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November 11 03.30 pm


Ni Sisi (Kenya/2013/92min/ Colour/EST)

Seychelles Promotional Video

Directed by Nick Reding The film portrays a typical Kenyan community: a harmonious muddle of tribes, intermarriages, and extended families. Friends who have lived and worked together all their lives, who place no stock in which tribe their neighbour comes from.

(Seychelles/Documentary/ 15 min/Colour)

Awards Zanzibar International Film Festival 2013 – The Silver Dhow and The Signis Award for Excellence in Communication

Womanish Ways

06.30 pm

Shel l (U.K./2012/90min/Colour/

(Bahamas/2012/73min/ Colour/English) Directed by Marion Bethel & Maria Govan

English) Directed by Scott Graham

This a documentary film on the Women's Suffrage Movement in The Bahamas. 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the culmination of the Movement. Awards Urban Suburban Film Festival, Pennsylvania 2013 – Best Documentary Award International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration & Equality, Indonesia 2013 - Award of Excellence Winner in International Documentary Category

Scott Graham's debut drama follows Shell, a Scottish teenager growing up in an isolated petrol station with her farther. She faces adolescence without her mother, who ran away when she was four. Awards Torino Film Festival 2012 – Best Film; 11th Annual Brussels Film Festival 2012 – Best Debut Film; Glasgow Film Festival 2012 – Fedex Cinephile Award

in association with the

Chungu

Sonar Kella

Ministry of Mass Media and Information

(Pot)

(The Golden Fortress)

The film based on Satyajit Ray’s own novel. It is one of the most enduringly popular Bengali films and is still shown very regularly on TV. It is the very first film of Feluda on the silver screen. A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress. Awards President’s Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1974, Government of West Bengal Awards1974 for Best Film and Best Director; 10th Teheran International Festival of Film for Children and Young Adults, 1975 - Golden Statue for ‘Best Live Feature Film

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(Tanzania/2011/97min/ Colour/EST) Directed by Kimela Billa

(India/1974/120min/B&W/EST) Directed by Satyajit Ray

National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka

Being greedy, especially in politics is unacceptable. Shemtoi wants to contest to be a councilor but frightened by Mama Sheki’s influence who is well accepted by her community. He decides to bribe some people to raise accusations that she is a witch. Allegations spread widely and no one is to stop them. Mama Sheki breaks the pot! Awards Zanzibar International Film Festival 2012 - ZIFF Award for the Best Tanzanian Feature Film and ZIFF Award for the Best Tanzanian Actor

03.30 pm

Sameege Kathawa


(Sam’s Story)

(Sri Lanka/2011/93min/Colour/EST) Directed by Priyankara Vittanachchi

Discover Lesotho

Sam is a poor boy from a Sri Lankan village who lives with mental challenges. His innocence and dreams keep him going. He finds work (and happiness) with a sympathetic employer for a short time before being forced to return to his village. Years later, someone changes "Sam's" life again.

(Lesotho/ Documentary/ 25 min/Colour)

Awards New York City International Film Festival 2013 – Award for Best Actor

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Bunohan

(Return to Murder) (Malaysia/2011/97min/ Colour/EST) Directed by Dain Iskandar Said (Most suitable for adults)

A kickboxer, a businessman, and an assassin. Estranged brothers fight for their lives in a dark web of deceit, regret and murder. Awards Toronto International Film Festival 2011 Netpac Award; Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2011 Golden Hanoman Award; 9th Netpac-Jogja Asian Film Festival (JAFF), Indonesia 2011 Eight Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Story, Best Screenplay and Best Actor/Actress ; 25th Malaysian Film Festival 2011 Best Picture and Best Screenplay


(A teenage boy is hired along with the music group of his father by a Zamidar (landlord) for entertaining him until the annual flood is over in the Haor region of East Bengal. But the boy finds out that he has to do something more than the rest of the members of the group are required- he has to satisfy the landlord sensually as well. The wife of the landlord cannot stand this new 'rival' of hers and conspires to kill the boy. The film is Humayan Ahmed's last film before his death. Awards Best Feature Film Award at 3rd Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival 2013


Destination Zambia

(Zambia/Documentary/ 09 min/Colour)

Sandcastle

(Singapore/2010/90min/ Colour/EST) Directed by Boo Junfeng

Ghetu Putro Komola (Pleasure Boy Komola)

(Bangladesh/2012/96min/ Colour/EST) Directed by Humayun Ahmed A teenage boy is hired along with the music group of his father by a Zamidar (landlord) for entertaining him until the annual flood is over in the Haor region of East Bengal. But the boy finds out that he has to do something more than the rest of the members of the group are required- he has to satisfy the landlord sensually as well. The wife of the landlord cannot stand this new 'rival' of hers and conspires to kill the boy. The film is Humayan Ahmed's last film before his death. Awards Best Feature Film Award at 3rd Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival 2013


Insaaf (Justice)

(Most suitable for adults)

Bangladesh/2012/96min/ Colour/EST) Directed by Humayun Ahmed

A gentle and affectionate study of the themes of identity, history and memory, Boo Junfeng’s debut feature Sandcastle is a loving portrait of a young man coming to terms with the lives of his parents and his grandparents, while trying to make sense of Singapore’s troubled history. Awards 1st Vietnamese Film Festival 2010 - Best Film, Best Director, NETPAC Award ; Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2010 - Special Mention ; Singapore Entertainment Awards 2010 - Best Local Film, Best Local Director


Ramchand Pakistani

(Pakistan/2008/105min/ Colour/EST) Directed by Mehreen Jabbar A 7 year old Pakistani boy and his father belonging to the untouchable Hindu caste accidentally cross the border and spend years in an Indian jail while the mother on the other side doesn't know what has happened to them. Awards Osian Film Festival 2008 - FIPRESCI Award ; Fribourg International Film Festival 2009 Audience Award, Honourable Mention, Eucumenical Jury ; SAARC Film Festival, Colombo 2012 Silver Medal Pakistan Media Awards - 2010


Satel lite Boy (Australia/2012/90min/ Colour/EST) Directed by Catriona McKenzie Pete is 10 and lives in the outback with his grandfather in an old abandoned outdoor cinema. When his home is threatened by developers, Pete travels to the city with his best friend Kalmain to try and save his home... Awards Berlin International Film Festival 2013 - “Special Mention” Generation Kplus International Section and Special Mention - Crystal Bear


Fanie Fourie’s Lobola (South Africa/2013/96min/ Colour/EST) Directed by Henk Pretorius

The story of the complications that ensue when an Afrikaans man and Zulu girl fall in love, especially when the traditional custom of "lobola", or dowry, makes things even more difficult for them. Awards Seattle International Film Festival, USA , 2013 - Golden Space Needle Award


Whal e Rider (New Zealand/2002/101min/ Colour/English) Directed by Niki Caro

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize. Awards Toronto International Film Festival 2002 - People’s Choice Award ; Sundance Film Festival 2003 - Audience Award ; International Film Festival Rotterdam 2003 - Canal Plus Award ; Chicago Film Critics’ Awards 2002 - Most Promising Film Maker and the Best Actress New Zealand Film Awards 2003 - Best Film, Best Director,Best Actress, Best Screen Play, Best Original Score