KRITI FILM CLUB
invites you for a summer month screening this May
invites you for a summer month screening this May
with the Delhi Premiere of
A Thin Wall
(65 minutes; USA, India and Pakistan; 2015)
Directed by: Mara Ahmed
Produced by: Surbhi Dewan and Mara Ahmed
Line Producer: Painted Tree Pictures
on 12th May 2018
7 pm onwards
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003
The film will be followed by a discussion with Surbhi Dewan.
Special Jury Prize at the Amsterdam Film Festival
Official Selection: Kolkata People's Film Festival 2018; The Irregular's Art Fair (Delhi) 2018; Mustard Seed Film Festival 2017; South Asian Film Festival of Montréal 2016; New York Indian Film Festival 2016; Fingerlakes Environmental Film Festival, New York 2016; Tasveer Reels, Seattle 2016; San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival 2015; Seattle South Asian Film Festival 2015; 3rd i Film Festival, San Francisco 2015; Bradford Literature Festival, UK 2015
About the Film makers: This documentary is produced by filmmakers Mara Ahmed and Surbhi Dewan. Both are descendants of families torn apart by partition – one ended up in India, the other in Pakistan. Mara Ahmed has lived and has been educated in Belgium, Pakistan and the United States. She has a Master’s in Business and Economics. For most of her life she worked in corporate finance. In 2004, Mara resigned from her job in order to devote herself to her true passion: art and film. Mara's artwork was exhibited at the Kinetic Gallery in 2008 and more recently at the Colacino Gallery in Rochester, NY. The shows were multi-media fusions of her collage work, photography and film work. Mara’s film training began at the Visual Studies Workshop in 2006, and later continued at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Mara's first film, The Muslims I Know premiered at the Dryden Theatre in 2008. It was meant to start a dialogue between American Muslims and non-Muslims. Her second film, Pakistan One on One, opened at the Little Theatre in 2011. Shot entirely in Lahore, it is a broad survey of public opinion in Pakistan, about issues of interest to Americans. Both films have been broadcast on America's Public Broadcasting System, shown at film festivals, and screened on college and university campuses. A Thin Wall, was completed in 2015. Mara is now working on a documentary about racism in America. Her production company is Neelum Films.
Surbhi Dewan is an independent film maker. Her films connect personal portraits to larger socio-political landscapes. She has produced a number of short creative documentaries that have been showcased in film festivals across the world. Surbhi graduated with an MFA in film from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and received her BA degree in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi.
About the film club: The Kriti Film Club is an educational initiative of a not-for-profit organisation 'Kriti team'. It screens and shares documentary films on development, environment and socially relevant issues, in an effort to influence mindsets and behaviour towards an equitous, just and peaceful world. It also curates issue based film festivals and organises neighbourhood, school, college or institutional film shows. The Kriti Film Club has been screening regularly and independently since 2000.
011-26027845/ 26033088
https://krititeam.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/2272168043010573/
A Thin Wall
(65 minutes; USA, India and Pakistan; 2015)
Directed by: Mara Ahmed
Produced by: Surbhi Dewan and Mara Ahmed
Line Producer: Painted Tree Pictures
on 12th May 2018
7 pm onwards
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003
The film will be followed by a discussion with Surbhi Dewan.
About the Film: A Thin Wall is a documentary about memory, history and the possibility of reconciliation. It focuses on the Partition of India in 1947, but derives lessons that remain urgently relevant today. Shot on both sides of the border, in India and Pakistan, The film is a personal take on the Partition, rooted in stories passed down from one generation to another. The film is also a work of art infused with original animation, music and literary writing.
Official Selection: Kolkata People's Film Festival 2018; The Irregular's Art Fair (Delhi) 2018; Mustard Seed Film Festival 2017; South Asian Film Festival of Montréal 2016; New York Indian Film Festival 2016; Fingerlakes Environmental Film Festival, New York 2016; Tasveer Reels, Seattle 2016; San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival 2015; Seattle South Asian Film Festival 2015; 3rd i Film Festival, San Francisco 2015; Bradford Literature Festival, UK 2015
About the Film makers: This documentary is produced by filmmakers Mara Ahmed and Surbhi Dewan. Both are descendants of families torn apart by partition – one ended up in India, the other in Pakistan. Mara Ahmed has lived and has been educated in Belgium, Pakistan and the United States. She has a Master’s in Business and Economics. For most of her life she worked in corporate finance. In 2004, Mara resigned from her job in order to devote herself to her true passion: art and film. Mara's artwork was exhibited at the Kinetic Gallery in 2008 and more recently at the Colacino Gallery in Rochester, NY. The shows were multi-media fusions of her collage work, photography and film work. Mara’s film training began at the Visual Studies Workshop in 2006, and later continued at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Mara's first film, The Muslims I Know premiered at the Dryden Theatre in 2008. It was meant to start a dialogue between American Muslims and non-Muslims. Her second film, Pakistan One on One, opened at the Little Theatre in 2011. Shot entirely in Lahore, it is a broad survey of public opinion in Pakistan, about issues of interest to Americans. Both films have been broadcast on America's Public Broadcasting System, shown at film festivals, and screened on college and university campuses. A Thin Wall, was completed in 2015. Mara is now working on a documentary about racism in America. Her production company is Neelum Films.
Surbhi Dewan is an independent film maker. Her films connect personal portraits to larger socio-political landscapes. She has produced a number of short creative documentaries that have been showcased in film festivals across the world. Surbhi graduated with an MFA in film from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and received her BA degree in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi.
About the film club: The Kriti Film Club is an educational initiative of a not-for-profit organisation 'Kriti team'. It screens and shares documentary films on development, environment and socially relevant issues, in an effort to influence mindsets and behaviour towards an equitous, just and peaceful world. It also curates issue based film festivals and organises neighbourhood, school, college or institutional film shows. The Kriti Film Club has been screening regularly and independently since 2000.
Thank you for the collaboration to India Habitat Centre, Habitat World, New Delhi
Open for all. Seating on first cum first basis.
Confirmations appreciated on space.kriti@gmail.com
Media interest may please be directed to the above email.
Open for all. Seating on first cum first basis.
Confirmations appreciated on space.kriti@gmail.com
Media interest may please be directed to the above email.
011-26027845/ 26033088
https://krititeam.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/2272168043010573/
Comments