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Heroine (Opening Night)[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Madhur Bhandarkar Synopsis: Heroine movie revolves around a character who is a superstar heroine from Hindi Film Industry “Bollywood”. The film is a delightful, bold, shocking, scandalous, sensitive exposing scenes behind the glitz and glamour that our film stars reside. The movie will take the audience on a journey to see what goes behind the closed doors of make up rooms and vanity vans. Heroine will reveal the fake smiles and politically correct quotes, the secrets and the lies, the incredible highs of fame & the lonely depths of failure. |
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Delhi in a Day[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Prashant Nair Synopsis: When the money of an idealistic British traveler disappears in a nouveau-riche Delhi household, the staff are given twenty-four hours to replace it or face the consequences. Delhi In A Day is a darkly comedic portrayal of upper-class Delhi society, examining how the haves and the have-nots coexist in the context of the contemporary nouveau-riche Delhi home. |
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Shobhna’s 7 Nights[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Sudipto Chattopadhyaya Synopsis: The film centers around the evolution and the final resolution of an unusual love story. The two protagonists are Shobhna, a woman in her early forties who is a successful writer with a tragic past and Saahil, a young man in his late twenties who is still struggling to find his foothold as a film actor. They meet under very unusual circumstances ostensibly for sex for one night. What unfolds is a story that goes beyond the realm of the senses to eventual realisation of what true love means in life. |
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Raju[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Max Zahle Synopsis: A German couple adopts in Kolkata an Indian orphan. Their child suddenly disappears and they realize that they are part of the problem. Raju was nominated for an Academy Award in Short Film (Live Action). |
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Fatakra[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Soham Mehta Synopsis: Naveen left India to chase his dreams in America. Three years and a recession later, his wife and son finally join him. FATAKRA (“Firecracker”) tells the story of the sparks that fly on their first day together as dreams collide with reality. |
The New Brit[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: David Krissman Synopsis: A Pakistani Brit refuses to settle for anything less than his dream of one day becoming a broadcast journalist. Getting there will require him to stand up to his father, take risks, and face London’s racial undertones. |
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Road to Peshawar[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Hammad Rizvi Synopsis: Soviet-Afghan War 1988. An injured Afghan girl is taken to Pakistan by her father to seek medical attention. The journey is interrupted after they come across a minefield, consequently involving a homesick Soviet sniper. |
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The Five[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Ravi Kapoor Synopsis: Freely inspired by the ancient Hindu myth the Mahabharata, THE 5 imagines a family stuck in exile and mourning their mother’s death. Their release from this state of suspend animation will arrive only through a confrontation with the cousin that sent them into purgatory. It’s time for a ‘once-and-for-all!’
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Girl & The Auto Rickshaw[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Sarwesh Mewara Synopsis: After denying an eunuch a ride, an auto rickshaw driver finds this rickshaw can only give rides to female passengers. What follows is a hilarious drive through the streets as he tries to uncover his rickshaw’s mysterious tendencies while facing angry passengers. |
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Abu Son of Adam[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Salim Ahamed Synopsis: In the southern Indian state of Kerala, Abu discovers his working life is coming to an end. The traditional perfumes he sells are no longer popular. Alone with his wife in their small country house, Abu decides to fulfill their life long dream of making a religious pilgrimage to Mecca. When he goes to consult with a local travel agent, Abu discovers he is hopelessly out of touch with the modern world – he and his wife do not have passports and the travel costs are enormous. While their friends offer their support, in accordance with tradition, Abu must find his own way. India’s Official Oscar Entry to the 84th Academy Awards! |
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Jalpari[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Nila Madhab Panda Synopsis: A well-heeled family from New Delhi travels from the city through dusty roads that lead into the village in Haryana, far out and buried in the debris of the past. The story revolves around Shreya and Sam’s adventures and misadventures which turn this dull place bereft of water into a land of enchantment, mischief and a million exciting exploits. But unknown places have many secrets, and here too, secret lurk at every corner. Jalpari recently screened at the Marche Du Cannes of the Cannes Film Festival. SUPPORTED BY CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN |
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Lessons in Forgetting[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Unni Vijayan Synopsis: The film revolves around Meera, a happy corporate wife and cookbook writer whose life turns upside down when her husband walks out on their marriage. Responsible for not just her children but her mother and grandmother and their old family home in Bangalore, Meera takes up a part-time job with a cyclone studies expert, who is dealing with his own traumatic past. The two narratives come together as the lives of Meera and her employer get intertwined in strange ways. Parallels are constantly drawn between life and the unpredictability of cyclones. FILM CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC CONTENT NOT SUITABLE FOR SOME VIEWERS SUPPORTED BY CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL CHANGE FILM FESTIVAL |
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A Decent Arrangement[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Sarovar Banka Synopsis: story of Ashok Khosla, an Indian-American copywriter, who travels to India for an arranged marriage. After he encounters an American woman traveling through India and is set up with an Indian woman who unexpectedly captivates him, Ashok must navigate the complexity of cultural traditions and the leanings of his own heart. With subtle comedy and true-to-life drama, A Decent Arrangement shows us a side of India not commonly seen by western audiences and delivers an emotional story that resonates with those of us in search of our place in the world. |
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Rat Race[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Miriam Chandy Synopsis: The Rat Race documents a story that unravels every night as the rest of the city sleeps. Men hired by the municipal corporation who set out with torches and sticks to bring back the bodies of 30 rats to earn a daily wage. Counted every morning by Parsi Superviser Behram Harda who likens himself to James Bond because he too has a `license to kill’ this is a film that is disturbing and yet crackles with a dark sense of humour. The Rat Race captivated an international jury in Cannes in 2010 then had 3 sold out shows in Amsterdam where it premiered at IDFA, one of the biggest documentary festivals. |
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Fowl Men[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Aparna Pednekar Synopsis: In the summer of 2010, two men arrive at Morachi Chincholi – a village in India approximately 200 kms from Bombay. Gerard Bond is a British photojournalist. Ravi Pandit is his Indian guide. Chincholi is a natural habitat of peacocks and Gerard in on assignment to shoot the birds. Plain and simple? Not if it’s up to the unpredictable Indian national bird. One minute, Gerard and Ravi are two ordinary men living ordinary lives facing ordinary roadblocks. The next minute, they choose to hurl themselves into a bizarre sequence of events that would be hilarious if not slightly tragic. A well. A threat. A bet. The unwitting Fowl Men discover it takes all that and more to rescue themselves from lives stifled by ordinariness. |
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Runaway[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Amit Ashraf Synopsis: The crowded city of Dhaka is the perfect hiding place for cowardly men seeking to disappear. Babu, a dubious rickshawalla, has made it his life mission to find these runaways and return one of them – Akbar – back to his family. But Akbar is a man with powerful connections and a race against time begins as Babu tries to return him home before their pursuer catches up. |
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Reincarnation[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Gaurav Bakshi Synopsis: The film tells the story of Siddhartha, a common man, who’s in the news because he’s believed to be the reincarnation of ‘Mahatma Gandhi’. Sid constantly dreams that he’s Gandhiji reborn and before even he could acknowledge the same, news leaks out and others start believing he’s the new avatar of Gandhiji. Is Sid really Gandhi reborn or is he just hallucinating? What’s the truth? Why do people around him even believe him? |
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Masala[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Sandesh Kulkarni Synopsis: The Marathi film Masala depicts the story of of Revan and Sarika in their quest of finding livelihood. An entrepreneur at heart, Revan is forced to move from city to city as the number of creditors goes up. His attempts at different business endeavour’s fail one after the other. One such failure brings him and his loyal wife Sarika to a small town named ‘Solapur’ where he indulges himself in another business with his brother in law. No experiment can be termed as unsuccessful as it gives you a new teaching and truth at the end is Revan’s philosophy in life. With honest efforts, he strives to establish his identity. He sets out on a journey where he can do things happily and not for happiness. |
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My Lad[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Sami Khan Synopsis: Outside a dingy launderette, Aziz shouts away some kids spraying graffiti on a wall. Inside, Abdul, unaware of the trouble, rests his weary head. Aziz comes to the door, trying to wake his friend, there’s something Abdul must do. Abdul wants to ignore the holdall that Aziz is leaving for him, he wants no part of the proceedings.Abdul tries to give the holdall back to Aziz, trying to escape his role – but every time he tries to walk away there is a reminder of why he cannot turn his back. Abdul tries to numb the pain but the time is approaching. In life there are some things that you can never change. |
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The Last Marble[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Manjari Makijany Synopsis: Every child has the ability to create something beautiful. This story is about a nine year old street kid that makes things from metal scrap and junk. After his most precious marble creation is shattered by a bunch of street kids, he is left heartbroken with nothing but the remains of his work. Instead of giving up he takes on a little adventurous journey to remake his creation. When he puts together what he has, he realizes that to complete his work he needs the last piece of the creation, just one more marble. His determination and will to finish what he had started is so strong, that he leaves no stone unturned to find the last marble.
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Doggoned[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Arshad Khan Synopsis: Living in the beautiful city of Montreal, Maria seems to have it all: a degree, an exciting job opportunity and good looks. However, when she receives a letter in the mail telling her that she can no longer work legally in the country, her dreams of settling down are shattered. Maria takes a mediocre cash job as a dog sitter for a pair of eccentric men. When the dog dies unexpectedly, Maria is forced to set out on the road to dispose of the animal’s remains. Doggoned is a visually captivating comedy about the trials and tribulations of a young international student trying to navigate a national landscape that she can never truly be a part of. |
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Listen Amaya[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Avinash Kumar Singh Synopsis: Listen Amaya is a story about mother-daughter relationship in an urban setting. The mother – Leela, played by Deepti Naval, is a widow and runs a coffee shop. Jayant, played by Farooq Sheikh, is a photographer ( and a widower ) and a good friend of Amaya, Deepti’s daughter and played by Swara Bhaskar. Amaya and Jayant are working together to create a coffee table book with Jayant’s pictures and Amaya’s write-up. As they work on the coffee table book, Jayant and Leela become close. Amaya does not approve of the relationship between Jayant and Leela. She is torn with the memories of her father and is unable to accept Jayant.
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Adrak[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/tickets/"]Tickets[/jbutton] Director: Sahirr Sethhi Synopsis: An Instant Photographer at Gateway of India (Mumbai) is drawn by the sudden urge to photograph a stranger. She doesn’t speak his language. They are worlds apart. |
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Gattu[jbutton color="blue" size="small" rounded="no" link="http://csaff.org/ Director: Rajan Khosa Synopsis: In a nation that is obsessed with flying kites, the story is set in a small town Roorkee, Uttarakhand, |
