Interesting New Shorts and Documentaries

Interesting New Shorts and Documentaries

Documentaries

The Unearthed hollows: An insightful documentary about the adventure sports of caving- a relatively unexplored sport that requires huge amounts of gumption and a steely indefatigable heart. made by Abhay Sahasrabuddhe.

A Dream called America: Anup Sathyan's intriguing documentary about a lower middle class family from Gujrat battling the cultural shift brought on by their young son's 1 year study visit to America.

The Quotidian Ballad: This documentary in Bangali transports the viewer to rural Bengal where struggling fisherfolk come to terms with their perennial hunger by performing Ballads to the gods as a form of appeasement as a precursor to the annual Charak festival.

Palayan (Migration)  : An in depth account of the travails of migration with special focus on Uttarakhand.


Short Films"


Gurudakshina- A short that delves deep into the psyche of a potential filmmaker(students) and contrasts their lack of understanding with that of their teacher (essayed wonderfully by Ravi Singh) -a failed director himself.

The laughter- a psychodrama that delves deep into the psyche of a man who cannot laugh and sheds light on his personal tragedy enroute to his lighting up his life once again with a smile!

The Echo- A ,marvelously composed horror story that plays on your fears, creating stunning moments of fear and paranoia before cluing us in to the real deal!

Berlin to world premiere uncut version of Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac(Dear Cinema)

The 64th Berlin International Film Festival will present the world premiere of Volume I of the long uncut version of Nymphomaniac, outside the competition.

Several international actors including Charlotte Gainsbourg,  Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier and many others are part of the Nymphomaniac ensemble: Newbie  British actress Stacy Martin celebrates her big screen debut with Nymphomaniac.

 Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick.is enthused by the selection of the film, saying,  “Berlinale audiences will be the first to see the long uncut version of Nymphomaniac Volume I. Lars von Trier, a guest of the Berlinale for the first time in 1984, returns to the festival with this film. The aesthetic he has created in Nymphomaniac is impressive and radical,”

Nymphomaniac is the wild and poetic story of one woman’s journey from birth to age 50, as told by the main character, self-diagnosed nymphomaniac Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg). One cold winter evening, the old and charming bachelor Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård) finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He takes her to his flat, where he tends to her wounds while asking about her life. He listens intently as Joe tells the lush, branched-out and multifaceted story of her life, in eight chapters.

The shorter version approved by Lars von Trier will open worldwide in cinemas starting December 25, 2013.