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