Saturday,
January 19 (Opening Night)
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 Ragi:
Kana: Ko Bonga Buru (Buddha Weeps in Jadugoda) - The state
needs to mine uranium, with tragic consequences for the population
of Bihar. Winner, Third Best Film.
more ... 
START - 2:30pm
Shriprakash. 1999. 76 min. Bihar/India
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 Skin
Deep - The search for femininity and how it permeates
the self-image of contemporary Indian women. more
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START - 4:00om
Reena Mohan.
1998. 83 min. India.
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 Muktir
Kotha (Words of Freedom) - Bangladeshi villagers recall
the 1971 war of liberation. more
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START - 5:40pm
Tareque and Catherine Masud.
1999. 80 min. Bangladesh.
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| Sunday,
January 21 |
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 No
One Believes the Professor - A surreal voyage with Orpheus
Augustus Marcks, aka Professor Sahib: a Lahori poet, actor,
philosopher, athlete. Joint Winner, Best Film.
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START - 1:00pm
Farjad Nabi.
1999. 25 min. Punjab/Pakistan.
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 Thin
Air - Three Bombay magicians desparately try to make their
imprint on the world. Joint Winner, Best Film.
more ...
START - 1:30pm
Ashim Alhuwalia.
1998. 42 min. Maharastra/India.
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 The
Forgotten Army - Veterans of Subash Chandra Bose's Indian
National Army retrace their historic march. With recovered footage
from 1942-45. more ...
Winner, Grand Jury Prize.
START - 2:30 noon
Kabir Khan. 1997. 105 min. India. |
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 Don't
Pass Me By - "Macho" locals and the tourists who love
them at the Nepali resort town of Pokhara.
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START - 4:30pm
Sarah Kapoor, Christina Lamey and Kristi Vuorinen. 1999. 40
min. Nepal.
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 Duhshomoy
(A Mother's Lament) - A 16-year-old garment factory worker
is picked up by the Dhaka police, allegedly gang raped and dies
in custody.
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START - 5:15pm
Yasmine Kabir.
1999. 26 min. Bangladesh. |
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 Voices
of Dissent: A Dance of Passion - A female classical dancer,
a male Kathak dancer, a film actress and a mullah reflect
on dancing in Pakistan.
more ...
START - 6:00pm
NoorKhan Bawa.
1999. 22 min. Pakistan.
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Pure Chutney
- An excursion into the South Asian diaspora in Trinidad.
Joint Winner, Second Best Film. more
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START - 6:25pm
Sanjeev Chatterjee.
1998. 42 min. Trinidad and Tobago.
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| Sunday,
January 28 |
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 Jibon
(Life) - In Guwahati, a mother struggles with her 12-year-old
son's incurable illness. more
START - 1:00pm
Altaf Mazid.
1998. 56 min. Assam/India.
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 A
Letter to Samten - Understanding the life left behind
by Bhutanese refugees in India. more
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START - 2:00pm
Alex Gabbay.
1999. 25 min. Darjeeling District/India.
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Fishers
of Men - Adivasis of Chottanagpur have been converting
to Christianity for 100 years. Hindu activists try to
bring them "back."
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START
- 2:40 noon
Ranjan Kamath and Padmavathi Rao.
1997. 117 min. Madhya Pradesh/India.
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 Listening
to Shadows - An exploration of the worlds of the sighted
and the blind, through a dialogue between the filmmaker and
his visually impaired friend. more
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START - 4:50pm
Koushik Sarkar.
1998. 26min. Gujarat.
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Three Women and a Camera - Three photographers examine
their work as photographers, as women and products of their
times. Joint Winner, Second Best Film.
more ...
START - 5:20pm
Sabeena Gadihoke.
1998. 56 min. India.
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