In June, Berlin's Sinema Transtopia presented “Echoes from South Asia”, a program curated by Arindam Sen, devoted to experimental cinema from the region. The main focus was on the works of Sri Lankan, Bengali, Hindi and diasporic filmmakers from the subcontinent. The selection offered a plethora of approaches towards nonfiction filmmaking, and brought to light films which usually functioned in obscurity, either only in academic contexts, or as examples of niche experimental filmmaking.
The main themes of the programmed films that came to the fore tackled issues of social justice, homelessness, labour rights and (self-)exotification, with the filmmakers interest in nonlinear (or even nonnarrative) forms of filmmaking becoming the overarching feature. With many of the films made in the 70s and 80s, on the back of the revolution of highly politicized Third Cinema of the 60s, the filmmakers were keen on rejecting the traditional modes of storytelling. Thus, the...
The main themes of the programmed films that came to the fore tackled issues of social justice, homelessness, labour rights and (self-)exotification, with the filmmakers interest in nonlinear (or even nonnarrative) forms of filmmaking becoming the overarching feature. With many of the films made in the 70s and 80s, on the back of the revolution of highly politicized Third Cinema of the 60s, the filmmakers were keen on rejecting the traditional modes of storytelling. Thus, the...
- 7/2/2023
- by Olek Młyński
- AsianMoviePulse
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