Wednesday 22 may
19.00 XII Imagineindia
Janadesh (People,s veredict, 58') Section Documentaries. Enric Alvarez - Oriol Ampuero. Spain. 2012
Janadesh is the most important non-violent campaign since the time of Gandhi. During 30 days, 25,000 men and women from the most disadvantaged sectors of India walk through the 350 km of the highway separating the city of Gwalior from the Parliament in Delhi. The objective : to initiate a mass hunger strike to demand a fair redistribution of the land.
These warriors without weapons consider that the personal sacrifice, discipline and suffering are better tools than the rifles, to produce social change. They know that exposure to the violence of the opponent without revenge involves great dangers, but that this action is better than tons of preaching.
Thursday 23 may
19.00 XII Imagineindia
Eldra (Films on Gypsies, 69') Timothy Lyn. Great Britain. 2003
It is a country known for daffodils, a passion for rugby, wonderful choirs, coal mining, Ryan Giggs, a unique language and place names that, when pronounced properly, could clear a throat.
And it is here, amid the charming valley-laden land of Wales that emanates an enchanting tale of a Romani girl called Eldra Roberts. Her story was captured in the 2002 film ‘Eldra’ which won five BAFTAs Cymru (British Academy Film and Television Awards for Wales) as well as numerous international awards.
The film is based on Eldra’s life in the 1930s and set near the picturesque Snowdonia region where Eldra grew up in the village of Bethesda on the River Ogwen. Born in 1917 into a musical Romani family, she was a direct sixth generation descendant of Abram Wood, thought to be head of the most famous Romani family in Wales in the early 18th century.
Friday 24 may
19.00 XII Imagineindia
Achal (The Stagnant, 91') Competition. Bikramjit Gupta. 2011
This is a story of man who earns his living being statues on the streets of the city of Kolkata. His name is Krishna and lives in the suburbs of Calcutta, alone. He has weird acquaintances; one of them is Rasu, who sells masks in the streests of the city. This film revolves around the aspirations that Krishna and his friends have.
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