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Film southasia 2024
Submissions Open January 2024
Kathmandu | 3 locations | 7 days
Two years ago, after the culmination of Film Southasia 2019, Southasia Trust brought together filmmakers, researchers, activists, graphic novelists, cartoonists and artists to evolve new thinking around the visual representation of gender-based violence in cinema, the media and popular culture. Following the four-day workshop 6 young filmmakers embarked on a journey to make six documentary films challenging the visual representation of women and sexual violence in Southasian media.
These six films were screened for the first time at Film Southasia 2022 to great success. Read more about the Film Southasia's six filmmaking fellows and their work below!
Prasuna tries to come to terms with the differences she has with her mother and seeks a way to define her own life.
Year: 2022
Length: 73 min
Country: Nepal
Language: Nepali/Manipuri/Newari
Director: Prasuna Dongol
Two friends, one Deaf and one hearing, and their unique relationship to the Indian Sign Language.
Year: 2022
Length: 69 min
Country: India
Language: Indian Sign Language/English
Director: Niharika Popli
A reflective journey to understand and decode gender binaries
Year: 2022
Length: 50 min
Country: Bangladesh
Language: Bangla
Director: Rawyan Shayema
Ashifa in Kattankdy, navigates the complex social forces shaping her and other women’s stories in this docu-fiction film.
Year: 2022
Length: 70 min
Country: Sri Lanka
Language: Tamil
Director: A.M. Ashfaque
This film from its multitude of voices attempts to ex- amine the society around the bold yet invisible exis- tence of Dalit women in Nepal
Year: 2021
Length: 54 min
Country: Nepal
Language: Nepali/Maithili/Bhojpuri/English
Director: Barkha Mukhiya
Pushpa Rawat plays Sita in the local Ramilla, opening up public spaces for women in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Year: 2022
Length: 52 min
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Director: Pushpa Rawat