International Shorts-1 - English/Punjabi/Urdu - Canada/UK/India/USA/Australia
Event Location
Description
Admission only to 2 Day VIP Pass Holder & Event Ticket Holders
List of short movies that will be played:
Movie Name:
Cash Cows
Film By:
Shubham Chhabra
Film Type:
Short
Country:
Canada
Run Time:
10M 23S
Brief:
In this Comedy-Drama, Rohit, after losing his job and a secure pathway to permanent residency finds himself lured into working as a security guard for a predatory employer. Things take a turn when a persistent vandal targets the car dealership where he works. With each act of destruction, Rohit’s future hangs in the balance. Ultimately, Rohit is faced with a life-and-death situation that will redefine his identity and test his resilience.
Movie Name:
Khichdi
Film By:
Sara David
Film Type:
Documentary
Country:
UK
Run Time:
15M 54S
Brief:
Khichdi traces the interwoven histories of four First-Generation Indian women who live in Britain and have been working for the NHS since the early 2000s. Set around a dinner table, the film foregrounds the stories of the director’s mother and aunties who reunite over a shared meal to reminisce upon their decades-long friendship and careers. Through intimate hand-held shots, this film reveals their close bonds, forged from a love of nursing and caregiving at the Frances Newton Mission Hospital in Ferozepur, Punjab, where the women trained in the 1980s, and their shared experiences of nursing from training together in India to settling in Britain. Insertions of animations, paintings, khichdi making and family-archive footage thread together in this experimental documentary as the women reflect upon sisterhood, service and migration through their deep ties to the NHS and its impression upon their lives.
Movie Name:
Repudiation
Film By:
Nader Mohandesi
Film Type:
Short
Country:
India
Run Time:
23M 47S
Brief:
It seems that most of us human beings are entangled in the many events surrounding us. At the same time, we have been facing countless happenings and have been bombarded by an overwhelming amount of information. By encountering these many events, we go through numerous emotional experiences. At some point in time, amid all the chaos, incidents, joy and sorrow, many of us come to a realisation.
Movie Name:
How Do You Fall Out of Love with Country Music?
Film By:
Shyamala Moorty
Film Type:
Short
Country:
USA
Run Time:
12M 51S
Brief:
She just wants to sing country and western on stage, but it’s not easy for a South Asian-American in the deep south where every audience is a hostile one. “How Do You Fall Out of Love with County Music” is a humorous and moving short film about cultural alienation and the possibilities for human connection through music. Set on stage in a honky-tonk bar, Amy Singh courageously bares her soul to the audience and reveals deep truths about racism and belonging in our country today.
Movie Name:
Once Upon a Time in Lahore
Film By:
Jagat Joon
Film Type:
Short
Country:
USA
Run Time:
23M 47S
Brief:
During partition of India, Pakistan, Rahim goes to meet his childhood friend Ram whose life has been turned upside down in a matter of hours. Shahid, his son, tags along as security to his father. Rahim wants to help Ram move to India safely. What happens next will shame the humanity.
Movie Name:
She; who lives
Film By:
Ayesha Farooq
Film Type:
Documentary
Country:
Australia
Run Time:
9M 58S
Brief:
‘SHE; who lives’ is a short participatory documentary exploring the hopes and fears of migrant mothers. Set in a day, the filmmaker is out on a journey on the local train to encounter other migrant mothers like herself. As they interacted, the memories of their formative moments began to unwind. The interactions grew into meaningful conversations sharing the layers of excitement, fear, courage, and the sense of responsibility that are attached to motherhood and migration. Struggling with the inner conflict of migration, the question is whether she, the filmmaker, ever feels proud of herself.