Screen/Society--NC International South Asian Film Festival [NCISAFF] - 11am-9:30pm

Saturday, January 28, 2017 - 6:00am to 4:30pm
Screen/Society--NC International South Asian Film Festival [NCISAFF] - 11am-9:30pm

FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING SESSIONS:
[ More info: http://www.ncisaff.org ]

Morning Block:

11:00 AM – 11:13 AM:

Radha (13 min) An adaptation of a famous Indian story - that of the Hindu god Krishna and his first love, Radha, told from the girl’s point of view.

11:15 AM – 12:01 PM:

Little India Big Business (46 min)

The film explores the growth of big, fat Indian weddings in Canada over the last decade, revealing the pressures of planning a South Asian wedding.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbom0qhLJ5s

12:05 PM – 12:15 PM:
Q&A

Afternoon Block:

1:00 PM – 2:25 PM:
Unveiled: The Kohistan Video Scandal
(85 min)

Unveiled is a kind of digital trial, bringing together evidence for a case which unveils a deepening conflict between constitutional and tribal justice in Pakistan.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/165515908

2:30 PM – 3:40 PM:

Kalichaat (70 min)

The story revolves around Sitaram, a farmer like many other in central India, who is trying hard to meet ends and provide for his family the basics of life despite the struggles with the repeatedly failing monsoon.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKihyWWb10A

3:40 PM – 3:50 PM:
Q&A

Early Evening Block:

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM:

Mumbai Varanasi Express (30 min)

The founder of a 15 hundred crore empire, decided to walk away into oblivion, and live instead of existing. This is a story of an unending journey beyond the realms of life and death.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ3AkRCrFnM

4:35 PM – 6:25 PM:

Yadvi – The Dignified Princess (110 min)

The pure personification of integrity, Yadvi, will take you on her journey through the India of Kings and Queens, of Princes and polygyny.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=59S5Z_uNuQ0

6:25 PM – 6:40 PM:
Q&A

Evening Block:

7:10 PM – 8:43 PM:

Mango Dream (93 min)

A Hindu doctor with dementia and a Muslim auto rickshaw driver form an unlikely friendship as they cross India in search of the doctor's childhood home.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b1Kp493E-w

8:45 PM – 9:15 PM:

In Between (30 min)

A documentary project collecting personal stories of Bangladeshi immigrants living in Madrid.

9:15 PM – 9:30 PM:
Q&A

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Sponsors: The NC International South Asian Film Festival (NCISAFF) and the Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI).

White 107 (White Lecture Hall)