6th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival
@Alliance Francaise de Delhi | 24, 25, 27 November 2025 | 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
Register here and get your donor passes in advance, or at venue on the festival dates!
An independently organised, non-funded. volunteer-driven and one of its kind festival by Kriti Film Club this winter of 2025 in New Delhi. With a diverse curation of non-fiction and fiction cinema curated around themes, the screenings will be followed by conversations with attending filmmakers, practitioners and audience.
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Theme: เคฎैं เคเคก़เคจा เคाเคนเคคी เคนूं | GIRL STORIES
Films and Conversations
Ajmer Ki Ladkiya Kahan Hain
(13:44 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dirs. Santra, Renu, and Nameera | Prod. Safetipin
In the bustling city of Ajmer, young women are present yet unseen—walking to school, rushing to tuition, but rarely occupying public spaces after dark. The film follows three youth leaders—Santra, Renu, and Nameera—as they explore how public spaces in their city feel out of reach for girls. It transforms observation into action, sparking dialogue, reclaiming spaces, and challenging Ajmer to listen to the voices of its young women. Watch Trailer
Lollipop
(7:05 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)
1 pm - 2 pm: Lunch Break
2 pm - 3.30 pm
Theme: เคคोเคก़-เคคोเคก़ เคे เคฌंเคงเคจो เคो | BREAKING STEREOTYPES
Films and Conversations
The Witch of Vihar Lake
(16:39 mins | Marathi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
4:15 pm -4:30 pm: Break
4:30 pm - 6.00 pm
Theme: เคเคฐाเคฆे เคฌुเคฒंเคฆ I CHALLENGING BIASES
Films and Conversations
Selfie Please
(23 mins | Hindi, English with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Anu Singh Chaudhary Prod. Dopamine Media and Entertainment Private Limited
A younger sister competes with her older sister - with Down Syndrome - for their mother’s time and affection, but an inadvertent mishap unravels the truths of her ‘perfectly normal’ family. Watch Trailer
Sab Kuch Apna | All that We Own
(29 mins | Hindi, Bhojpuri with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Aprajita | Prod. Rough Edges
When a woman leaves her natal home, what does she carry within and what gets left behind? For mum, is visiting her natal home a promise of rootedness or a reminder that belonging is a question still? Watch Trailer
Unicorn Lady
(4:45 mins | English | 2024 | India | Animation)
Dir. Rebecca Rechana Paul | Prod. Suresh Eriyat, Nilima Eriyat
@Alliance Francaise de Delhi | 24, 25, 27 November 2025 | 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
Register here and get your donor passes in advance, or at venue on the festival dates!
An independently organised, non-funded. volunteer-driven and one of its kind festival by Kriti Film Club this winter of 2025 in New Delhi. With a diverse curation of non-fiction and fiction cinema curated around themes, the screenings will be followed by conversations with attending filmmakers, practitioners and audience. This segment @AFD is followed by the second segment at India Habitat Centre.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE @AFD
24th November, 2025 (Monday)
10:30 am: Festival Opening
10:30 am: Festival Opening
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Theme: เคฎैं เคเคก़เคจा เคाเคนเคคी เคนूं | GIRL STORIES
Films and Conversations
Ajmer Ki Ladkiya Kahan Hain
(13:44 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dirs. Santra, Renu, and Nameera | Prod. Safetipin
In the bustling city of Ajmer, young women are present yet unseen—walking to school, rushing to tuition, but rarely occupying public spaces after dark. The film follows three youth leaders—Santra, Renu, and Nameera—as they explore how public spaces in their city feel out of reach for girls. It transforms observation into action, sparking dialogue, reclaiming spaces, and challenging Ajmer to listen to the voices of its young women. Watch Trailer
Lollipop
(7:05 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Shreya Tripathi | Prod. Nazaria Arts Collective
Eight-year-old Chikki stands up to a shopkeeper with bad intentions with the support of an unexpected female friend.
Band Darwaazon ke Paar (Beyond the Closed Doors)
(11:04 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Niharika Popli | Prod. The Human Capability Foundation
In rural Rajasthan, women from Dalit, Adivasi and other marginalised communities fight their way back into the courtroom, redefining justice and opening doors once firmly shut.
Hijabi Hacker
(8:57 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Iqra Shaikh | Prod. Nazaria Arts Collective
A young hacker, Noor, attempts to save her basti (slum) when they are scammed by a corrupt politician.
Log Kya Kahenge (What Will People Say)
(39:56 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Rafina Khatun | Prod. Rough Edges (Ridhima Mehra and Tulika Shrivastava)
Twenty-four year old Gulnaz from Ahmedabad, Gujarat uses radio to amplify unheard voices, expose injustice, fight prejudice, foster unity and boldly claim her own freedom.
Eight-year-old Chikki stands up to a shopkeeper with bad intentions with the support of an unexpected female friend.
Band Darwaazon ke Paar (Beyond the Closed Doors)
(11:04 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Niharika Popli | Prod. The Human Capability Foundation
In rural Rajasthan, women from Dalit, Adivasi and other marginalised communities fight their way back into the courtroom, redefining justice and opening doors once firmly shut.
Hijabi Hacker
(8:57 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Iqra Shaikh | Prod. Nazaria Arts Collective
A young hacker, Noor, attempts to save her basti (slum) when they are scammed by a corrupt politician.
Log Kya Kahenge (What Will People Say)
(39:56 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Rafina Khatun | Prod. Rough Edges (Ridhima Mehra and Tulika Shrivastava)
Twenty-four year old Gulnaz from Ahmedabad, Gujarat uses radio to amplify unheard voices, expose injustice, fight prejudice, foster unity and boldly claim her own freedom.
Watch Trailer
1 pm - 2 pm: Lunch Break
2 pm - 3.30 pm
Theme: เคคोเคก़-เคคोเคก़ เคे เคฌंเคงเคจो เคो | BREAKING STEREOTYPES
Films and Conversations
Lady Bird - Ek Se Anek
(24 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Shivi Ghakher | Prod. Gauri D Chakraborty, Bennett University
Chukchuk and Asha, two sisters, rely on each other after their father's death. Asha, the elder, takes on the responsibility of supporting the family by making deliveries. As her marriage is fixed suddenly, she has to leave her home. Chukchuk constantly thinks about Asha with the cycle as a metaphorical remnant of her presence. Will Chukchuk be able to ride her cycle again? Watch Trailer
Dir. Shivi Ghakher | Prod. Gauri D Chakraborty, Bennett University
Chukchuk and Asha, two sisters, rely on each other after their father's death. Asha, the elder, takes on the responsibility of supporting the family by making deliveries. As her marriage is fixed suddenly, she has to leave her home. Chukchuk constantly thinks about Asha with the cycle as a metaphorical remnant of her presence. Will Chukchuk be able to ride her cycle again? Watch Trailer
Inn Pannon Mein
(19 mins | Hindi, English and Bangla with English subtitles | 2024 | Documentary)
Dir. Gurleen Grewal Prod. reFrame Institute of Arts and Expression
This film sifts through the pages of a woman's diary who has recently begun to write her memoir. As she looks back at her life and some of her memories, the film explores the ordinary act of writing and the value and meaning it may hold in mundane everyday life.
Watch Trailer
Thursday Special
(26 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Varun Tandon Prod. Varun Tandon, Krati Tandon, Karan Luthra
27 years of a loving marriage. 27 years of sharing a passion for food. 27 years of celebrating it every Thursday. A poignant tale of love, companionship and change.
Dir. Varun Tandon Prod. Varun Tandon, Krati Tandon, Karan Luthra
27 years of a loving marriage. 27 years of sharing a passion for food. 27 years of celebrating it every Thursday. A poignant tale of love, companionship and change.
Watch Trailer
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
FEMINIST WORKSHOP: Looking Differently: Rethinking How We See in Documentary
with Surbhi Dewan, Documentary Film Club and Advisory Group member, Kriti Film Club
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
FEMINIST WORKSHOP: Looking Differently: Rethinking How We See in Documentary
with Surbhi Dewan, Documentary Film Club and Advisory Group member, Kriti Film Club
This hands-on workshop invites participants to think about how we look at the world through the camera - and how that act of looking can be political, personal, and full of care. This session will be suitable for filmmakers, students, or anyone curious about non-fiction film and storytelling from a feminist point of view. No prior experience is required - just curiosity and openness. Register here
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Theme: เคคोเคก़-เคคोเคก़ เคे เคฌंเคงเคจो เคो | BREAKING STEREOTYPES
Films and Conversations
Hours on Earth and Somewhere Beyond
(23:23 mins | Silent | 2022 | India | Experimental)
Dir. Afif Khan | Prod. Lekshmi Mohan
A human being with no face or figure glides through life, their identity shaped by monotonous daily actions and the marks and remnants that remain. But what makes these actions distinct is the gender this person possesses. It can be you or someone you know, and the time spent can be a choice, an obligation, or a habit in disguise.
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Theme: เคคोเคก़-เคคोเคก़ เคे เคฌंเคงเคจो เคो | BREAKING STEREOTYPES
Films and Conversations
Hours on Earth and Somewhere Beyond
(23:23 mins | Silent | 2022 | India | Experimental)
Dir. Afif Khan | Prod. Lekshmi Mohan
A human being with no face or figure glides through life, their identity shaped by monotonous daily actions and the marks and remnants that remain. But what makes these actions distinct is the gender this person possesses. It can be you or someone you know, and the time spent can be a choice, an obligation, or a habit in disguise.
Watch Trailer
(90 mins | Hindi, English, Marwari with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. & Prod. Anuradha Bansal
In Kolkata, a Hindu-Marwari filmmaker prepares to end her marriage while her mother devotes herself to arranging her brother’s bride. Between these parallel searches — for divorce and for a bride — unfolds a study of devotion, silence, and defiance. Layering observation with personal reflection, the film questions who defines virtue, who carries the weight of tradition, and ultimately, what it means to be a “good wife.” Watch Trailer
Tuesday, 25th November 2025
(90 mins | Hindi, English, Marwari with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. & Prod. Anuradha Bansal
In Kolkata, a Hindu-Marwari filmmaker prepares to end her marriage while her mother devotes herself to arranging her brother’s bride. Between these parallel searches — for divorce and for a bride — unfolds a study of devotion, silence, and defiance. Layering observation with personal reflection, the film questions who defines virtue, who carries the weight of tradition, and ultimately, what it means to be a “good wife.” Watch Trailer
Tuesday, 25th November 2025
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Theme: เค เคธ्เคคिเคค्เคต เคे เคฒिเค | QUEER STORIES
Theme: เค เคธ्เคคिเคค्เคต เคे เคฒिเค | QUEER STORIES
Films and Conversations
Choti Baatein
(19:16 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Srishti Sharma Prod. National Institute of Design
Rooted in personal memory and quiet reflection, this documentary follows a young woman returning home to engage in intimate conversations with her family. Through shared stories residing in family archives, she confronts the gendered expectations of her childhood, unspoken struggles with identity, and the quiet resilience passed down through generations. Watch Trailer
Boudinet's Curtain
(27 mins | Hindi, English with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)
Dir. & Prod. Mayank Agarwal
Roland Barthes in his seminal book 'La Chambre Claire' finds the essence of photography in its puncture of time. The photograph serves as an index of intractable reality, an authenticating evidence of time, a testimony of truth. In the project, ‘Queer Childhoods’, conversations and interviews with queer individuals about their childhood photographs makes clear that imbricated in the ‘record’ of childhood photographs are embedded silences and ghostly spectres of uncaptured subjectivities. Watch Trailer
Choti Baatein
(19:16 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Srishti Sharma Prod. National Institute of Design
Rooted in personal memory and quiet reflection, this documentary follows a young woman returning home to engage in intimate conversations with her family. Through shared stories residing in family archives, she confronts the gendered expectations of her childhood, unspoken struggles with identity, and the quiet resilience passed down through generations. Watch Trailer
Boudinet's Curtain
(27 mins | Hindi, English with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)
Dir. & Prod. Mayank Agarwal
Roland Barthes in his seminal book 'La Chambre Claire' finds the essence of photography in its puncture of time. The photograph serves as an index of intractable reality, an authenticating evidence of time, a testimony of truth. In the project, ‘Queer Childhoods’, conversations and interviews with queer individuals about their childhood photographs makes clear that imbricated in the ‘record’ of childhood photographs are embedded silences and ghostly spectres of uncaptured subjectivities. Watch Trailer
Amma's Pride
(21 mins | Tamil with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Shiva Krish Prod. Chithra Jeyaram, D’Lo, Shiva Krish
The film chronicles Valli’s unwavering support for her trans daughter, Srija, as she navigates the trials and tribulations of falling in love, getting married, and fighting for state recognition of her marriage in a traditional small town in Tamil Nadu. Watch Trailer
12.45 pm - 1.45 pm
Theme: Zameen se Aawaze | FIELD STORIES
Films and Conversations
One Seed at a Time
(15 mins | Marathi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Kavita Carneiro | Prod. SOPPECOM
A silent revolution is unfolding in the agriculturally distressed regions of Maharashtra,India. Through new farming practices based on agroecology, marginalised women farmers are challenging societies oppressive structures and bringing equity to their lives.
(21 mins | Tamil with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Shiva Krish Prod. Chithra Jeyaram, D’Lo, Shiva Krish
The film chronicles Valli’s unwavering support for her trans daughter, Srija, as she navigates the trials and tribulations of falling in love, getting married, and fighting for state recognition of her marriage in a traditional small town in Tamil Nadu. Watch Trailer
12.45 pm - 1.45 pm
Theme: Zameen se Aawaze | FIELD STORIES
Films and Conversations
One Seed at a Time
(15 mins | Marathi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Kavita Carneiro | Prod. SOPPECOM
A silent revolution is unfolding in the agriculturally distressed regions of Maharashtra,India. Through new farming practices based on agroecology, marginalised women farmers are challenging societies oppressive structures and bringing equity to their lives.
Shen-Mos of Kibber
(14 mins | Hindi & Spiti with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Sonam Dolma and Zainab Gani | Prod. Green Hub Western Himalayas, Royal Enfield Social Mission
Set in the remote village of Kibber in Spiti Valley, the film follows a group of local women who transform from herders struggling to protect their livestock into passionate guardians of the elusive snow leopard. Watch Trailer
1.45 pm - 2.45 pm: Lunch break
2.45 pm – 4:15 pm
Theme: เค เคธ्เคคिเคค्เคต เคे เคฒिเค | QUEER STORIES
Films and Conversations
(14 mins | Hindi & Spiti with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Sonam Dolma and Zainab Gani | Prod. Green Hub Western Himalayas, Royal Enfield Social Mission
Set in the remote village of Kibber in Spiti Valley, the film follows a group of local women who transform from herders struggling to protect their livestock into passionate guardians of the elusive snow leopard. Watch Trailer
1.45 pm - 2.45 pm: Lunch break
2.45 pm – 4:15 pm
Theme: เค เคธ्เคคिเคค्เคต เคे เคฒिเค | QUEER STORIES
Films and Conversations
The Witch of Vihar Lake
(16:39 mins | Marathi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Joey Kaushik | Prod. Lotus Visual Productions
Mitthu, a timid young boy and his teenage sister Ishita live in a village close to Vihar Lake, where stories of a terrifying witch prevail. The village locals don’t dare go close to the forest or the haunted lake. Mystery and magic surround the siblings as they grapple with their parents’ ignorance and anger. We follow a bewitched Ishita and Mitthu in their coming-of-age journey as the threat of the witch looms over their lives. Watch Trailer
(11 mins | Silent | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Abu Sohel Khondekar | Prod. Neeraj Churi, Sridhar Rangayan and Saagar Gupta
In the wake of her father's death, Mehroon is confronted with a will that holds her in a suffocating grip. Determined to break free from this oppressive force, Mehroon embarks on a journey of self-discovery and liberation; while navigating the expectations of society and family. Watch Trailer
(25:41 mins | Bengali with English subtitles | 2023 | India | Fiction)
Dir. & Prod. Tathagata Ghosh
An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible. Watch Trailer
Mitthu, a timid young boy and his teenage sister Ishita live in a village close to Vihar Lake, where stories of a terrifying witch prevail. The village locals don’t dare go close to the forest or the haunted lake. Mystery and magic surround the siblings as they grapple with their parents’ ignorance and anger. We follow a bewitched Ishita and Mitthu in their coming-of-age journey as the threat of the witch looms over their lives. Watch Trailer
(11 mins | Silent | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Abu Sohel Khondekar | Prod. Neeraj Churi, Sridhar Rangayan and Saagar Gupta
In the wake of her father's death, Mehroon is confronted with a will that holds her in a suffocating grip. Determined to break free from this oppressive force, Mehroon embarks on a journey of self-discovery and liberation; while navigating the expectations of society and family. Watch Trailer
(25:41 mins | Bengali with English subtitles | 2023 | India | Fiction)
Dir. & Prod. Tathagata Ghosh
An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible. Watch Trailer
4:15 pm -4:30 pm: Break
4:30 pm - 6.00 pm
Theme: เคเคฐाเคฆे เคฌुเคฒंเคฆ I CHALLENGING BIASES
Films and Conversations
Selfie Please
(23 mins | Hindi, English with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Anu Singh Chaudhary Prod. Dopamine Media and Entertainment Private Limited
A younger sister competes with her older sister - with Down Syndrome - for their mother’s time and affection, but an inadvertent mishap unravels the truths of her ‘perfectly normal’ family. Watch Trailer
Vishu Kani
(23:47 mins | English, Malayalam with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Smriti Ramakrishnan, Sameeha Sabnis | Prod. Syed Sultan Ahmed
On the vibrant morning of Vishu Kani, a father and his spirited seven-year-old son awaken to a quiet house, their carefully arranged rituals shadowed by a growling stomach. With the mother working an unexpected shift, the duo is left to fend for themselves in the kitchen—a terrain both unfamiliar and daunting. Watch Trailer
(29:42 mins | Hindi, Marathi, English with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. & Prod. Raj Bipin Malde
Blindness doesn’t define these women - Football does. The film captures the incredible journey of Women Blind Footballers in India, who play not with sight, but with instinct, sound, and trust. Watch Trailer
6:15 pm - 8.00 pm
Theme: เคคुเคฎ्เคนाเคฐा เคธाเคฅ เคฎिเคฒเคจे เคธे | WOMEN ARE POWER
(29:42 mins | Hindi, Marathi, English with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. & Prod. Raj Bipin Malde
Blindness doesn’t define these women - Football does. The film captures the incredible journey of Women Blind Footballers in India, who play not with sight, but with instinct, sound, and trust. Watch Trailer
6:15 pm - 8.00 pm
Theme: เคคुเคฎ्เคนाเคฐा เคธाเคฅ เคฎिเคฒเคจे เคธे | WOMEN ARE POWER
Films and Conversations
Daai Ghar ke Chinha (Traces of the Motherland)
(15:45 mins | Chhattisgarhi, Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Kalash Jain | Prod. National Institute of Design
The filmmaker revisits his childhood through the story of Kuwariya Yadav, an elderly woman who worked in his family home for nearly 30 years. Now living in her own house, Kuwariya’s world remains deeply rooted in the past. Despite the distance time has created, she continues to hold the same emotions of love, care, and tenderness for the filmmaker and his family. Watch Trailer
(24 mins | Hindi, Marathi, English with English subtitles | India | 2025 | Fiction)
Dir. Surya Balakrishnan Prod. Kedhhar Barrve
The film captures the delicate dynamics between Abhi, a young tenant, and Deepa, his housekeeper. It is a gentle reminder of the connections we can form, regardless of the boundaries we create ourselves. Watch Trailer
Thursday, 27 November 2025
11:00 am - 12.15 pm
Daai Ghar ke Chinha (Traces of the Motherland)
(15:45 mins | Chhattisgarhi, Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Kalash Jain | Prod. National Institute of Design
The filmmaker revisits his childhood through the story of Kuwariya Yadav, an elderly woman who worked in his family home for nearly 30 years. Now living in her own house, Kuwariya’s world remains deeply rooted in the past. Despite the distance time has created, she continues to hold the same emotions of love, care, and tenderness for the filmmaker and his family. Watch Trailer
(24 mins | Hindi, Marathi, English with English subtitles | India | 2025 | Fiction)
Dir. Surya Balakrishnan Prod. Kedhhar Barrve
The film captures the delicate dynamics between Abhi, a young tenant, and Deepa, his housekeeper. It is a gentle reminder of the connections we can form, regardless of the boundaries we create ourselves. Watch Trailer
Umbro | The Threshold
(34 mins | Gujarati, Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Prachee Bajania | Prod. Rough Edges
Umbro, the threshold of a home, is the liminal space that speaks to the lives of women, including the filmmaker's mother and her friends who live in the small town of Dhrangadhra in Gujarat. The film explores joyful friendships among women, often dismissed and unsung - carrying in them moments of shared stories, solidarities, conflicts and, most of all, routine acts of resistance. Watch Trailer11:00 am - 12.15 pm
Theme: เคเค़ाเคฆी | My Freedom
Films and Conversations
GIRRD | The Daily Bread
(22 mins | Kashmiri with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. & Prod. Anil Kumar Anand
In a Kashmir village, Mainmuna (30) and her husband Ziya (25)run a bakery, struggling to survive. Maimuna is thrust into chaos when ex-husband, Wazeer (40), presumed dead for three years, resurfaces, demanding considerable money or her return from the new husband. Watch Trailer
(30 mins | English | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Yuki Ellias Prod. Dur Se Brothers
In a sleepy mountain village in a dystopian India or thereabouts, the lively and enterprising Lovely runs a lingerie shop with its own quirks and enchantments for villagers and shop-owners alike. Yet, it is a charmed existence that is precariously perched at the edge of devastating change. Watch Trailer
12.15 pm – 1:15 pm
(22 mins | Kashmiri with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. & Prod. Anil Kumar Anand
In a Kashmir village, Mainmuna (30) and her husband Ziya (25)run a bakery, struggling to survive. Maimuna is thrust into chaos when ex-husband, Wazeer (40), presumed dead for three years, resurfaces, demanding considerable money or her return from the new husband. Watch Trailer
(30 mins | English | 2024 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Yuki Ellias Prod. Dur Se Brothers
In a sleepy mountain village in a dystopian India or thereabouts, the lively and enterprising Lovely runs a lingerie shop with its own quirks and enchantments for villagers and shop-owners alike. Yet, it is a charmed existence that is precariously perched at the edge of devastating change. Watch Trailer
12.15 pm – 1:15 pm
Theme: เคเคฐ, เคँเคเคจ เคเคฐ เคฏाเคฆें | MEMORIES OF BELONGING
Films and Conversations
Bombay, Otherwise
(14 mins | English, Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Damayanti Saha
Yashita has been homeless in Bombay for a while now. On one such endless night, she finds herself without a friend's place to crash, an estranged father who won't stop calling her, and the thought that maybe the city just doesn't want her.
(14 mins | English, Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Damayanti Saha
Yashita has been homeless in Bombay for a while now. On one such endless night, she finds herself without a friend's place to crash, an estranged father who won't stop calling her, and the thought that maybe the city just doesn't want her.
(29 mins | Hindi, Bhojpuri with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Aprajita | Prod. Rough Edges
When a woman leaves her natal home, what does she carry within and what gets left behind? For mum, is visiting her natal home a promise of rootedness or a reminder that belonging is a question still? Watch Trailer
1.15 pm – 2:15 pm: Lunch
2.15 pm – 3:45 pm
Theme: เคนเคฎ เคฎिเคฒเคเคฐ เคจाเคेंเคे เคाเคंเคे | WE RISE
2.15 pm – 3:45 pm
Theme: เคนเคฎ เคฎिเคฒเคเคฐ เคจाเคेंเคे เคाเคंเคे | WE RISE
Films and Conversations
(4:45 mins | English | 2024 | India | Animation)
Dir. Rebecca Rechana Paul | Prod. Suresh Eriyat, Nilima Eriyat
This film delicately unfolds the poignant story of a protagonist, a resilient cancer survivor emerging from the shadows of a mastectomy. It's a deeply moving portrayal of her journey, evolving from a life marked by a physical scar to one where she weaves her experiences into a breathtaking mosaic of treasured moments.
Bali
(25:45 mins | Marathi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Amoli Birewar | Prod. Rajiv Mehrotra and Aparna Sanyal
(25:45 mins | Marathi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Amoli Birewar | Prod. Rajiv Mehrotra and Aparna Sanyal
Inspired by movies, a young girl from the Banjara tribe in rural Maharashtra fights for her dream of becoming a kabaddi player to escape a forced marriage. During a district-level tournament, she slips into a Bollywood-tinted dream, momentarily becoming the hero she's always imagined. Watch Trailer
Where The Light Enters You
(37 mins | Gujarati, English, Hindi w. English subtitles | 2025 | India, USA | Documentary)
Dirs. Matt Alesevich & Hemal Trivedi | Prod. Matt Rachamkin, Matt Alesevich, Hemal Trivedi, Prerana Thakurdesai, Cynthia Kane
In the wake of personal loss, an unexpected sisterhood unites an ambitious New York healthcare worker with a spirited girl from a nomadic tribe in India. Watch Trailer
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Theme: เค เคธ्เคคिเคค्เคต เคे เคฒिเค | QUEER STORIES
Films and Conversations
A Body Not Mine
(14.40 mins | Nepali with English subtitles | 2025 | Nepal | Documentary)
Dir. Nisha Manandhar Prod. Sagun Manandhar
A Transman (Anu) and a Transwoman (Neelam) open up about their journeys, sharing their deeply personal experiences of identity, struggle, and resilience. An intimate glimpse into how they navigate a world that often misunderstands them, celebrating their courage and their voices. Watch Trailer
Where The Light Enters You
(37 mins | Gujarati, English, Hindi w. English subtitles | 2025 | India, USA | Documentary)
Dirs. Matt Alesevich & Hemal Trivedi | Prod. Matt Rachamkin, Matt Alesevich, Hemal Trivedi, Prerana Thakurdesai, Cynthia Kane
In the wake of personal loss, an unexpected sisterhood unites an ambitious New York healthcare worker with a spirited girl from a nomadic tribe in India. Watch Trailer
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Theme: เค เคธ्เคคिเคค्เคต เคे เคฒिเค | QUEER STORIES
Films and Conversations
A Body Not Mine
(14.40 mins | Nepali with English subtitles | 2025 | Nepal | Documentary)
Dir. Nisha Manandhar Prod. Sagun Manandhar
A Transman (Anu) and a Transwoman (Neelam) open up about their journeys, sharing their deeply personal experiences of identity, struggle, and resilience. An intimate glimpse into how they navigate a world that often misunderstands them, celebrating their courage and their voices. Watch Trailer
Porshi
(11 mins | Bengali, Hindi, English with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Niharika Popli | Prod. Human Capability Foundation
In the bustling lanes of Kolkata, Porshi (meaning ‘neighbour’ in Bengali), stands as a queer, trans-led community space that opens its doors to everyone, offering food, warmth and the comfort of a place free of judgement. Inside its vibrant ‘Qanteen’ and ‘Qitchen’, voices, stories and laughter intertwine and strangers become friends.
Go On, Rituparna
(31 mins | English, Hindi, Assamese w. English subtitles | 2024 | India, USA | Documentary)
Dir. & Prod. Aashish Kumar
“Xun” to her loving Mother, and “Piku” or “Ritu” to friends, Rituparna Neog has blazed a trail for queer and trans rights, gender justice, and access to free libraries in her native Assam and other parts of India. This film is a tribute to the power of activism, familial love, and community-building. Watch Trailer
(11 mins | Bengali, Hindi, English with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Niharika Popli | Prod. Human Capability Foundation
In the bustling lanes of Kolkata, Porshi (meaning ‘neighbour’ in Bengali), stands as a queer, trans-led community space that opens its doors to everyone, offering food, warmth and the comfort of a place free of judgement. Inside its vibrant ‘Qanteen’ and ‘Qitchen’, voices, stories and laughter intertwine and strangers become friends.
Go On, Rituparna
(31 mins | English, Hindi, Assamese w. English subtitles | 2024 | India, USA | Documentary)
Dir. & Prod. Aashish Kumar
“Xun” to her loving Mother, and “Piku” or “Ritu” to friends, Rituparna Neog has blazed a trail for queer and trans rights, gender justice, and access to free libraries in her native Assam and other parts of India. This film is a tribute to the power of activism, familial love, and community-building. Watch Trailer
- Senior citizen and wheelchair assistive
- Parking available
- Metro connectivity: Nearest Metro stations: Jor Bagh, Khan Market, JLN stadium
- Eating places available
The festival continues into its second segment from 26-30 November 2025, every evening from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Check the schedule and register here for the same.
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