FoundationfortheArts(IFA) (TashiMorup,ArtsandMediaOrganisation|Ladakhi/EnglishwithEnglishsubtitles|59min) ConferenceHall,GuruNanakBhawan,GuruNanakDevUniversity (SamreenFarooqui&ShabaniHassanwalia|Hindi/PunjabiwithEnglishsubtitles|52min) (ShabaniHassanwalia&SamreenFarooqui|Hindi/EnglishwithEnglishsubtitles|50min) (MerajurRahmanBaruah|AssamesewithEnglishsubtitles|77min) ShabaniHassanwaliawillbepresentforaQ&Aafterthescreening ShabaniHassanwaliawillbepresentforaQ&Aafterthescreening (PallaviPaul|English/HindiwithEnglishsubtitles|52min) (PankajRishiKumar|HindiwithEnglishsubtitles|76min) PallaviPaulwillbepresentforaQ&Aafterthescreening (SonyaFatahandRajivRao|English/Hindi/Urdu|60min) (GurvinderSingh|PunjabiwithEnglishsubtitles|83min) (AjayBharadwaj|PunjabiwithEnglishsubtitles|72min) AllthefilmsbeingscreenedhavebeensupportedbyIFA incollaborationwith MakkaSinghColony,,143005 www.indiaifa.org 05:15PM-06:30PM: 12:00PM-01:30PM: 03:30PM-04:45PM: (NishthaJain|Englishwithsubtitles|60min) 10:15AM-11:45AM: 06:30PM-07:00PM: 10:15AM-11:45AM: 02:15PM-03:30PM: /IndiaIFA 12:00PM-01:15PM: 10:00AM-10:15AM: 11:45AM-12:00PM: 11:45AM-12:00PM: 04:45PM-05:00PM: 05:00PM-05:15PM: 02:15PM-03:30PM: August30and31,2019 01:15PM-02:15PM: 01:30PM-02:15PM: 03:30PM-05:00PM: 05:00PM-06:30PM: House,Amritsar TheCommonTask August30,2019 August31,2019 TheNineMonths KitteMilVeMahi ClosingRemarks OutofThinAir KumarTalkies CityofPhotos LehKharyok Inauguration TeaBreak TeaBreak TeaBreak TeaBreak I,Dance Lunch Lunc Pala Gali h GURU NANAK DEVUNIVERSITY IFAFILMFESTIVALpresents whichheisapart,butatraditionwhichisrapidlyondecline.Palaclaimstobelongtonoparticularfaithandcanwitheasetransformhimself I,DanceisadocumentarythattellsthedifficultstoryofclassicaldanceinPakistanprimarilythroughthelensofSheemaKermani,oneofthe transformationinthemesandrepertoiresinthegenreofperformance,capturestheexperienceandperspectivesofitspromoters,directors, survivingcinematheatre.ThefilmexplorestheimpactoftheproductsoftheMumbaifilmindustryandpopularcultureonthetown'ssocial AnexperimentalHDvideofilmontheMarsOneproject,whichaimstosetupthefirsthumansettlementinMars.Itisabouttheproposition actors,technicians,andstagehandsanddocumentstheimpactofglobalisationonitspractice.Itexploresthevariouskindsofplaysstaged LehKharyokisastudyandadocumentationofthemusicaltraditionsofoldtownLeh,asarepresentationoflifeandconnectionsbetween generations.Throughoralhistories,archivaldata,investigationofmonasticfestivalsandinterviewswithyoungcontemporarymusicians, questoftheDalitsinPunjabtotakeonthelegitimacyofthedeeplyexploitativeandhumiliatingcastesystem.Thissensitivelycraftedand ofaone-waytriptoMars,andexploresthephilosophicalpossibilitiesofinterplanetarytravel.Wovenaroundthestoriesoftwoapplicants CityOfPhotosexploresthelittleknownethosofneighbourhoodphotostudiosinIndiancities,discoveringentireimaginaryworldsinthe participation,aswellas,dissent,againstamainstreamthatcontinuestoexcludethem.Thedocumentarycatchesthemintheirsearchfor takesusintothelivesandworldsofwomenwhodaredtodefythesocial,politicalandlegalcodefortheperformingarts.Thatstruggleis thefilmtracesthemusicallegacyoftheoldtownthroughcenturiesofpoliticalandculturalupheavals.Withthis,italsoprovidesinsights provocativefilmprovidesaglimpseofthealternateculturalformsofthePunjabiDalitsthatcritiquetheoppressionofthe'upper'castes performersatKhirkivillage,New,avolatilemeltingpotofJats,Biharis,Nigerians,Afghanis,andstrugglingartistswhichisshaping smallestofspaces.Desires,memoriesandstoriesallsodeeplylinkedtophotographsallcometogetherasapartofthepersonaljourney LehKharyok IndiaFoundationfortheArts(IFA) postcardsthattouristsoftensee,butthroughthesubterranean,localfilmmovementthathastakensuchstrongroothereinthelastsix country'sfewclassicaldancers.Thestruggleissetagainstthelargelymilitarybackdropofacountrystrugglingtodefineitself.I,DANCE KumarTalkieshighlightstherelationshipbetweenthecrisisfacingthesmalltownofKalpiinUttarPradeshandthedeclineofitsoldest thearea'syouthintheunlikeliestofways.Itdelvesintoaworldthatgrewundertheshadowofglobalization,ofayouththatrole-plays ThefilmisaprofileofPala,astorytellerfromPunjab.Itdealswiththediversityofthecenturiesoldstorytellingandmusicaltraditionof OutofThinAiristhestoryofoneofthemostsurrealandhostilelandscapesintheworld.ThisisthestoryofLadakh,notthroughthe whowanttomakethisjourney,thefilmincludesscientificreports,plans,charts,andpersonaljournals,interspersedwithinterviews andhismusicaltalenttosuittheneedsofthespacewhereheisperforming.Whatherepresentsisakindoffolkreligion,whichhas bythemobiletheatre,theissuestheydealwithandhowthegenrehastransformedfrompresentingmythologicalandfolkstories years,thatithasbecomeavoiceofthepeople.Today,taxidrivers,grocerystoreowners,copsandmonksareproducers,directors, TheCommonTask Adeeplyfeltandmovingfilm,AjayBharadwaj'sKitteMilVeMahicutstothequickandputsacrossawell-reasonedandeloquent ThefilmexploresthesubcultureofB-boyingandBreakingasanIndianformofcontemporarystreetdance,thatfocusesonthe NineMonthsisanevocativefilmthatexploresthehistory,form,styleandaestheticsofAssam'smobiletheatre.Itrecordsthe ConferenceHall,GuruNanakBhawan,GuruNanakDevUniversity andarticulateapowerfulvisionofsocialjustice.Itfocuses,inparticular,onthepopularSufitraditionsofthePunjabiDalits (TashiMorup,LadakhArtsandMediaOrganisation|Ladakhi/EnglishwithEnglishsubtitles|59minutes) OutofThinAir Gali space,astheirchoiceofmusicalexpressionunitesthemwiththosefightinginvisibility,throughouttheworld (SamreenFarooqui,ShabaniHassanwalia|Hindi/PunjabiwithEnglishsubtitles|52minutes) (PallaviPaul|English/HindiwithEnglishsubtitles(containsgraphiclanguage)|52minutes) TheNineMonths camerapersonsandactorsofoneoftheyoungest,andmostdynamic,localfilmindustriesintheworld KitteMilVeMahi assimilatedthetraitsofallthethreeprincipalfaithsofPunjab,namelyHinduism,SikhismandIslam (ShabaniHassanwalia,SamreenFarooqui|PunjabiwithEnglishsubtitles|83minutes) onereasonwhytoday,inPakistan,thereisaminirevivalandreinterpretationofthislostheritage KumarTalkies (MerajurRahmanBaruah|AssamesewithEnglishsubtitles|77minutes) (AjayBharadwaj|Punjabi/EnglishwithEnglishsubtitles|72minutes) I,Dance Pala CityofPhotos (PankajRishiKumar|HindiwithEnglishsubtitles|76minutes) (GurvinderSingh|PunjabiwithEnglishsubtitles|83minutes) MakkaSinghColony,Amritsar,Punjab143005 AllthefilmsbeingscreenedhavebeensupportedbyIFA incollaborationwith www.indiaifa.org ( SonyaFatah,RajivRao|English/Hindi/Urdu|60minutes) tocontemporarythemeswithsocialandpoliticalimplications (NishthaJain|Englishwithsubtitles|60minutes) /IndiaIFA andeconomiclife,collectiveimaginationandidentity intothehistoryofLehasembeddedinitsmusic August30and31,2019 MajhaHouse,Amritsar withfutureastronauts intothecityofphotos GURU NANAK DEVUNIVERSITY IFAFILMFESTIVALpresents