India
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VIKALP: an Alternative to Censorship
A group of Indian filmmakers created an alternative festival to the MIFF in twenty days on a shoestring budget. The festival evolved from a protest action into a huge success and a celebration of diversity and committed filmmaking.
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KERALA FILM FEST 2003: Rebirth of an Indian Festival
So far, India has had only one major festival of docs and shorts – the Mumbai International Film Festival, which started as a biannual event in 1990. Starting this spring, however, the southern State of Kerala inaugurated an annual event featuring docs and shorts: the Second International Video Festival, which was held in the capital…
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Journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism
The film covers the Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons tests in 1998, as well as the nationalist rhetoric that accompanied these tests. It also explores the ill-effects of the Indian test on the surrounding population and the reactions to the test among the government and the public.
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Transformation of the Welfare State into an ally of the Corporation
"Aftershocks – The Rough Guide to Democracy" is the story of two Indian villages versus a powerful mining corporation. It’s a film worth talking about, not because of its great imagery or original creative approach, but because the issues it raises should reach our Western eyes and ears.
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A claustrophobic world
The camera gets exceedingly close to the women in this film. They are prostitutes whose lives are almost devoid of hope. Some are young, some are old and some are even children.