8 March 2024 | 6:30 PM IST | Friday

American Library, American Center

No Winter Holiday
73 min | Nepal, Korea | 2023
Followed by a Q&A with the directors

Director
Rajan Kather & Sumir Pandey

Synopsis:

No Winter Holidays records life for Ratima and Kalima as they work to look after their village during a harsh and unforgiving season. Both in their seventies, they gradually come to accept each other’s presence, aware that surviving in this climate depends on their relying on each other.

7 March 2024 | 6:00 PM IST | Thursday

Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR

A Balcony Movie
100 min | Poland | 2021

Director
Pawel Lozinski

Synopsis:

Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to cope with life as individuals. All together, they create a self-portrait of contemporary human life, and the passers-by present a composite picture of today's world.

6 March 2024 | 6:00 PM IST | Wednesday

Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR

Life is Beautiful
90 min | Norway, Palestine | 2023

Director
Mohamed Jabaly

Synopsis:

While on an exchange in the Norwegian city of Tromsø, young Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly is “trapped” with his host family when Gaza’s borders are closed. His struggle to obtain an artist’s visa sparks the close-knit community into action.

5 March 2024 | 6:00 PM IST | Tuesday

Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR

A House Made of Splinters
87 min | Denmark, Ukraine, Germany, Sweden, Finland | 2022

Director
Simon Lereng Wilmont

Synopsis:

In this poignant and deeply intimate documentary, three kids temporarily removed from their parents find friendship and flickers of hope inside the worn walls of a remarkable orphanage in Eastern Ukraine, as a group of dedicated social workers create moments of joy and respite from childhoods, all but lost.

4 March 2024 | Monday | 6:00 PM IST | Monday

Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR

Against The Tide
90 min | India | 2023
Followed by Q&A with Sarvnik Kaur

Director
Sarvnik Kaur

Producer
Koval Bhatia

Synopsis:

Mumbai fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the great Koli knowledge system—a way to harvest the sea by following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods while Ganesh has moved away from them, embracing technology. Against the Tide is a tale of deep friendship and rising resentment between the two men, against the backdrop of an adoring sea, which is increasingly turning hostile because of climate change.