27th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2025
6-10 December; multiple venues, Madurai
A Marupakkam Initiative
Screening Schedule (subject to changes)
Public screenings :
Main Venue : LENS Media Centre
6-10 Dec; 11 am to 8 pm Gnana Olivupuram
(registration mandatory)*
Evening Shows : Kaleidoscope (Entry free)
6-10 Dec; 6 pm to 8 pm, Ayyar Bungalow
Special Day Show : IDEAS Centre (Entry free)
7 Dec; 10 am to 5 pm, Vazhaithoppu
Campus Screenings (open to respected students only)
8 Dec; 10 am to 4 pm; Dept of Visual Communication, Fatima College
8 Dec; 2 pm to 5 pm; Dept of Tamil, American College
9 Dec; 10 am to 4 pm; Dept of Tamil, Gandhigram University, Gandhigram
9 Dec; 10 am to 4 pm; Dept of Communication, Madurai Kamaraj University, Palkalai Nagar
10 Dec; 10 am to 4 pm; AICUF, Arul Anandhar College, Karumathur
6 Dec; LENS Media Centre
11 am : Inauguration
11.30 pm to 1 pm
See Me, When You Leave
Dir: Dipin Chenayil; 17:37 min; Documentary; India
Sathyappullu-The Magical Grass
Dir: Ramdas Kadavallur; 1:07:08 min; Documentary; India
1 pm Interaction with the filmmakers
2 pm
Cherkashins. Performance of Perestroika
Dir: Vladimir Sumashedov; 32:06 min; Documentary; Russian Federation
The Show Man
Dir: Balajee S R; 7:35 min; Short Fiction; India
Outcast
Dir: Prince P Pappachen; 1:08:05 min; Documentary; India
Interaction with the filmmakers
Humare Beech Mein
Dir : Rajkumari & Ruchika Negi; 35 min; Documentary; India (Rough Edges)
5 pm
Time to Smile
Dir: Jonas Almeida Braga Amarante; 12:15 min; Documentary; Portugal
Like a Novel (Roman Gibi)
Dir: Tayfun Belet; 1:02:38 min; Documentary; Turkey
Best Day Ever
Dir: Ben Knight, Berne Broudy; 47:56 min; Documentary; United States
The City Under a Banyan tree
Dir: Soumyanshu Ghosh; 33:29 min; Documentary; India
6 Dec; Kaleidoscope
See Me, When You Leave
Dir: Dipin Chenayil; 17:37 min; Documentary; India
Sathyappullu-The Magical Grass
Dir: Ramdas Kadavallur; 1:07:08 min; Documentary; India
Interaction with the filmmakers
Hot Mess Express
Dir: Chao Niu; 16:00 min; Documentary; China
7 Dec; LENS Media Centre
11 am
Metacíclica
Dir: Lydia Zimmermann; 17:56 min; Documentary; Spain
Cross the Ocean and Return Changed
Dir: Natalia Kuznetsova; 1:00:00 min; Documentary; Russian Federation
Pari
Dir : Priya Sen; 31 min; Documentary; India (Rough Edges)
2 pm
Jar of Time
Dir: Nevena Semova; 27:25 min; Documentary; Bulgaria
A Good Wife
Dir: Anuradha Bansal; 1:30:00 min; Documentary; India
The Night That Forgot to End
Dir: Biswajit Das, Surbhi Dewan, Farha Khatun, Nundrisha Wakhloo, Rustam Mazumdar; 22:27 min; Documentary; India
Four Long Faces
Dir: Alok Paswan; 20:00 min; Short Fiction; India
Interaction with the filmmaker
5.15 pm
Geometry of Return
Dir: Nataliya Bek-Gergard; 8:53 min; Documentary; Canada, Ukraine
Encountering Hate
Dir: Lalit Vachani; 48:00 min; Documentary; Germany, India
Emergency
Dir: Olivier Laval; 1:18:05 min; Documentary; Belgium
The Fine Line
Dir: Daniela Grigorenko; 25:00 min; Documentary; Russian Federation
7 Dec; IDEAS Centre
10 am : Inauguration
10.30 am
Bali
Dir: Amoli Birewar; 25:45 min; Documentary; India
Those, revealed on the walls, in a touch
Dir: Anand P Chandran; 28:00 min; Documentary; India
Knot
Dir: Abhay Parveen Gupta; 14:30 min; Short Fiction; India
Interaction with the filmmakers
2 pm
Working Women Series Part 01 : Valli
Dir: Amudhan RP; 60 min; Doc; India
Interaction with the filmmaker
Nilgiris: Customs and Culturescapes
Dir: Pranjal Joshi; 19:59 min; Documentary; India
7 Dec; Kaleidoscope
6 pm
Flower From The Sky
Dir: Jayshankar Ramu; 15:00 min; Short Fiction; India
Outcast
Dir: Prince P Pappachen; 1:08:05 min; Documentary; India
Interaction with the filmmakers
Thar: Sacred Groves and Waterscapes
Dir: Pranjal Joshi; 19:59 min; Documentary; India
8 Dec; LENS Media Centre
11 am
Land of Dreams
Dir: Ambarien Alqadar; 40:00 min; Documentary; United States
Notre Paradis De Plastique I Our Plastic Paradise
Dir: Johann Vorster; 10:56 min; Documentary; South Africa
Saath Paar Zindagi ( Life Beyond 60 )
Dir: Haider Khan; 1:05:54 min; Documentary; India
2 pm
HAPUSA - a truly Indian gin
Dir: Thomas Fitch; 13:43 min; Documentary; India
Blurred Boundaries : The Mishmi and the Forest
Dir: Imrana Khan; 13:18 min; Documentary; India
Tetsuyo Turned 104, Living On Her Own
Dir: Kazuhiro Yamamoto; 1:34:04 min; Documentary; Japan
I Am Alex
Dir: David Gough; 43:43 min; Documentary; South Africa, United Kingdom
A Happy Place
Dir: Siddhant Sarin; 21:43 min; Documentary; Belgium
5 pm
Momento
Dir: Gregor Hutz; 25:55 min; Documentary; Germany, Italy
Generations of Images
Dir: Johannes Gierlinger; 1:42:15 min; Documentary; Albania, Austria
Giovanni's Smyrna
Dir: Ragıp Taranç; 46:50 min; Documentary; Turkey
8 Dec; The Fatima College
10 am : Inauguration
10.30 am
End of the Rope
Dir: Aravind Umapathy; 12:13 min; Documentary; India
Riverbed of dried petals
Dir: Kalash Jain; 12:30 min; Short Fiction; India
Interaction with the filmmakers
The Daily Bread (Girrda)
Dir: Anil Kumar Anand; 19:59 min; Short fiction; India
Koli
Dir: Jyotirmoy Mazumdar; 14:20 min; Short fiction; India
Amad's Dream
Dir: Aashish Kiphayet; 9:30 min; Documentary; United States
Log Kya Kahenge (What will people say)
Dir: Rafina Khatun; 40 min; Documentary; India (Rough Edges)
2 pm
Jar of Time
Dir: Nevena Semova; 27:25 min; Documentary; Bulgaria
Baghdad Graphic
Dir: D.K. Odessa; 15:00 min; Documentary; Iraq
Compassion
Dir: Rohan Sajjansinh Rathod, Sahaj Surendra Sevak; 17:52 min; Short Fiction; India
The First Film
Dir: Piyush Thakur; 19:59 min; Short Fiction; India
Making Space
Dir : Nikita Parikh; 14 min; Documentary; India (Rough Edges)
8 Dec; The American College
2 pm
The Show Man
Dir: Balajee S R; 7:35 min; Short Fiction; India
Riverbed of dried petals
Dir: Kalash Jain; 12:30 min; Short Fiction; India
Those, revealed on the walls, in a touch
Dir: Anand P Chandran; 28:00 min; Documentary; India
Interaction with filmmakers
End of the Rope
Dir: Aravind Umapathy; 12:13 min; Documentary; India
Bali
Dir: Amoli Birewar; 25:45 min; Documentary; India
Sundarbans: Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes
Dir: Pranjal Joshi; 18:15 min; Documentary; India
8 Dec; Kaleidoscope
6 pm
Slow Wave
Dir: Pooja Kadam; 9:22 min; Documentary; India
The Night That Forgot to End
Dir: Biswajit Das, Surbhi Dewan, Farha Khatun, Nundrisha Wakhloo, Rustam Mazumdar; 22:27 min; Documentary; India
HAPUSA - a truly Indian gin
Dir: Thomas Fitch; 13:43 min; Documentary; India
Monologue
Dir: Danae MOSSMAN; 13:25 min; Short fiction; New Zealand
El susurro
Dir: Alejo Rosemberg; 13:00 min; Short Fiction; Argentina
Fiabexit
Dir: Lorenzo Giovenga, Giuliano Giacomelli; 19:53 min; Short Fiction; Italy
We'll Carry On Alright
Dir: Megan Rossman; 11:52 min; Documentary
9 Dec; LENS Media Centre
11 am
Seed Stories
Dir: Chitrangada Choudhury; 42:00 min; Documentary; India
Umbro
Dir : Prachee Bajania; 34 min; Documentary; India (Rough Edges)
The Lion and the Boy
Dir: Natalya Lobko; 51:00 min; Documentary; Russian Federation
2 pm
A Shared Table
Dir: Vince Li; 17:23 min; Short Fiction; United States
Let there be light !
Dir: Akiko Okumura; 14:57 min; Short Fiction; France
Bow Barracks: Beyond the Red Bricks
Dir: Vaidyanath Nishant; 25:25 min; Documentary; India
Fools' paradise (lost?)
Dir: Alexandra Lexton; 1:38:00 min; Documentary; United States
Motya
Dir: Artem Chuba; 18:08 min; Short Fiction; Russian Federation
5 pm
Molai - Man behind the forest
Dir: Dhiraj Kashyap; 20:00 min; Documentary; India
One Foot In Front Of The Other
Dir: Basav Biradar; 01:01:46 min; Documentary; India
Olga Michi, an Artistic Odyssey Dir: Vladimir Sumashedov; 27:40 min; Documentary; Russian Federation
Analogue Natives
Dir: Bernd Lützeler; 25:33 min; Documentary; Germany; India
9 Dec; Gandhigram University
10 am : Inauguration
11 am Por Paravaigal / War Birds
Dir: Subash Bharathi; 14:54 min; Short Fiction; India
Interaction with the filmmaker
Gulaam (Slave)
Dir: Saurabh Nandakishor Kolekar; 13:03 min; Short Fiction; India
The First Film
Dir: Piyush Thakur; 19:59 min; Short Fiction; India
The Daily Bread (Girrda)
Dir: Anil Kumar Anand; 19:59 min; Short fiction; India
The First Lesson
Dir: Maksim Bobkov; 7:55 min; Short Fiction; Russian Federation
2 pm
The Apple Picker's Son
Dir: Yang Zimik; 16:30 min; Short Fiction; India, United States
See Me, When You Leave
Dir: Dipin Chenayil; 17:37 min; Documentary; India
Chains & Wheels
Dir: Jayshankar Ramu, Aryaki; 7:33 min; Documentary; India
Nilgiris: Customs and Culturescapes
Dir: Pranjal Joshi; 19:59 min; Documentary; India
Knot
Dir: Abhay Parveen Gupta; 14:30 min; Short Fiction; India
9 Dec; Madurai Kamaraj University
10 am : Inauguration
11 am A Brief Moment of Absence
Dir: Saikiran M D; 36:14 min; Documentary; India
In the Light of Time
Dir: Amogh Chauhan, Jahnavi Pradeep; 12:15 min; Documentary; India
Riverbed of dried petals
Dir: Kalash Jain; 12:30 min; Short Fiction; India
Interaction with the filmmakers
2 pm
Ilish
Dir: Himjyoti Talukdar; 14:23 min; Short Fiction; India
Driving Lessons
Dir: Anastasiya Gruba; 17:48 min; Short Fiction; Ukraine
A Happy Place
Dir: Siddhant Sarin; 21:43 min; Documentary; Belgium
See Me, When You Leave
Dir: Dipin Chenayil; 17:37 min; Documentary; India
Chains & Wheels
Dir: Jayshankar Ramu, Aryaki; 7:33 min; Documentary; India
Inside the forest stands a watchtower
Dir: Biswajit Das; 15:39 min; Documentary; India
9 Dec; Kaleidoscope
6 pm
An Extraordinary Love Letter
Dir: Sachin Kumar Enganati; 15:00 min; Short Fiction; Luxembourg
A Small Favor
Dir: Bijoyeta Sahoriya Das; 14:00 min; Short Fiction; United States
Dark Circles
Dir: Prabal Chakraborty; 9:59 min; Short Fiction; India
The Cormorant's Shadow
Dir: Barbara Peikert; 1:00 min; Experimental Films; Switzerland
For The Camera
Dir: Peter Bromley; 5:24 min; Experimental Films; United Kingdom
The Other Side
Dir: Olga Ushakova; 8:17 min; Experimental Films; Russian Federation
I Will Wake Up When I Am Done Sleeping
Dir: Sigi Golan; 5:00 min; Experimental Films; Israel
Every Bullet's Account
Dir: Ravish Pathan; 14:00 min; Short Fiction; India
10 Dec; LENS Media Centre
11 am
Run River!
Dir: Anastasiia Ostapenko; 11:59 min; Short Fiction; Russian Federation
Me + You
Dir: Zohra Benhammou, Romy Mana; 1:25:15 min; Documentary; Belgium
2 pm
Best Day Ever
Dir: Ben Knight, Berne Broudy; 47:56 min; Documentary; United States
Gingerbread for her dad
Dir: Alina Mustafina; 1:16:30 min; Documentary; Kazakhstan
Sundarbans: Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes
Dir: Pranjal Joshi; 18:15 min; Documentary; India
5 pm
El susurro
Dir: Alejo Rosemberg; 13:00 min; Short Fiction; Argentina
Bitter Honey
Dir: Julia Andreevna Makarova; 26:32 min; Documentary; Russian Federation
Words fail me if I try to tell you 1:17:08 min; Documentary; China
7 pm : Closing ceremony
10 Dec; Arul Anandhar College
10 am : Inauguration
11 am Por Paravaigal / War Birds
Dir: Subash Bharathi; 14:54 min; Short Fiction; India
In the Light of Time
Dir: Amogh Chauhan, Jahnavi Pradeep; 12:15 min; Documentary; India
A Brief Moment of Absence
Dir: Saikiran M D; 36:14 min; Documentary; India
Interaction with the filmmakers
2 pm
See Me, When You Leave
Dir: Dipin Chenayil; 17:37 min; Documentary; India
Blurred Boundaries : The Mishmi and the Forest
Dir: Imrana Khan; 13:18 min; Documentary; India
Desire
Dir: Sameer Talawdekar; 15:00 min; Short Fiction; India
Molai - Man behind the forest
Dir: Dhiraj Kashyap; 20:00 min; Documentary; India
Gulaam (Slave)
Dir: Saurabh Nandakishor Kolekar; 13:03 min; Short Fiction; India
The First Film
Dir: Piyush Thakur; 19:59 min; Short Fiction; India
10 Dec; Kaleidoscope
6 pm
Do You Have Any Games On Your Phone?
Dir: Mari Valdivia; 3:53 min; Animation Films; United States
Dobrina
Dir: Hannes Rall; 5:00 min; Animation Films; Germany
hope this conversation doesn't take place in 2045
Dir: Srishti Arora; 6:06 min; Animation Films; India
Hari Govind and the Forbidden Jar
Dir: Dev Rajiv Shah; 2:34 min; Animation Films; India
What The Troll - Shweta Harve ft. Dario Cei
Dir: Shweta Harve; 3:45 min; Music Video; United States
New Beginnings
Dir: Isabelle Ingold, Vivianne Perelmuter; 1:27:00 min; Feature Film; Belgium, France
Organised by MARUPAKKAM
In association with
LENS Media Centre
Kaleidoscope
IDEAS Centre
Dept of Visual Communication - The Fatima College, Madurai
Dept of Tamil - The American College, Madurai
Dept of Tamil - Gandhigram University, Gandhigram
Dept of Communication - Madurai Kamaraj University, Palkalai Nagar
AICUF- Arul Anandhar College, Karumathur
