Blood on my Hands by Surabhi Saral
2008 | Documentary | English | 29 mins A look at menstrual taboos and regulations in India, rendering women untouchable.
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There is Something in the Air by Iram Ghufran
2011 | Documentary | English, Urdu | 29 mins Dreams and accounts of spiritual possession, as experienced by women ‘petitioners’ at a Sufi shrine in North India.
Many Faces of Madness by Amar Kanwar
2001 | Documentary | English | 20 mins. The Many Faces of Madness is a short film that emerges from the reality of destruction and the appropriation of the commons in India. The film with its images of contemporary ecological Read more
If You Pause – In A Museum of Craft by Sameera Jain
2004 | Documentary | English | 30 mins If You Pause – In A Museum of Craft by Sameera Jain Reflections of the urban middle class on the experiences of being in a museum and the stories of those behind Read more
Stains by Rohan Bhatia
2023 | Animation | English, Urdu | 7 mins This story is about Sarla Bhatia, filmmaker’s grandmother who came from Peshawar, Pakistan (North-West Frontier Province). It follows her events coming to India. The movie depicts the psychological impact faced when Read more
Women in Conflict by Radhika Kaul Batra
2002 | Documentary | English, Urdu | 28 mins This film is about the impact of violence on women in Kashmir and their potential for leadership in conflict resolution.
Documenting Reality by Ranu Sharma
2006 | Documentary | English | 28 mins The Film explores the constructed nature of reality itself and attempts to articulate the processes that go in establishing the cinematographer's point of view and how the camera’s reality translates into the Read more
Two Lives by Samina Mishra
2009 | Documentary | English, Hindi | 30 mins. The film is about how women enact motherhood in contemporary times, as the new and old worlds interact.
Jagriti Express by Samina Mishra
2013 | Documentary | English | 26 mins 15 days. 8000 km. 450 young people. 1 train. Exploring India’s diversity.
The House on Gulmohar Avenue by Samina Mishra
2005 | Documentary | English, Urdu | 30 mins A film about belonging, the idea of home, identity and prejudice, through the filmmaker's personal journey to understand what it means to be a Muslim in India.