27th Social Justice Film Festival, Bengaluru

27th Social Justice Film Festival, Bengaluru 

St Joseph's University, Bengaluru

Curated by Amudhan RP

Organised by Department of English, St Joseph's University, Bengaluru

9.30 am to 4.30 pm 

9.30 am : Inauguration 

10 am to 12.30 pm 

Messi, Maradona & Tremenheere

Dir: Logesh S; 20:33 min; Documentary; India

Synopsis: In Vadakarai village of Tamil Nadu, Tremenheere Sports Academy, a budding football academy strives to set a stage for school going children to break the endless cycle of bonded agricultural labour.

Only if the Baby Cries...

Dir: Shadab Farooq; 14:58 min; Documentary; India

Synopsis: In the world's only deaf-mute village where silence reigns, tension mounts as Misra Khatoon approaches childbirth. The villagers surround her home and beat drums seeking a response from the newborn.

Lyari Notes

Dir : Miriam Chandy Menacherry, Maheen Zia; 70 min; India / Pakistan

In Pakistan a rock star teaches a group of girls to express themselves through music in Karachi’s most volatile district. Hamza Jafri travels in an armed vehicle. He is a musician famous for his hard hitting political lyrics since the 1990s. Since then religious fundamentalism has been on the rise with shops selling music torched, concerts bombed and musicians threatened with death. Seeing the shrinking space for music and artists Hamza opens a music school. Captured over 3 years Lyari Notes is the narrative of four young girls who attend Hamza’s music school and learn what it takes to express oneself despite the cycles of violence.

12.30 pm Lunch break

1.30 pm to 4.30 pm 

Dreams Awaken (Jaagte Khwaab)

Dir: Aprajita Gupta; 18:54 min; Documentary; India

Synopsis: If dreams had eyes of their own, would they see reality for what it is? A queer desire transcends from a night's dream to the day's reality when the filmmaker starts filming her everyday. The camera becomes the 'I' and travels through spaces to seek an understanding of its puzzled sense of being. The film is a jumbled self-expression.

Her Name was Sita

Dir: Heshani H Sothiraj Eddleston; 24:00 min; Documentary; United Kingdom

Synopsis: Her Name Was Sita is a short documentary exploring the concept of a virtuous woman and how shame and honour can lead to self-harm and suicide in Nepal.

Ore Vaathiyam

Dir: Karthika P; 5:51 min; Animation films; India

Synopsis: A documentary which unveils the challenges faced by mridangam makers across generations, portraying a quiet evolution towards positive change within their craft's cultural legacy.”

Swachh Rashtra

Dir: Logesh S; 9:21 min; Short fiction; India

Synopsis: A content creation team's attempt to make a propaganda video for their clients clean nation campaign is jeopardized by the truth behind the flawed campaign.

The Taste of Honey
Dir: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan, Fabeha Monir; 15:00 min; Documentary; Bangladesh
Synopsis: A resilient tiger widow from the world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans (Bangladesh), Shorbanu Khatun, grapples with the relentless impacts of climate change, struggling to provide for her children while preserving the endangered traditions of honey and Gol leaf collecting amidst a world of increasing storms, salinity, and societal ostracism.

Longing

Dir : Bani Singh; 75 min; India 

Against the backdrop of Partition, newly independent India’s first hockey team defeats England, their erstwhile coloniser, to win the Gold at the 1948 London Olympics. Six decades later, when Nandy Singh, a member of this iconic team suffers a stroke at the age of 84, his tenacious will to recover inspires his daughter to go on a journey to discover the champion he was before she was born.

Amudhan RP

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