, the documentary wades into the daily lives of women, issues of collectivization, and the way forward.
12) Kafir
Dir: Remya; 5.32 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2019; Doc
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Kafir is a docu-fiction that explores the Kappiri myth of Fort Kochi, Kerala. In the film, an attempt to dig the real history behind African slaves brought in by the Portuguese is made. How a slave from Africa became the savior spirit of Fort Kochi is the question the story teller tries to crack open. In short, it's all about History, Myth, and Mystery behind the Kappirimuthappan of Fort Kochi.
13) Ifigeneia: no more tears
Dir: George Georgakopoulos; 17.40 min; Greek with Eng subtitles; Greece; 2019; SF

When Ifigeneia gets invited for lunch to her future husband's family home, she doesn’t go empty handed. Hoping to make a good impression, she brings along a little girl. However, when two mysterious investigators suddenly appear, things get quite complicated.
14) Gantabya – The Destination
Dir: Sahin Aktar; 27.36 min; Bengali with English subtitles; India; 2020; SF
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Piyali and Ajay, a lower middle-class newly married couple from Kolkata is going to meet together after two months as Piyali was in her parents' home. Ajay, a rickshaw puller, in his mid-thirties is capable of buying either Piyali's favourite cuisine 'Biriyani' or condom. This placed Ajay in a mental dilemma what he should buy.
15) Pakheru (The One Who Flies)
Dir: Nazir Khan; 22 min; Bundeli, Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; SF
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An old man who works in a junkyard struggles with himself and the society around him to get a good night’s sleep.
16) Collar
Dir: Katarina Ivanovich; 20 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; SF
Olechka's husband controls Her in everything, they live according to his laws, lead an ascetic lifestyle. The girl feels that she is happily married. But everything changes when a naked neighbor breaks into their quiet and measured life.
17) Reflection
Dir: Elena Nodel; 8 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russis; 2020; SF

Imagine that after the death of a loved one you got the opportunity to communicate with the deceased with the help of artificial intelligence technologies – to say the last ‘forgive me’ and ‘goodbye’, to hug him for the last time, to close gestalt ...
18) 51+
Dir: Daniyar Abirov; 9.05 min; Kyrgiz with Eng subtitles; Kyrgyzstan; 2019; SF

It's not about love. A man falls in love with a young girl, but he is over 50 years old already.
19) Tradition
Dir: Zhanuzak Mamytov; 13.09 min; Kyrgiz with Eng subtitles; Kyrgyzstan; 2019; SF

Circumcision in Kyrgyz culture is not just a tradition, but for kyrgyz male is an essential part of his life. Main character without attention of his parents mocked by his peers. How will he find solution of this situation?
20) Scenes by the Sea
Dir: Oksana Degtyareva; 20.04 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2019; SF

Nina spends her time at her parents’ busy with the preparation for her younger sister’s wedding. Unexpectedly for her, her husband Nikita comes there too. Nina and Nikita have been going through a family relationships crisis. In order not to spoil the event, they try to pretend that everything is OK between them.
21) Thank you Coach
Dir: Nikita Tarasov; 9 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; SF

An experienced coach Alexandra gives advices to housewife Sonya who wants to learn how to manipulate her husband. But Sonya’s husband also has his own coach.
Dir: Stepan Azarian; 14.31 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; SF

Sasha works as a promoter in a banana costume at a fruit and vegetable shop. At the one moment his usual life collapses - threats from the collector, deprivation of parental rights, dismissal from work - this is just the beginning.
24) Bhija Neel Terpal (Wet Blue Tarpaulin)
Dir : Anunay Barbhuiya; 25.00 min; Sylheti, Marathi, Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019; SF; Student Films
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A migrant from Assam working in a Marathi restaurant in Pune has to make a forged ID to continue working in the city while struggling to contact his wife back in Assam.
25) Aashaon Ke Paar (Beyond Hope)
Dir: Rohit Kumar; 23 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2020; SF; Student Films
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A migrant labourer in India’s cosmopolis who works for a construction company is struggling to meet up to his aspiration. The crisis deepens him more when his newlywed wife arrives in the city to stay with him. Set in an environment where economic division is high and political atmosphere is charged, the film tells a story of hope and despair.
26) Mannu : Sprouts of Endurance
Dir: Ramdas Kadavallur ; 113 min; Malayalam, Tamil; 2020; Director’s Cut; Doc
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The film chronicles the encroachment of vast stretches of a hilly land, the eviction of its rightful owners,the blatant exploitation of the laborers and their struggle for existence. It does not confine itself in narrating the evolution and impact of a labor struggle, but also focuses on another important social aspect in India, the significance of caste, the strangle hold it exerts on the psyche of the nation.
The documentary holds its mirror to the dichotomy of underlying neglect and discrimination meted out to the hapless people belonging to the lower echelons of society. It explores the ruthless impact of policies on the ‘land’ and ‘soil’, its uneven distribution and the resultant irreparable and long standing damage it causes to the environment and fragile terrain, which is abound with precious flora and fauna.
27) Aayi Gayi
Dir: Anandana Kapur; 72 min; Hindi and English; 2019; Director's Cut; Doc
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In Bihar, where “Sarkar mera bada bhai hai…” (The government is my older brother) is the righteous response to why one may illegally acquire electricity connections or not pay bills, a team of academics work on the ground to activate RLSS- the Revenue Linked Supply Scheme- and are met with various degrees of opposition and success.
The film explores the complex relationships people have with the State through the lens of electricity. Is it a right? Or is it a commodity? In a country with limited resources, can it be a social right if the government needs funds to keep the grid functional? And if so, can the normalization of non-payment of bills be reversed? Is it possible to create an ideal citizenry?
28) I'M A SECULARIST
Editor and Director - Surya Kumar Arumugam; Films from Tamilnadu
29) Sathi Sanam
Written & Direction: S.Karthick Tamilpriyan; Films from Tamilnadu
Director - Vignesh Pavithran; Films from Tamilnadu
Director: Iniyamithra; Films from Tamilnadu
Sections :
1) Indian films
2) International films
3) Retro I - Suma Josson
4) Retro II - Sanjay Shah
5) Filmmaker in Focus - Sandhya Kumar
6) Films from Tamilnadu
7) Director's Cut
8) Student films
Films will be available from 12 am to 12 am for 24 hours!
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020: Screening Schedule - Day 5, 10 Dec
Dir: Suma Josson; 40 min; English; 2013; Doc; India; Retro I
2) Niyamgiri, you are still alive
Dir: Suma Josson; 16 min; Odia with Eng subtitles; 2010; Doc; India; Retro I
3) Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse
Dir: Iara Lee; 58.17 min; English / Ukrainian / Russian with Eng subtitles; Ukraine/Slovakia/USA/Bulgaria; 2020; Doc
4) From Trash to Treasure: turning negatives into positives
Dir: Iara Lee; 20 min; English; USA/Lesotho/Bulgaria; 2020; Doc
5) Stop Acid Attack
Dir: Farha Khatun; 1.33 min; No dialogue; 2019 ; Doc
6) Chal Ga Heera
Dir: Manasi, Prakriti, Prashant, Sreya, Tanushree; 13.10 min; Hindi and Marathi with Eng subtitles; 2019 ; Doc
7) Tabdeeli
Dir: Anmol Saini, Anna Binu, Rishika Revo, Sankarsan Behera, Vyshakh Balachandran; 24 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019 ; Doc
8) Zindabad
Dir: Kavya, Srishti, Lavanya, Apoorva, Ajay; 14.21 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019 ; Doc
9) An Inconvenient Development
Dir: Ajay, Anagha, Kavya, Prakriti, Sreya; 17.01 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2020 ; Doc
10) Love in Bombay
Dir: Anmol Saini, Isha Srivastava, Priya Singh, Priyanshu Pandey, Rishika Revo, Vishruti Saraf; 23 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2020 ; Doc
11 Ivanova igra
Dir: Tomislav Zaja; 52 min; Croatian with Eng subtitles; Croatia; 2020 ; Doc
12) Sikhirini Mwsanai (Dance of the Butterfly)
Dir. Subasri Krishnan; 65 min; Bodo, Hindi and English with Eng subtitles; India; 2019 ; Doc
13) Bamboo Ballads
Dir: Sajid Naduthody; 29.49 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2020 ; Doc
14) Far from the Madding Crowd
Dir: Abeer Khan; 17.31 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles ; Doc
15) Miangsho (The Meat)
Dir : Tathagata Ghosh; 19 min; Bengali with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Short film
16) Kadachit
Dir : Suraj Shelar; 16.43 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019 ; Short film
17) Jack and Chan
Dir : Alexey Petrashevich; 15 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020 ; Short film
18) Nap Time
Dir: Elina Smirnova; 11 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020 ; Short film
19) The Last Illusion
Dir: Vladimir Feklneko; 15.57 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020 ; Short film
23) Performance
Dir : Nina Moiseeva,; 20 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
24) I want to go home
Dir: Tatyana Lyalina; 14.05 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
25) Tooth
Dir: Siman Lyashenko; 7.58 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
26) Talent
Dir: Oleg Ageychev; 9.57 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
27) Alaska, Lost Face
Dir : Alexey Matveev; 19.59 min; Russian with Eng subtitle; Russia; 2020 ; Short film
28) When We Open the Gate of the Sky
Dir : Pavel Bykovchenk; 6.35 min; Kirghiz with Eng subtitles; Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan;2019; Short
29) Vaavtal (Whirlwind)
Dir: Suraj Uddhav Madhale; 15.29 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; 2019
30) VALAN (A TURN)
Dir : Kaushikkumar Kiranbhai Garasiya; 12.38 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; 2019
Note : Vimeo / YouTube link of each film will be presented here for 24 hours* (12 am to 12 am) as per the schedule.
Links will be available for 48 hours for Retro I, Retro II and Filmmaker in Focus sections.
Sections :
Indian films
International films
Retrospective I - Suma Josson
Retrospective II - Sanjiv Shah
Filmmaker in Focus - Sandhya Kumar
Student films : from FTII, Pune
Director's Cut : curated by Amudhan R.P.
Films from Tamilnadu : curated by Ulaga Cinema Bhaskaran
Categories :
Short films and Documentaries
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Screening Schedule: Day 4, 9 December
Screening Schedule: Day 4, 9 December

a still from the film 'A Place to Live'
directed by Sanjiv Shah
1) In Search of Our Lost Rice Seeds
Dir : Suma Josson; 40 min; English; 2013; Documentary; India; Retro I
2) Niyamgiri, you are still alive
Dir: Suma Josson; 16 min; Odia with Eng subtitles; 2010; Documentary; India; Retro I
3) A Place to Live
Dir : Sanjiv Shah; 92 min; multiple Indian languages with Eng subtitles; 2018; India; Doc; Retro II
4) Memory of a Light
Dir: Sandhya Kumar; 26 min; English; 2014; India; Doc; Filmmaker in Focus

a still from the film 'They are Dying'
directed by Dhananjay Bhawalekar
5) Last Kiss
Dir : Eradzh Nidoev; 4.29 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia, Tajikistan ; 2019; Doc
6) 1944. Crimea. Deportation
Dir: Fatima Osman, Yunus Pasha; 62 min; Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar with Eng subtitles; Ukraine; 2019; Doc
7) They are Dying
Dir : Dhananjay Bhawalekar; 28.37 min; Rajasthani, Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Doc
8) Over the Barriers
Dir : Banu Ramazanova; 60 min; Russian, Kazakh with Eng subtitles; Kazakhstan; 2020; Doc
9) Living Dreams
Dir : Ritwik Baiju; 29 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Doc
10) North for Happiness
Dir: Alexander Porotov; 2.04.15 hours; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Doc
11) Quarantine
Dir : Alisher Zhadigerov; 30 min; Kazak with Eng subtitles; Kazakhstan; 2020; Doc
12) Speleonaut / Under the Stone Sky
Dir: Sonja Đekić; 57 min; Serbian with Eng subtitles; Serbia; 2018; Doc
13) Navi Mumbai Navi Begari
Dir : Aishwarya Vasudev, Subodh Minto, Meghna Nandy and Ankit Pareek
19.50 min; Marathi, Hindi and English; India; 2018; Doc
14) Hands and Wings
Dir : Sungbin BYUN; 15 min; Korean with Eng subtitles; South Korea; 2019; Doc

a still from the film 'Forget the Palms'
directed by Tim Berezin
15) Akam
Dir: Remya; 3.42 min; No dialogue; India; 2018; Short film
16) Forget the Palms
Dir : Tim Berezin; 6:05 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
17) Letters
Dir: Elena Kuzhel; 14.01 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
18) Knitting Club for Men over 40
Dir : Egor Gavrilin; 22.06 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
19) Home (Ghar)
Dir : Souvik Roy Chowdhury; 10 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Short film
20) The World’s Last House
Dir : Amir Gholami; 16.19 min; Kurdish with Eng subtitles; Iran; 2019; Short film
21) Prashna (Question)
Dir: Santosh Ram; 23.24 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Short film
22) Inner Self
Dir: Shree Raj; 11.17 min; Tamil with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Short film
23) The Prophetess
Dir : Marco Joubert; 2.20 min; French with Eng subtitles; Canada; 2020; Short film
24) Songs From Farway Land
Dir : Tuhinabha Majumdar; 24 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2020; Short film
25) Whispers of the Henna Tree
Dir : Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar; 20 min; Marathi, Bengali with Eng subtitles; 2020; Doc

26) 21 hours
Dir : Sunitha CV; 28 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2020; Doc
27) A dream in their songs
Dir: Debaranjan; 29 min; Odia with Eng subtitles; 2020; Doc
Note : Vimeo / YouTube link of each film will be presented here for 24 hours* (12 am to 12 am) as per the schedule.
Links will be available for 48 hours for Retro I, Retro II and Filmmaker in Focus sections.
Sections :
Indian films
International films
Retrospective I - Suma Josson
Retrospective II - Sanjiv Shah
Filmmaker in Focus - Sandhya Kumar
Student films : from FTII, Pune
Director's Cut : curated by Amudhan R.P.
Films from Tamilnadu : curated by Ulaga Cinema Bhaskaran
Categories :
Short films and Documentaries
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Screening Schedule - Day 3, 8 Dec 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020: Screening Schedule
Day 03, 8 Dec 2020
1) I Want My Father Back
Dir: Suma Josson; 50 min; Marathi with English subtitles; 2007; India; Doc; Retro I
2) Butterfly Stand Still
Dir: 20 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2011; India; Doc; Retro I
3) Thar
Dir : Sanjiv Shah; 60 min; English; 1995; India; Doc; Retro II
4) A Place to Live
Dir : Sanjiv Shah; 92 min; multiple Indian languages with Eng subtitles; 2018; India; Doc; Retro II
5) Hockey in My Blood
Dir : Sandhya Kumar; 52 min; Eng, Kodava Takk with Eng subtitles; 2015; India; Doc; Filmmaker in Focus
6) Memory of a Light
Dir: Sandhya Kumar; 26 min; English; 2014; India; Doc; Filmmaker in Focus
7) Via Frequency
Dir: Susanna Cherian; 4.07 min; English; 2019; India
8) Kunashir
Dir: Vladimir Kozlov; 71; Russian with Eng subtitles; France; 2019
9) Two Autumns in Wyszogród
Dir: Amit Mahanti & Ruchika Negi; 60.03 min; Polish with Eng subtitles; India; 2020
10) Pena
Dir: Ilya Povolotskiy; 85 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2019
11) El Padre Medico
Dir: Vytautas Puidokas; 102 min; Portuguese-Spanish-German-French-Lithuanian; Brazil, Lithuania; 2019
12) Long Live King David
Dir: Ido Zand & Yael Leibovitz; 59 min; Hebrew with Eng subtitles; Israel; 2019
13) Vovan
Dir: Alexandra Zaytseva; 12.42 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2019
14) Edit as if I disappeared
Dir: Oksana Timchenko; 15.09 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2019
15) Bamboo Ballads / Sajid Naduthody / India
17) Performance
Dir : Nina Moiseeva,; 20 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020
18) I want to go home
Dir: Tatyana Lyalina; 14.05 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020
19) Tooth
Dir: Siman Lyashenko; 7.58 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020
20) Talent
Dir: Oleg Ageychev; 9.57 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020
21) Tsoy is Dead
Dir: Alexander Solovyov; 5.20 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020
22) Under the Stork’s Nest
Dir : Ani Oganesyan; 20 min; Armenian with Eng subtitles; Armenia; 2020
23) Freedom of Choice
Dir : Alexey Medvedev; 21 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020
24) Pe (The Umbrella)
Dir : Rakesh Moirangthem; 8.49 min; Manipuri with Eng subtitles; India; 2019
25) Wantok
Dir : Dmitrii Komarov; 7 min; Tok Pisin with Eng subtitles; Papua New Guinea
26) In Shadows We Hide
Dir : Malyaj Awasthi; 25 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019
27) Songs For Babasaheb
Dir : Aranya Sahay; 11.49 min; Marathi, Hindi, English with Eng subtitles; 2019
Dir: Nirmal Chander; 59.23 min; English subtitles; 2019; India; Doc; Director’s Cut
29) Mod Bhaang
Dir: Renu Savant; 60 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; 2019; India; Doc; Director’s Cut
Monday, November 30, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Screening Schedule - Day 2, 7 Dec 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Screening Schedule
Day 2, 7 Dec
Dir: Suma Josson; 50 min; Marathi with English subtitles; 2007; Doc; Retro I
2) Butterfly Stand Still
Dir: 20 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2011; Doc; Retro I
3) Famine 87
Dir : Sanjiv Shah; 52 min; Gujarati with Eng subtitles; 1987; India; Doc; Retro II
4) Thar
Dir : Sanjiv Shah; 60 min; English; 1995; India; Doc; Retro II
5) Koothu
Dir: Sandhya Kumar; 52 min; Eng, Tamil with Eng subtitles; 2018; Doc; Filmmaker in Focus
6) Hockey in My Blood
Dir : Sandhya Kumar; 52 min; Eng, Kodava Takk with Eng subtitles; 2015; Doc; Filmmaker in Focus
7) Linea 137
Dir : Lucía Vassallo ; 82 min; Spanish with Eng subtitles; Argentina; 2019; Doc
8) Paper Worlds of Latif Kazbekov
Dir: Sofya Leonidova; 20.53 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia; 2019; Doc
9) Architecture of the Blockade
Dir: Maxim Yakubson; 80 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Doc
10) Dancing Lion of Mazgaon
Dir: Ankeet Pareek, Chinar Mehta, Timmayo Thumra, Yaniam; India; Doc
11) Der Krieg in Mir
Dir: Sebastian Heinzel; 83 min; German, Russian with English subtitles; Germany, Switzerland; 2019; Doc
12) Der nackte König
Dir: Andreas Hoessli; 108 min; Polish-Farsi-English-German with Eng subtitles; Germany, Poland, Switzerland; 2019; Doc
13) Pro geroev i ludei
Dir: Maria Muskevich; 90 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2019; Doc
14) Selflessly Yours
Dir: Navya Sahai Bhatnagar; 2.48 min; English; 2019; India; Doc
16) THE WAY HOME
Dir: Elena Khimyalyaynen; 16:15 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
17) LIPSTICK
Dir : Svetlana Yashina; 01:19 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
18) Triplet
Dir: Vadim Zaytsev; 20 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
19) BALI-TO-FUN
Dir : Jeanne Desire; 20:06 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Indonesia, Russia; 2020; Short film
20) Tisbea
Dir : Israel Ahumada; 11 min.; Spanish with Eng subtitles; Mexico; 2020; Short film
21) The Return
Dir: Chach Elena Andreevna; 07:36 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2018; Short film
22) The Axe
Dir : Lanna (Svetlana) Rybakova; 14.55 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
23) The Swings
Dir : Anastasiia Ostapenko; 13 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
24) The Power of Childhood
Dir : Lolita Naranovich; 13 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Short film
25) Shantabai
Dir : Pratiik Gupta; 11.43 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019; India; Doc
26) NEELA KUTHIRA (The Blue Horse)
Dir : Himanshu Singh; 12.49 min; Malayalam, Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019; India; Short film
Dir: Surabhi Sharma; 85 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2017; India; Doc
28) L for…
Dir: Bharati Kapadia; 13.13 min; English; 2017; India; Short film
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Screening Schedule - Day 01, 6 December
Screening Schedule: Day 01; 6 Dec 2020
1) Saree
Dir: Suma Josson; 72 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2001; India; Fiction; Retro I
2) Famine
Dir : Sanjiv Shah; 52 min; Gujarati with Eng subtitles; 1987; India; Doc; Retro II
3) Koothu
Dir: Sandhya Kumar; 52 min; Eng, Tamil with Eng subtitles; 2018; Doc; Filmmaker in Focus
4) Shramjeevi
Dir: Tarun Bhartiya; 43.50 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2020; India; Doc
5) La conquista de las ruinas
Dir. Eduardo Gómez; 88 min; Spanish with Eng subtitles; Argentina, Bolivia; 2020; Doc
6) Katya I Vasya idut v shkolu
Dir. Yulia Vishnevets ; 90 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; Doc
7) Ancestral Code
Dir. Volodymyr Lutskiy; 70 min; Ukrainian, Belorussian with Eng subtitles; Ukraine; 2020; Doc
8) Noor Islam
Dir: Devshree Nath; 20 min; Assamese, Bengali with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Doc
9) Holy Rights
Dir: Farha Khatun; 53 min; Urdu with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Doc
10) Udaan
Dir : Poorvi Priya, Priya Singh, Ritika Gupta, Varun Pandey, Vishruti Saraf ; 18.34 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019
11) Stupa
Dir: Kirill Nenashev; 75 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2019; Doc
12) Kafir
Dir: Remya; 5.32 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2019; Doc
Dir: George Georgakopoulos; 17.40 min; Greek with Eng subtitles; Greece; 2019; SF
14) Gantabya – The Destination
Dir: Sahin Aktar; 27.36 min; Bengali with English subtitles; India; 2020; SF
15) Pakheru (The One Who Flies)
Dir: Nazir Khan; 22 min; Bundeli, Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; SF
16) Collar
Dir: Katarina Ivanovich; 20 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; SF
17) Reflection
Dir: Elena Nodel; 8 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russis; 2020; SF
18) 51+
Dir: Daniyar Abirov; 9.05 min; Kyrgiz with Eng subtitles; Kyrgyzstan; 2019; SF
19) Tradition
Dir: Zhanuzak Mamytov; 13.09 min; Kyrgiz with Eng subtitles; Kyrgyzstan; 2019; SF
20) Scenes by the Sea
Dir: Oksana Degtyareva; 20.04 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2019; SF
21) Thank you Coach
Dir: Nikita Tarasov; 9 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; SF
22) Please Have a Seat
Dir: Eteri Nioradze ; 11.36 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; SF
23) Banana
Dir: Stepan Azarian; 14.31 min; Russian with Eng subtitles; Russia; 2020; SF
24) Bhija Neel Terpal (Wet Blue Tarpaulin)
Dir : Anunay Barbhuiya; 25.00 min; Sylheti, Marathi, Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019; SF; Student Films
25) Aashaon Ke Paar (Beyond Hope)
Dir: Rohit Kumar; 23 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2020; SF; Student Films
Dir: Ramdas Kadavallur ; 113 min; Malayalam, Tamil; 2020; Director’s Cut; Doc
27) Aayi Gayi
Dir: Anandana Kapur; 72 min; Hindi and English; 2019; Director's Cut; Doc
Note : Vimeo / YouTube link of each film will be presented here for 24 hours* (12 am to 12 am)
Friday, November 27, 2020
22nd Madurai Film Festival 2020 : Director's Cut
6-10 Dec; online and physical
Section : Director's Cut - curated by Amudhan R.P., Festival Director

a still from the film '21 hours'
directed by Sunitha C.V.
1) Mannu (SOIL) : Sprouts of Endurance
Dir: Ramdas Kadavallur; 113 min; Tamil, Malayalam with English subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
2) Moti Bagh
Dir: Nirmal Chander; 59.23 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019; India; Documentary
3) Mod Bhaang (Ebb Tide)
Dir : Renu Savant; 60 min; Marathi with Eng subtitles; India; 2019; Documentary
4) 21 Hours - of Toil, Travel and Trade
Dir: Sunitha C. V.; 28 min; Malayalam, English with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
5) A Dream in their Songs
Dir : Debaranjan; 29 min; Odia with Eng subtitles; India; 2020; Documentary
6) L for…
Dir : Bharati Kapadia; 13.13 min; English; India; 2017; Short film
7) Returning to the First Beat
Dir: Surabhi Sharma; 85 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; India; 2017; Documentary
8) Aayi Gayi
Dir: Anandana Kapur; 72 min; Hindi and English; 2019