Author: Surbhi Dewan

A printing block that wants to leave her imprint everywhere ends up as an objet d’art, waiting on a shelf, unable to meet her destiny. This week we look at an experimental short film about a chunk of wood. This Read more

The film lets the viewer experience the living conditions of places hidden away in a 21st century metropolis ‘Vertical Limit’ tells the story of stark inequality and injustice – concepts that are not unique in or to our country. Yet, Read more

Four young people unknowingly walk toward a moment that brings out their most basic instincts Stories connect us. They take us beyond our own limited worlds. They show us ways other than our own, ways of being and of seeing. Read more

A short documentary film on Binode Behari Mukherjee, a blind artist and a teacher from Visva-Bharati University, a university founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan This week we complete a year of viewing and appreciating films weekly in this tiny Read more

Twenty twenty-one has been a long and exhausting year for many of us. So this week, let us enjoy a visual treat that will give our logical-left brains some much-needed rest. At 1 min 40 seconds, PES’s ‘Fresh Guacamole’ is Read more

Here is a personal animated documentary that evokes mixed feelings, much like this time of the year. Director Alex Widdowson describes the film and the motivation behind it: “My brother, Jamie, has a profound learning disability. Despite being close to Read more

Every year, thousands of quilt-makers descend upon Paducah, Kentucky for its annual quilt competition, doubling the town’s population. “The Academy Awards of quilting” is a weeklong spectacle in which quilters from all over the world vie for the coveted Best Read more

A teacher travels across Japan to encourage adults to cry more. ‘Tears Teacher’ is a conventional documentary film about an unusual topic. Hidefumi Yoshida, a tears therapist, teaches adults that crying in an essential ingredient for a healthy life. There Read more

This film delves into the chaotic life of a new mother, who thought that maternity leave would become a sort of easy sabbatical. Filmmaker Henriette Rietz starts her film on a triumphant note. Just having given birth, she feels invincible, Read more

An emergency-services operator tries to help a woman and her child when a house fire threatens their lives. The film begins in a hub of activity where emergency-services operators are responding to a variety of crisis calls. We soon meet Read more