TEACHING METHODOLOGIES IN CONTEXT REFLECTIONS ON THE VARAN WORKSHOPS This panel exam­ines the teach­ing prac­tices devel­oped within the Varan work­shops, known for their empha­sis on obser­va­tion­al cinema and par­tic­i­pa­to­ry learn­ing. … read more

In April 2019, the mil­i­tary staged a coup in Sudan, over­throw­ing long-time ruler Omar Al-Bashir. In response, thou­sands of young people took to the streets of Khar­toum, fight­ing against the … read more

When his grand­fa­ther died, Jakob Oss­mann was still a child. He never spoke to him about Nazi Ger­many. Now that his­to­ry is repeat­ing itself in a cer­tain way, he returns … read more

The deeply per­son­al auto-ethno­graph­ic work by Ukrain­ian film­mak­er Daria Zhu­rav­el engages the observ­er with the lim­i­ta­tions of human­ness, its inabil­i­ty to direct time, and the ulti­mate inevitabil­i­ty of death. Through … read more

The doc­u­men­tary fol­lows Khur­ram Muraad’s jour­ney to uncov­er the trau­mat­ic mem­o­ries of Hyder­abad’s annex­a­tion (Police Action) in 1948. Through the frag­ment­ed mem­o­ries of his grand­moth­er, Gulnar, he forges a con­nec­tion to a vio­lent past, one he had pre­vi­ous­ly known only ever heard about in pass­ing. As Gulnar pieces togeth­er the haunt­ing rem­nants of a for­got­ten chap­ter in Indian his­to­ry, the bound­aries between past, present, and future blur. As her sto­ry­telling brings light to the emo­tion­al and psy­cho­log­i­cal scars left by the annex­a­tion, the film embod­ies a med­i­ta­tion on resilience and the con­ti­nu­ity of cul­tur­al memory passed down through generations.

Thoufeeq K is a lens-based artist, researcher, and doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er based in Kerala, cur­rent­ly pur­su­ing a master’s in Visual Anthro­pol­o­gy. He spe­cial­izes in mul­ti­me­dia projects that blend text, sound, and image, focus­ing on the inter­sec­tions of visual arts, anthro­pol­o­gy, and religion.

Khur­ram Muraad is a poet, researcher and doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er based in South India. He com­plet­ed his master’s in lin­guis­tics at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hyder­abad. His inter­ests include lan­guage, lit­er­a­ture, and lit­er­ary cultures.

Hun­dreds of thou­sands of Indian farm­ers flee out of eco­nom­ic des­per­a­tion into sui­cide. They leave behind their wives with a moun­tain of debt, social exclu­sion and con­demned to slav­ish labor. … read more

How do you stop a forestry worker who is taking advan­tage of the dark­ness at night and starts work­ing with his har­vester in the forest? Ida and Minka, both in … read more