6th Beyond Borders...a film festival by Kriti Film Club | 26-30 November 2025 | India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

6th Beyond Borders festival | 26-30 November 2025 | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm 

@Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

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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 @IHC is preceded by the first segment at Alliance Francaise.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE @IHC

26 November 2025 (Wednesday) | 7:00 pm onwards

Theme: GROWING UP STORIES
Films and Conversations

What’s the Film About?
(17 mins | English | 2024 | India | Documentary)
Dir. Poorva Bhat
The filmmaker attempts to discuss the concepts of safe and unsafe touch with her two children during a camping trip, exploring themes of consent and the portrayal of everyday actions in film. Watch Trailer

Lollipop 
(7 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary) 
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.

KYC* 
(19 mins | Malayalam with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)
Dir. Aravindan S S. Prod. Dr. Surya M. Vijayan & Aiswarya Sudha
By day, Ganesh Rajasekharan navigates his workplace with patronising authority, dismissing female colleagues and clients while championing traditional masculinity. At home, he maintains a detached dynamic with his wife, whose quiet resilience hints at an unspoken strength. By night Ganesh posts misogynistic vitriol on social media, targeting progressive women with hate. Watch Trailer

Occha
(25 mins | Malayalam, Hindi, with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)

Dir. Sreelakshmi M. Prod. Kaiyum Kaddum Studio
The film explores the complex relationship of a melancholic 17 year-old Varun and his mother Sujatha. Upon getting into a fight with his classmates, Varun spirals into an abyss of confusion, questioning his masculinity and maturity. Watch Trailer

In Her Own Time
(16 mins | English, Hindi with subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)

Dir. Akshita Talwar
Every woman’s journey is shaped by her own unique set of experiences, yet there are some shared realities that connect them all together, some uplifting and others painful. Through conversations with several women, the filmmaker shares the realisation that “they” have so much love to offer but also a simmering rage inside of them. Watch Trailer

27th November 2025 (Thursday) | 7:00 pm onwards | Theme: FAMILIAL STORIES

Films and Conversations

Notes for the Self
(11 mins | Tamil with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)

Dir. Jahnavi Pradeep Prod. OSDA, Auroville Film Institute & University of Ladakh
When her mother comes to India to visit the filmmaker in Auroville, a place once frequented by the family, their week-long stay together is shaped by a simultaneous distance, longing, and unspoken resonance. Watch Trailer

Anaar Daana | Sour Candy
(20 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)

Dir. & Prod. Nishi Dugar

Guddal, a free-spirited 5-year-old, lives in her ancestral home with her younger brother Laddoo, and older sister Chinu. A nanny (Aaya Didi) cares for them in the absence of their parents. The news of her ailing grandmother and the influx of relatives in her otherwise idyllic house leave her bewildered. Watch Trailer

Choti Baatein
(20 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

Tolerance
(2 mins | English | 2022 | India | PSA)

Dir. Shraddha Prasanth Prod. National Institute of Design

A public service announcement on tolerance.

Nothing Grows Under The Pine Trees
(32 mins | Garhwali with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)

Dir. Sachin Rana Prod. Saroj Rana, Yashasvi Juyal, Balbir Rana

Marriage begins to spoil the fates of two sisters as their family begins to arrange for one. From the hills of Uttarakhand comes this story of two sisters’ destiny tied to their society, a sliver of the ensuing saga of a people torn by prejudice disguised as tradition. 

Watch Trailer

28th November 2025 (Friday) | 7:00 pm onwards | Theme: DREAMS AND DESIRES

Gagan Gaman
(30 mins | Hindi, Rajasthani with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Fiction)

Dir. Suruchi Sharma Prod. Suruchi Sharma, Kanika Patawari, Beatrice Thiriet, Jane Himmeth Singh

Set against a surreal landscape, this is a tale of a woman’s quest – in a world infused with myth and mystery, where each move opens up a new world. Watch Trailer

Victoria
(85 mins | Malayalam with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Fiction)

Dir. Sivaranjini Prod. KSFDC

Victoria, a young beautician in a suburban beauty parlour, decides to elope with her Hindu boyfriend after a fierce clash with her conservative Catholic parents. Amidst the turmoil, a neighbour asks her to temporarily house an offering rooster destined for a festival at St. George church inside the parlour. Watch Trailer

29th November 2025 (Saturday) | 7:00 pm onwards 

Theme: From Defying to Redefining Identities

Hijabi Hacker
(9 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)

Dir. Iqra Shaikh Prod. Nazaria Arts Collective

A young muslim woman in a Basti saves the community from a redevelopment scam with her hacking skills.

RU BA RU (Face To Face) 

(30 mins | Hindi, Marwari with English subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary) 

Dir. Kapil Tanwar | Prod. Anvita Gupta | Co-Prod.: Anita Gurnani | EP: Priyanka Chopra

Two sisters—one a Rudaali (professional mourner), the other a Nachaniya (dancer)—struggle to preserve survival, dignity, and womanhood in rural Rajasthan. Battling casteism, societal judgement, and unwanted male attention, they discover strength in sisterhood and rebellion that needs no words. Watch Trailer

Even The Fire Knows
(18 mins | Bengali, Hindi with English subtitles | 2025 | India | Documentary)

Dir. & Prod. Dipanjali Khakhlary

One of India’s few female cremators, in a male dominated profession, Tumpa Das challenges deep-rooted societal norms and restrictions with her bold spirit. She balanced grief and grit after losing her father. This documentary captures the resilience of fire’s daughter. Watch Trailer

Saath Paar Zindagi | Life Beyond 60
(65 mins | Multiple Languages with English subtitles | 2025 |  India | Documentary)

Dir. Haider Khan | Prod. Rishina Kandhari

The film is a powerful cinematic tribute to five remarkable Padma Shri Awardee 60+ elderly women (each from different walks of life), who have defied odds, shattered barriers, and redefined traditions in their unique ways. Watch Trailer

30th November 2025 (Sunday) | 7:00 pm onwards | Theme: FREEDOM MATTERS

The First Film
(25 mins | Hindi with English subtitles | 2023 |  India | Documentary)

Dir. & Prod. Piyush Thakur 

In a small town of 1960’s India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film. Watch Trailer

Game Flip
(18 mins | English, Hindi with subtitles | 2024 | India | Documentary)  
Dirs. Ahammed Shemeel, Bhuvana Sri V, Riya Singh, Rohith J, Ruguosanuo Angeline Kez 

Prod. TISS-SMCS and CREA

The film follows Wild Wild Women, India’s first all-woman hip hop collective, as they take the stage for a concert at a club in Mumbai. At the intersection between art and activism, they express their goal of creating a space for women within the male-dominated hip hop scene, changing the story and flipping the game. Watch Trailer

Bandra Christmas
(40 mins | Hindi, English with subtitles | 2025 |  India | Fiction)

Dir. Alankrita Shrivastava | Prod. Ronnie Screwvala, Ashi Dua
A story of two young ingenious working-class girls from Bombay, who are out for a night of fun on Christmas Eve. As they use morally ambiguous means to claw their way into a fancy party, and an after-party at a hotel, we see a critique of the class divide and the joy of sisterhood within the working class.

Venue facilities

• Senior citizen and wheelchair assistive
• Parking available
• Metro connectivity: Nearest Metro stations: Jor Bagh, Khan Market, JLN stadium
• Eating places available 

Check out details of the first segment of the festival on 24, 25 and 27 November 2025 at Alliance Francaise de Delhi here and get your donor passes by clicking this link! 

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