All films are subtitled in English. Theater exact times may change, so please check back. Online ticketing links are currently available for O’Neil cinemas only. Please note that O’Neil Cinemas of Littleton, MA where 6 feature films will be shown during the festival will also be offering a special festival pass for only $50 to see all the shows. Regular ticket price is $15 each. For other shows at Lexington Venue and Apple Cinemas, you can buy the tickets directly from the theater web sites. Shows at Rhode Island college are free but a prior registration is desirable.
Nagarkirtan
Thursday, Sept 5 , 7:30 pm
Film: Nagarkirtan (2018 four National Film awards)
Language: Bengali
Lexington Venues Theater
Directed by: Kaushik Ganguly
Key Actors: Riddhi Sen, Ritwick Chakraborty, Bidipta Chakraborty
Synopsis: Nagarkirtan is a 2018 Indian Bengali film written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly. The film stars Riddhi Sen as Parimal, a trans woman from rural Bengal, and Ritwick Chakraborty as Madhu, a flute player from the Kirtaniya town of Nabadwip.
Tickets: $15
KD
Thursday, Sept 5 , 7:30 pm
Film: KD
Language:Tamil
O’Neil cinemas, Littleton
Directed by: Madhumita Sundarramman
Key Actors: Mu Ramaswany, Nagavishal
Synopsis: The film celebrates the growing friendship and the spirit of living of two individuals at the far spectrum of their life – Karuppudurai, an 80 year old man whose family wants to kill him through an ancient practice of euthanasia, and Kutty, an 8 year old orphan who never had a family.
Tickets: $15
Tarikh
Friday, Sept 6, 7:30 PM
Film: Tarikh (2019 National Film Award for Best Dialogues)
Language: Bengali
O’Neil cinemas, Littleton
Directed by: Churni Ganguly
Key Actors: Ritwick Chakraborty, Saswata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Aniruddha Gupta
Synopsis: Tarikh is a timeline, similar to that of Facebook, of engaging set of interconnected events. The film narrates a story of three individuals: Anirban Gupta, a professor, Ira, Anirban’s wife, works as a hotel lobby manager, and Rudrangshu (Rudy), Anirban’s childhood friend.
Tickets: $15
Abyakto
Saturday, Sept 7, 1 pm
Film: Abyakto
Language: Bangla
Rhode Island College
Directed by: Arjun Dutta
Key Actors: Adil Hussain, Arpita Chatterjee, Anirban Ghosh
Synopsis:
Tickets: FREE
Oxygen
Saturday, Sept 7, 4:00 PM
Film: Oxygen (World Premiere)
Language: Hindi
Rhode Island College
Directed by: Shoib Nikash Shah
Key Actors: Namita Lal, Shoib Nikash Shah
Film representative Rashmi Mansukhani will attend festival
Synopsis: Oxygen is a portrayal of the moral ambiguity of corruption among low paid government employees with the backdrop of forest. Struggle of honest forest officer with the established system forms the central plot of the film.
Tickets: FREE
Sindhustan
Saturday, Sept 7, 7-30 PM
Film: Sindhustan
Same ticket will cover both Sindhustan and Encrypted
Language: English, Sindhi, Hindi
O’Neil cinemas, Littleton
Directed by: Sapna Bhavnani
Key Actors: Sapna Bhavnani
Synopsis: Sindhustan is the story of the largest migration of a culture in history told through ink (tattoos).
Tickets: $15
Encrypted
Saturday, Sept 7, 8:30 PM
Film: Encrypted – The Cyber Crime (World Premiere)
Same ticket will cover both Sindhustan and Encrypted
Language: English, 2019
O’Neil cinemas, Littleton
Directed by: Anand Bhatt (Attending Festival)
Key Actors: Bassam Abdelfattah, Noman Khan, Gunjan Kuthiala (Attending Festival) , Priyank Thakkar , Shannon Lee , Simi Bal
Synopsis: A young Indian computer programmer is suspected of hacking into a secret FBI system and destroying data. He seems to have an alibi – but does he? Or is he a victim? The story takes us through the intricacies of digital forgery and hacking by dark web netizens.
Tickets: $15
Sir
Sunday, Sept 8, 1 PM
Film: Sir (Cannes Festival 2018 Selection, Best Film NYIFF etc)
Language: Hindi
Apple Cinemas, Cambridge
Directed by: Rohena Gera
Key Actors: Tilottama Shome, Vivek Gomber
Synopsis: A prosperous young Indian man falls in love with his servant, a widow with the dream of becoming a tailor. Director Rohena Gera weaves a fascinating tale along her vision of promoting equality in society.
Tickets: $15
Namdev Bhau in Search of Silence
Sunday, Sept 8 , 3:30 pm
Film: Namdev Bhau in Search of Silence
Language: Hindi/Marathi
Apple cinemas, Cambridge
Directed by: Dar Gai
Key Actors: Arya Dave, Namdev Gurav
Synopsis: Namdev Bhau, a 65 year old chauffeur, who is tired of the noises in the obstreperous Mumbai City life and has completely stopped speaking, decides to leave everything in search for ‘Silent Valley’ supposed with a zero decibel sound level. His mission and life changes when he meets the solo kid traveler looking for the mystical “Red Castle”..The film which initially makes the audience wonder where it’s all going suddenly takes on an ominous overture as everybody, including Namdev, starts feeling apprehensive of the turn of events. Its a stark reminder of the magnitude of difference between inconvenience and catastrophe..
Tickets: $15
Kolkatay Kohinoor
Sunday, Sept 8, 1:30 pm
Film: Kolkatay Kohinoor
Language: Bengali
O’Neil cinemas, Littleton
Directed by: Santanu Ghosh
Key Actors: Soumitra, Sabyasachi, Barun Chanda, Arijit Goon (Script Writer, attending festival)
Synopsis: There is great myth and mystery surrounding the most celebrated diamond in the world, Kohi-noor, the mountain of light. The secret of the stone was preserved by one of the world’s oldest secret societies, the Masons, whose members included famed scientists from centuries back to modern day characters personified in the film. The path to finding an undiscovered stone requires solving a number of cryptic clues, based on historical knowledge as well as deductive reasoning. Kolkatay Kohinoor uniquely unravels the mystery through the characters of two landmark actors who had depicted the popular detective “Feluda” in Bengali cinema. An engaging thrilled till the end.
Tickets: $15
Chintu Ka Birthday
Sunday, Sept 8, 4:30 PM
Film: Chintu Ka Birthday (World Premiere)
Short film “The Little Goddess” by Gauri Adelkar (attending festival) will play first
Language: Hindi, English
O’Neil cinemas
Directed by: Devanshu Kumar, Satyanshu Singh
Key Actors: Tilllotama Shome, Vinay Pathak, Reginald L. Barnes (attending festival), Vedant Chibber
Synopsis: In the middle of the US-Iraq war, one day in April, 2004, a family from Bihar prepares to celebrate the birthday of their youngest member, six-year old Chintu. A car bomb goes off near the house that completely changes the turn of events.
Tickets: $15
Short films
The Wallet
Film: The Wallet
Directed by: Saumitra Singh
Key Actors: Naseeruddin Shah, Navni Parihar
Time: Sep 7, 12:00 Noon, Rhode Island College
Anna and Ahana
Film: Anna and Ahana
Time: 3 PM
Directed by: Tanni chaudhuri
Director Tanni chaudhuri will be attending the event
Unshaved
Film: Unshaved
Directed by: Shruti Marathe
Little Goddess
Film: Little Goddess
Director: Gauri Adelkar