EAEFF 2022
Inspired by the positive feedback from its 2020 online documentary film festival organized during the lockdown, Emami Art took a step forward with an Experimental Film Festival scheduled from 9th to 13th November 2022. The festival presented out-of-the-box films that redefined the language of cinema, whether in narrative, aesthetic, or technological terms.
The festival was part of the EA Locus in Focus programme, aiming to bridge the gap between central and peripheral practices in contemporary art. In the debut year, the festival featured a versatile range of avant-garde films distributed across various categories. Selected by a panel of eminent jury members, fifteen films from east and northeast India were screened in the competitive category.
The festival featured three curated sections highlighting noteworthy works in the experimental genre. Along with the screenings, these sections were designed to create a discursive space intended to spur new conversations around the topic.
Competitive Category
I Don't Want to Be Born Again for Poem | Dir. Bhaskar Jyoti Das & Waribam Dorendra
The home my mother never found | Dir. Mehdi Jahan
Andharu | Dir. Buddhadeb Barman
Four Songs of Apocalypse | Dir. Paribartana Mohanty
Dream Your Museum | Dir. Khandakar Ohida
30th June | Dir. Ushnish Mukhopadhyay
Priyo Ami |Dir. Suchana
Look at the Sky | Dir. Ashok Veilou
The Monkey that Tried to Tame an Oxygen Bomb | Dir. Mohana Gedela Vamsi
Small-time Cinema | Dir. Priya Naresh
Beejankur (Seedlings) | Dir. Debraj Naiya
Underland | Dir. Yudhajit Basu
Mizo Soundscapes | Joshy Joseph
The Horse from the Heaven | Dir. Maharshi Kashyap
Dhudhgiri Ke Phool (A Flower in a Foglight) | Gaurav Puri
Curated Section: 1
Experimental Cinema: A Historical Gaze
Curated by Rupsa Kundu
Screening of a set of eight historically relevant avant-garde films from across the globe made in the first hundred years of the history of cinema, followed by a conversation with film academic Debasish Sensharma
Curated Section: 2
Cinema of the Crossroads
Curated by Rupsa Kundu and Sayantan Ghosh
East of Eden | Dir. Anushka Meenakshi, Joshua Sailo, Anishaa Tavag
Beyond the Body and Gender | Dir. Debashish Paul
Last Man on Ship | Dir. Devadeep Gupta, Edoardo Tedde
The Lost Notebook |Dir. Devadeep Gupta
Khasra | Dir. Soumo Mahindar
Curated Section: 3
Agochar Bharat: An Affective Affinity
Curated by Raju Roychowdhury
Tattva | Dir. Kalpana Subramaniam
Barnalimiti | Dir. Abhishek Hazra
Durbaar | Dir. Gautam Valluri
Sakhisona | Dir. Prantik N. Basu
Golden Jubilee | Dir. Suneil Sanzgiri
The Lost Head and the Bird | Dir. Sohrab Hura
Incantation | Dir. Kalpana Subramaniam
Special Screening: 1
Chitrasutram | Dir. Vipin Vijay
Special Screening: 2
Across the Burning Track | Dir. Moinak Biswas
