Online VOD
All Caleidoscope Virtual Edition films will be accessible from across North America from our streaming partner Festivee. The passes are available at $49 only. Passes will allow you to see all content for the virtual edition of the festival. Please buy your passes today at:
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Feature Films:
Film: Kathaa at 8
Language: Tamil | Malayalam | Assamese
Directed by: Shilpa Krishnan Shukla
Key Actors: Rachita Arke, Arzu Arnool, Geeta Balagangadharan
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: World's 1st anthology in 8 languages, written, produced and directed by a single film maker. First feature film in 8 Indian languages - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.
Film: Aaha Re
Film: Nirvana Inn
Language: Hindi
Directed by: Vijay Jayapal
Key Actors: Adil Hussain, Rajshri Deshpande, Sandhya Mridul, Mathivanan Rajendran, Sandeep Mahajan, Raj Sharma, Rajeev Sharma
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: Nirvana Inn is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language psychological horror filmIt follows the story of a boatman who becomes the caretaker of a Himalayan resort after an attempted suicide
Film: Bhor
Language: Hindi
Directed by: Kamakhya Narayan Singh
Key Actors: Devesh Ranjan, Saveree Gaur, Nalneesh Neel
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: It is said that our nation is a reality of two countries: 1. INDIA - The India of the 21st century, of gleaming malls, cloud piercing skyscrapers, expressways and air conditioned metro rails, of English speaking youth making their mark in the modern world And 2. BHARAT - Rural, agrarian, still bound to old traditions and cultural roots, lacking the basics of modern amenities and influences.
Film: Robibaar
Language: Bengali
Directed by: Atanu Ghosh
Key Actors: Jaya Ahsan, Prasenjit Chatterjee
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: Fifteen years after they parted ways, Sayani, Law officer in a corporate firm meets Asimabha, a brilliant man leading a devious life, and they go through a unique journey with a curious interplay of conflict, intrigue and surprise.
Film: Biryaani
Language: Malayaalam
Directed by: Sajin Babu
Key Actors: Mini I G, Shailaja Jala, Thonakkal Jayachandran |
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: The movie chronicles the life of Khadeeja, a married muslim woman confined within the four walls of the household, forced to conceal her desires in the name of religious and societal norms.
Short Films:
Film: Transistor
Language: Hindi
Directed by: Prem Singh
Key Actors: Ahsaas Channa, Mohammad Samad
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: Set in 1975 - Rural India, Transistor is a love story of two teenagers and how proclamation of the National Emergency and a Transistor made all the difference to their relationship.
Film: Ekaant
Language: Marathi
Directed by: Swapnil Pagare
Key Actors: Sukanya Kulkarni, Pradnya Kuwadekar
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: 'Manasi' a poet and 'Sudha' a housewife are deeply in love with each other but the restrictions of the society has put chains around their relationships.
Film:Painful Pride
Language: Hindi
Directed by: Saumitra Singh
Key Actors: Akashdeep Arora, Rajat Arora, Pallavi Joshi
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: She needs care than cure, because it's not a disease it's just a phase.
Film: Amar moner kone jhor - A lockdown tale
Language: Bengali
Directed by: Soumya Sen
Key Actors: Kalpita Sen
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: It's a story of the soul of a girl, her emotions, her struggle, her wings of fantasy, her transcendence to a world where she could craft her happiness... her altered perception of life amidst an unique lockdown.
Film: And he blinks
Language: Silent
Directed by: Aneek Chaudhuri
Key Actors: Sabuj Barddhan and Ipsita Kundu
Date/Time : Anytime Nov 5 - 8
Synopsis: And, he blinks is a film on a paralysed man and his nurse who develop a dependence on each other.
Film: Sree Winter Season with Jayshree Rajamani
Synopsis :
Sree is a feature-length documentary about female empowerment through dance in the immigrant community within North America. Following the stories of four different women in different locations around North America, 'Sree' showcases how dance pulls these women away from their isolated and unhappy pasts when they first immigrated and pushes them to a fulfilling future.
Jayshree, the second woman who represents 'Winter', is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer who comes to America. Though happily married, she's unable to have children. After she adopts her children from India, she celebrates the adoption by using her dance skills to fund-raise for the orphanage her children came from. She melds her classical Indian dance skills to the tune of Western jazz music, bridging a connection from her past to her present home.