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  Bitter Drink, The [27]      
P. Baburaj & C. Saratchandran
Chronicles the struggle of the most marginalised section of the Indian society, the tribal community, against the mighty global giant Coca Cola. It also discusses the issue of the ownership of natural resources, mainly water.

    Broken Spine, The [30]      
Ein Lall
The Broken Spine documents the paintings, theatre projects and installations of the artist Nalini Malani. Malani does not distinguish between her function as an artist and her function as an activist. To be passionate art must be partisan... layered by her awareness that this is but the reflection of “ the conflict between Eros and Thanatos within the Self”.

 

Buru Sengal (The Fire Within) [57]

     
Shriprakash
The land of the Tana Bhagats, a sect of the Oraon tribe who follow a Gandhian lifestyle and philosophy, is today besieged by Naxalite violence. In tracing the impact of the underground Maoist guerrillas, the film touches upon corruption, the mafia, energy politics and displacement of villages, and tribal identity in an area where coal has been mined for the last 150 years.

  Buzz of Betrayal, The [1]      
Aditya Seth
An animated spot against child sexual abuse. It uses the metaphor of a bee, flower and a bud to actualise this.

    Chords of the Richter Scale [45]      
Shyam Ranjankar    
On the issue of the post earthquake situation in Kutch after 2001, it explores the rampant corruption and the discrimination against Dalits and minorities during the relief and rehabilitation process.
 
  City Beautiful, The [78]      
Rahul Roy
The story of two families in Sundar Nagri, a small working class colony in Delhi, struggling to make sense of a world, which keeps pushing them to the margins. Most families residing here come from a community of weavers. The last ten years have seen a gradual disintegration of the handloom tradition of this community under the globalisation regime.


  City of Photos [60]      
Nishtha Jain
CITY OF PHOTOS explores the little known ethos of neighborhood photo studios in Indian cities, discovering entire imaginary worlds in the smallest of spaces.
    Colours of Earth [60]      
Shefali Bhushan
Colours of Earth is a musical voyage to the vibrant melodies of traditional Indian music. From the colourful deserts of Rajasthan to the barren towering mountains of Lahaul and Spiti in the Himalayas, it tells the story of some of the fantastic traditional musicians who nobody cares to remember any more.

    Cry of the Forest [30]      
Krishnendu Bose
The film looks at the lives of the Adivasis displaced and relocated by a tiger sanctuary in Kanha, Madhya Pradesh.  It explores a more holistic approach to conservation, where people are a part of the environment.

  Delhi Diary 2001 [60]    
Ranjani Mazumdar
The film attempts to understand how the imposition of Emergency (1975-77) and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 impact the lives of people in the city of Delhi, scarring them with the memory of terror
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