EAEFF Screening Program: Four Years of Emami Art Experimental Film Festival | Kochi Biennale Foundation’s Invitations Programme

17 March 2026 

The screening program featured a constellation of works from the curated programs, filmmaker-in-focus retrospectives, official selections, and award winners. The EAEFF Screening Program traces the institutional evolution of the Emami Art Experimental Film Festival over its initial four editions. EAEFF is a platform dedicated to curating and building discourses around alternative and experimental practices in moving image. Since its formative edition, EAEFF has emerged as a significant site for curatorial engagements and critical interventions, facilitating a global community of filmmakers, artists, scholars, and curators engaged in alternative approaches to moving image making. The screening program brought together some of the most remarkable and critically acclaimed experimental films from the festival's past iterations. Beyond screenings, EAEFF has fostered meaningful participation from artists, filmmakers and scholars through collaborations on masterclasses, talks, and workshops, furthering its investment in pedagogical exchange and discursive practice.

10 moving image works by Indian and international practitioners, the program offered a cross-section of contemporary experimental filmmaking, highlighting the aesthetic and conceptual diversity that has come to define the festival’s curatorial vision.

 

 

Riar Rizaldi | Fossilis (2023) | 13 Min | Indonesia |

EAEFF 24, Curated Programme

 

Debashish Paul | The Song for Peace (2023) | 4 Min | Varanasi, India |

EAEFF 25, Curated Programme in collaboration with KADIST

 

Colectivo Los Ingrávidos | Tonalli (2021) | 16 Min | México |

EAEFF 25, Curated Programme in collaboration with KADIST

 

Gavati Wad | O Seeker (2024) | 19 Min | Bengaluru, India |

EAEFF 25, Award Winner (Short-mid Duration)

 

Shubhangi Singh | Birth of a Grenade (2023) | 8 Min | Finland and India |

EAEFF 24, Award Winner (Short-mid Duration)

 

Tushar Nongthombam | Hypnagogia (2023) | 11 Min | Manipur, India |

EAEFF 23, Award Winner (Short-mid Duration)

 

Karachi LaJamia | Jinnah Avenue (2017) | 6 Min | Pakistan |

EAEFF 24, Curated Programme

 

Khandakar Ohida | Dream Your Museum (2022) | 18 Min | West Bengal, India |

EAEFF 22, Competitive Category (Official Selection)

 

Jeannette Muñoz | Strata of Natural History (2012), 12 Min | Chile and Switzerland |

EAEFF 25, Filmmaker in Focus (Retrospective Screening), Curated Programme

 

Closing Film

World Premiere

 

Solomon Nagler & Alexandre Larose| Wedding Songs (2025) | 14 Min | Kochi and Canada

EAEFF 24 Filmmakers in Focus (Retrospective Screening)