Film Southasia is delighted to announce the list of films selected for screening at FSA’22, the Festival’s Silver Jubilee Year! The 13th edition of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries will open on 21 April and close late on 24 April, with the award ceremony.
Of the more than 3000 films submitted our selection committee had a tough task trying to determine what to pick. Valuing the craft and significance of the story alike, they also kept an eye on including all areas of this vast region. Please do not be disappointed if your film has not found a place on the list, for the quality of films submitted was very high and the competition really tough!
FSA’22 will screen 56 films in this 25th year of our existence. Another 8 films will be screened in the “Student Films” category to showcase the work of the next generation of filmmakers. More information on the festival will be available in the coming weeks on our website and our social media channels.
Main Selection
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Directors: Anoshka Matthews , Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Mohit Bhalla, Wenceslaus Mendes
Producers: Rajiv Mehrotra, Public Service Broadcast Trust
A Bid for Bengal
Directors: Dwaipayan Banerjee, Kasturi Basu
Producers: Kasturi Basu, Dwaipayan Basu
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Director: Geetika Narang Abbasi
Producer: Geetika Narang Abbasi
Amid the Villus
Director: Sivamohan Sumathy
Producer: Sivamohan Sumathy
Bangla Surf Girls
Director: Elizabeth D Costa
Producer: Lalita Krishna
Behind the Book
Director: Ram Krishna Shaha
Producer: Ram Krishna Shaha
Bela
Director: Prantik Basu
Producer: Prantik Basu
Beyond Blast
Director: Ratan Saikhom
Producer: Sushila Leima Konjengbam
Blues of Pink
Director: Grishma Giri
Producers: Pragya Neupane, Sandesh Lopchan Tamang
Borderlands
Director: Samarth Mahajan
Producers: Sunil Doshi, Ashay Gangwar, Devaiah Bopanna, Samarth Mahajan
City Girls
Director: Priya Thuvassery
Producers: Chambal Media, Nirantar, Third Eye
Co-Husband
Director: Ganesh Panday
Producer: Sharada Gaire
Come over for a drink, kanchhi
Director: Sikuma Rai
Producer: Sikuma Rai
Critical Juncture
Director: Alessia Barbiero
Producers: Batoul Karbijha, Navikran Brar
Emergence: Out of the Shadows
Director: Vinay Giridhar
Producer: Alex Sangha
Family going live
Director: Akshay Ingle
Producers: Akshay Pradip Ingle, Pooja Ingle
Fire and Flowers
Directors: Benny Aynick, Abhijith Suresh
Producers: Benny Aynick, Abhijith Suresh
Gay India Matrimony
Director: Debalina
Producer: Films Division of India
Ghar Ka Pata (Home Address)
Director: Madhulika Jalali
Producers: Madhulika Jalali, Amit Singh, Navneet Kakkar
God’s Buffalo
Director: Bishnu Kalpit
Producers: Film Crew Nepal
Gurkha Girl
Director: Bishal Roka Magar
Producer: Bishal Roka Magar
Highways of Life
Director: Amar Maibam
Producer: Films Division, Mumbai
His Experiments with Science
Director: Aditya Seth
Producer: Devendra Chopra
Human costs of the Baglihar dam
Director: Raqib Hameed Naik
Producer: Raqib Hameed Naik
Iqraar-naama (The Agreement)
Director: Priyanka Chhabra
Longing
Director: Bani Singh
Producers: Bani Singh, Yugesh Walia
Moon on the man
Director: Prince Shah
Producer: Anshul Pandey, Prince Shah
My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan
Directors: Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi
Natari
Directors: Haroon Riaz, Jawad Sharif
Producers: Jawad Sharif, Syeda Kashmala
Nokkuvidya- The story of a lone string puppeteer
Director: Reshmi Radhakrishnan
Producer: Carbon Frames
Portrait of a Willow Woman
Director: Supriya Prasad
Producers: Aditya Kripalani, Sweta Chhabria Kripalani
Ruins and Remain
Director: Mrinalini Tewari
Producer: Echoical Creations
Sab Rab De Bande (We’re all God’s Creation)
Director: Sukhdeep Singh
Producer: Sukhdeep Singh
Seasons of Life: Foraging and Fermenting Bambooshoot during Ceasefire
Director: Dolly Kikon
Producer: Dolly Kikon
Shut Up Sona
Director: Deepti Gupta
Producer: Sona Mohapatra
Songs of the Water Spirits
Director: Nicolö Bongiorno
Producer: Nicolö Bongiorno
Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife
Director: Kannan Arunasalam
Producer: Kannan Arunasalam
Stories from the Second Floor
Director: J J Abraham
Producer: J J Abraham
Strike with the beat
Director: Sai Kyaw Khaing
Producer: Sai Kyaw Khaing
The Big Headed Boy, Shamans & Samurais
Directors: Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung
Producers: Rani Massalha, Marie Legrand, Prawin Karki
The Bishwa Ijtema
Director: Nuray Kayacan
Producer: Nuray Kayacan
The Brokpa Trail
Director: Shyamal Nath
Producer: Kite Manja
The Casteless Collective – Prologue
Director: Monesh
Producer: Pa.Ranjith
The Ice Cream Sellers
Director: Sohel Rahman
Producer: Sohel Rahman
The Iron Digger
Director: Anil Budha Magar
Producer: Jelbang Sewa Samaj
The secret life
Director: Sohel Rahman
Producer: Sohel Rahman
The Show Must Go On
Director: Sohel Rahman
Producer: Sohel Rahman
The Social Distance
Director: Aditya Kapoor
Producer: Tanvi Mishra
The Story of Lumshnong
Director: Aarti Shrivastava
Producer: Aarti Shrivastava
This Stained Dawn
Director: Anam Abbas
Producer: Anam Abbas
Those Days
Director: Madhurima Roy
Producers: Onir, Irene Dhar Malik, Abhishek Dhar
Two Three One
Director: Ramith C
Urmi
Director: Pranaya Limbu
Producer: Pranaya Limbu
Windows of Time
Director: Mrinmoy Nandi
Producer: Kaahon Kommunications
Ye Lo Bayan Humaare, And We Were There
Director: Uma Chakravarti
Co-Director: Priyanka Chhabra
Producer: Pension Pictures
Student Selection
Come what may
Director: Neelansh Mittra
Producer: Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication, New Delhi
For the Love of Cow
Director: Maitreya Sanghvi
Gaine
Director: Pradeep Dhakal
Producer: Pradeep Dhakal
Rabari: The People of the Leopard
Director: Ashwin Gokhale
Producer: Vani Kaul
Rijak Roti
Director: Krishna Raj Soni
Producer: The National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, IndiaPradeep Dhakal
Ruuposh
Directors: Mohd Fehmeed, Zeeshan Amir Khan
The Heartbroken Lover
Director: Ridhima Sharma
Producer: Debashish Kumar
When I Was Small
Director: Shuchi Prasad
Producer: Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication, New Delhi
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