Freedom Film Festival, Hyderabad

Freedom Film Festival, Hyderabad 

Lamakaan, 29-31 August; 3-7pm

Curated by Amudhan RP
Jointly organised by MARUPAKKAM & LAMAKAAN

Entry free! We welcome you! 

Schedule 29 August

3 pm
Bonded
Dir: Shobhit Jain; 56:19 min 

The film takes an ethnographic look into the life of a bonded labourer in a remote tribal village in central India.

4 pm

Land of My Dreams
Dir : Nausheen Khan; 74 min

Protests rage against the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA).The director listens to the voices of the protesters and observes her own identity as a Muslim woman.

5.20 pm
Chardi Kala - an ode to resilience Dir: Prateek Sekhar; 95 min

In September 2020, the Indian government passed three agricultural laws aimed at liberalising the farm economy. Soon after, farmers from across the country gathered at the borders of India’s national capital, New Delhi, for one of the biggest non-violent protests in modern history.

30 August

3 pm

Zameer (The voice of Conscience) Dir : Uma Chakravarthy; 89 min

The film Zameer (The Voice of Conscience) is built around the experiences of women who were drawn into movements of resistance as they have unfolded in India since the new millennium and were jailed for their participation in movements defending lands, livelihoods and ways of living.

4.45 pm

Beyond hatred and power, we keep singing Dir: Ramdas Kadavallur; 1:55:44

In the times of authoritarian interventions that stifle democratic voices and constitutional rights, by hate mongering and spreading animosity among the people, the documentary chronicles the resistance of people through songs and lyrics. As tellingly enunciated by Maya Angelou, these are ballads for creation of a new world order, by raising their voices against those who unabashedly trample upon the democratic rights. it germinated out of the firm conviction, rooted in and expressed by Bertolt Brecht, that “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”

31 August 3 pm

Dr BR Ambedkar : Now and Then Dir: Jyothi Nisha; 111 min

Through the discerning lens of a Bahujan feminist filmmaker operating within the upper-caste Indian film industry, the film delves deep into critical themes of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion, and marginalised representation. Bridging the realms of Ambedkarite politics with the visual language of cinema, it offers a poignant representation of the culture, history, and politics of marginalised communities within popular cinema and media.

5.30 pm
From the Shadows
Dir: Miriam Chandy Menacherry; 01:16:09

From the Shadows uses the imagery of public art to delve into missing narratives. Paint cans and stencils in hand, Leena Kejriwal relentlessly sprays splattered walls with a girl’s shadow #missing #everyeightminutes, a haunting reminder that girls disappear at a staggering pace.The narrative starts from her terrace overlooking Asia’s largest red-light district and into the world’s largest delta, quick sands of missing cases.