14th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2026
19-28 February, Multiple Venues, Chennai
Organised by MARUPAKKAM 30
Screening Schedule
Seminar on Tamil Documentaries
19 Feb; University of Madras, Chepauk Campus
10 am to 4 pm
Speakers :
Amshan Kumar
RR Srinivasan
Leena Manimekalai
Giridharan
Special Screening
20 Feb; Goethe- Institut, Chennai
10 am to 5 pm
10 am
Farming the Revolution
Dir : Nishtha Jain; 105 min; Doc; India
Sathyapullu (The Magical Grass)
Dir : Ramdas Kadavallur; 67 min; Doc; India
2 pm
Nocturnes
Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan; 83 min; Doc; India
3.30 pm
Interaction with the filmmakers
4 pm
Formless Form
Dir : Debaranjan; 60 min; Doc; India
Day Shows
21 Feb ; Goethe Institut
10 am to 5 pm
10 am : Inauguration
11 am
Mozart’s Sister
Dir : Madeleine Hetherton-Miau; 90 min; Doc; Australia
On a Thai Note, The Artful Journey of Somtow Suchariktul
Dir : Stephane Lambert; 26 min; Thailand
2 pm
Your Life without Me
Dir : Anna Rubi; 62 min; Doc; Hungary
The Be-All and The End-All Dir : Yun Zhu; 90 mi; China
Analogue Natives
Dir : Bernd Lü tzeler; 25.33 min; Germany
22 Feb; Periyar Thidal
11 am to 8 pm
11 am
The Gold Panner from Lannavaraa
Dir : Mattias Löw; 95 min; Ghana, Namibia, Sweden
2 pm
There’s the Way and There’s Going
Dir : Elia Romanelli, Antonio Pintus; 40 min; Italy
The Resurrection Quest
Dir : Mayurica Biswas, Radhika Chandrasekhar; 61.39 min; Singapore
In the Good Hands
Dir : Naomi Okabe; 45 min; Canada
5 pm
And the Fish fly above our Heads
Dir : Dima Adib El-Horr; 70 min; Lebanon
How to Get on with Everybody
Dir : Elin Moe, Winstan Whitter; 59 min; United Kingdom
23 Feb; ICAT College of Media & Design; 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
9.30 am
At the Bottom of the Reen
Dir : Molly Kiely; 16.40 min; Doc; Ireland
The Deeper
Dir : Saw; 15.12 min; Doc; Myanmar
Amad’s Dream
Dir : Aashish Kiphayet; 9.30 min; Doc; United States
Even So (Phir Bhi)
Dir: Meghna Nandy; 16.02 min; Doc; United Kingdom
Maestro’s Hands
Dir : Aleksey Barykin; 27 min; Doc; Russian Federation
Baaxpee - this Ground
Dir : Robin Starbuck; 29.42 min; Doc; United States
Gaunyin Hostel
Dir : Qiancao Xiao; 15 min; SF; China
Tea Kottu 83’
Dir : Sai Harini Vasanth; 19.33 min: SF India
Every Bullet’s Account
Dir : Ravish Pathan; 14 min; SF; India
25 Feb; Anna University
2 pm to 5 pm
The Way to the Sea
Dir : Mika Sasaki; 7.19 min; Doc; India
Letters to You
Dir : Ridashisha Kurbah; 11.08 min; Doc; India
“Grandpa” is Crafting Future
Dir : Kashish Kanojia; 10.13 min; Doc; India
See Me, When You Leave
Dir : Dipin Chenayil; 17.37 min; Doc; India
The Waves Will Never Stop
Dir : Kartik Sreenivasan, Sai Krishna L V, Sanjana Reddy; 10 min; Doc; India
“Grandpa” is Crafting Future
Dir : Kashish Kanojia; 10.13 min
Dvand
Dir : SANDEEP SINGH; 19.30 min
Break
Knot
Dir : Abhay Parveen Gupta; 14.30 min; SF; India
Every Bullet’s Account
Dir : Ravish Pathan; 14 min; SF; India
Two Sinners
Dir : Samir Zaidi; 11.52 min; SF; India
Ripples
Dir : SHREEHARSH KHANDEKAR; 9.08 min; SF; India
Akam
Dir : Hari Krishnan M; 15.25 min; SF; India
Almari Ka Aachar
Dir: Raakesh Rawat; 19.40 min
26 Feb; Women's Christian College; 12.30 pm to 4.30 pm
All that we Own
Dir : Aparajita Gupta; 29 min; Doc; India
See Me, When You Leave
Dir : Dipin Chenayil; 17.37 min; Doc; India
Bow Barracks : Beyond the Red Bricks
Dir : Vaidyanath Nishant; 25.25 min; Doc; India
Kelad
Dir : Shruti Jagdale; 22.43 min; Doc; India
Bali
Dir : Amoli Birewar; 25.45 min; Doc; India
Break
Even So (Phir Bhi)
Dir: Meghna Nandy; 16.02 min; Doc; United Kingdom
Maestro’s Hands
Dir : Aleksey Barykin; 27 min; Doc; Russian Federation
Baaxpee - this Ground
Dir : Robin Starbuck; 29.42 min; Doc; United States
26 Feb; Vinayaka Missions - Chennai Campus ; 10 am to 4 pm
10 am to 1 pm
Tea Kottu 83’
Dir : Sai Harini Vasanth; 19.33 min; SF; India The Waves Will Never Stop
Dir : Kartik Sreenivasan, Sai Krishna L V, Sanjana Reddy; 10 min; Doc; India
K InRluencer
Dir :Siranjeev Sankaran; 13.45 min; SF; India Knot
Dir : Abhay Parveen Gupta; 14.30 min; SF; India
Selection
Dir : Yaoyuan Zhang; 23 min; SF; China, Japan
Unwritten Verses
Dir : Fathima Shanaz; 11.58 min; SF; SriLanka
Kaanal
Dir : Abhishikta Kaila; 8 min; Doc; India
2 pm to 3 pm
Astronauta
Dir : Giorgio Giampà ; 16 min; SF; France, Guatemala; Italy; Mexico
Mounir
Dir : Xose Dopazo, Javier Rú a; 15 min; SF; Spain
Two Sinners
Dir : Samir Zaidi; 11.52 min; SF; India
3 pm : Break
3.15pm to 4pm
Amad’s Dream
Dir : Aashish Kiphayet; 9.30 min; Doc; United States
Lunch Box
Dir: Kavin B; 23.43 min; SF; India
27 Feb; Vinayaka Mission University; 10 am to 4 pm
10 am to 11.30 am
Nur Sultan
Dir : Xoan Escudero; 14 min; SF; Spain
Kasra
Dir : Bharat Mohan Sunita; 19 min; SF; India Kelad
Dir : Shruti Jagdale; 22.43 min; Doc; India Letters to You
Dir : Ridashisha Kurbah; 11.08 min; Doc; India A Good Son
Dir : Manish Jha; 14.23 min; SF; India
11.30 am : Break
11.45 am to 1 pm
Knalrot
Dir : Elias Fö rderer; 6.49 min; SF; Germany
Wishful Water
Dir : Sinoop raj, Subhash k; 8.52 min; SF; India
The Deeper
Dir : Saw; 15.12 min; Doc; Myanmar
Rumi
Dir : AAKASH JAGAD; 19.32 min; SF; India
The Way to the Sea
Dir : Mika Sasaki; 7.19 min; Doc; India
1 pm : Lunch break
2pm to 3pm
Tick Tick
Dir : Shridhar Sudhir; 23 min; SF; India
Koli
Dir : Jyotirmoy Mazumdar; 14.20 min; SF; India
Bagoon
Dir : Aman Thangellapally; 10.50 min; SF; India
3 pm : Break
3.15 pm to 4 pm
Gulaam (Slave)
Dir : Saurabh Nandakishor Kolekar; 13.03 min; SF; India
Holy Water
Dir : RAMESH NANDHAN; 14.33 min; SF; India Awakening
Dir : Sonya Dukhon; 5.51 min; India; Israel
Zero Bulb
Dir : Soham Prasad Bhende; 17.42 min
28 Feb; Asian College of Journalism; 10 am to 5 pm
10 am
Where is My Home
Dir : Jaya Jose Raj; 63 min; Doc; India
Bow Barracks : Beyond the Red Bricks
Dir : Vaidyanath Nishant; 25.25 min; Doc; India
Kelad
Dir : Shruti Jagdale; 22.43 min; Doc; India
See Me, When You Leave
Dir : Dipin Chenayil; 17.37 min; Doc; India
Occha
Dir : Sreelakshmi M; 24.55 min; SF; India
Dissonance
Dir : Chaochen LI; 21.52 min; SF; China
The Daily Bread
Dir : Anil Kumar Anand; 21.57 min; SF; India
2 pm
The Well
Dir : Balaji Maheshwar; 62 min; Doc; India
Dongar
Dir : Sanjivani Kamble ; 24.53 min; SF; India
Lincoln
Dir : JEEVAN MANI; 29.30 min; SF; India
Red Letter
Dir : Ajit Arora; 30 min; SF; India
Memonto Fabulan
Dir : Candela Nú ñ ez Gutié rrez; 22 min; SF; Spain
Evening Shows
23 Feb; Chennai Institute of Journalism (CIJ); 5.30 pm
Crescent in the Saffron Sky
Dir : Alishan Jafri and Omair Farooq; 53 min; Doc; India; Election Stories
Outcast
Dir : Prince Pappchen; 68 min; Doc; India
Karma Gabore
Dir : Shubham Neware; 47 min; Doc; India
Don’t Kill My Memory
Dir : Liquan Zeng; 23 min; China
24 Feb; CIJ; 5.30 pm
Our Symbol is?
Dir : Greeshma Kuthar and Manju Priya K; 51 min; Doc; India; Election Stories
SANGAMA | coming together
Dir : Sunanda Bhat: 67 min; Doc; India; Election Stories
Adrayi
Dir : Farsana; 47.39 min; Doc; India
Bob wanna Kill
Dir : Y Yang; 19.20 min; Norway
25 Feb; CIJ; 5.30 pm
Inside Out
Dir : Amit Mahanti: 57 min; Doc; India; Election Stories
The Balance Sheet : World Bank & its 80 Year Legacy Dir : Joe Athialy; 70 min; Doc; India
All that we Own
Dir : Aparajita Gupta; 29 min; Doc; India
A Dream Like a Dream
Dir :Linjie Sheng; 13.16 min; China
26 Feb; CIJ; 5.30 pm
State of Hope
Dir : Anjali Monteiro and K.P Jayasanker: 65 min;
The Third
Dir : Niladri Sekhar Dassarma; 60.43 min; Doc; India
At Cheta’s Home
Dir : Tarang Pradip Thakkar; 30.59 min; Doc; India
Monologue
Dir : Danae MOSSMAN; 13.25 min; New Zealand
27 Feb; CIJ; 5.30 pm
Gola Dreams
Dir : Pankaj Rishi Kumar: 51 min; Doc; India; Election Stories
Kavi Kant
Dir : Jay Kholia; 85 min; Doc; India
Bali
Dir : Amoli Birewar; 25.45 min; Doc; India
I want to comeback
Dir : Sara Brun Moreno; 14 min; Spain
21 Feb; Discovery; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Guerrilla
Dir : Joan Gamero; 91.36 min; Spain
Flotacija
Dir : Eluned Zoe Aiano, Alesandra Tatić; 77 min; Serbia
Beneath the Veil
Dir : Hareem Fatima; 21.58 min; United Kingdom
22 Feb; Discovery; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Gingerbed for her Dad
Dir : Alina Musta]ina; 76.30 min; Kazakstan Art.29. Comma 3
Dir : Giovanni Meola; 93.57 min; Italy
Saxo
Dir : C Tarun Arvind; 28.50 min; Germany
23 Feb; Discovery; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Cricket Dreams
Dir. : Jamillah van der Hulst; 77.32 min; Netherlands
On Melting Snow
Dir: Mojtaba Bahador; 73 min; Belgium, Iceland
Amad’s Dream
Dir : Aashish Kiphayet; 9.30 min; United States
Hunter Hunted
Dir : Balaji V; 13.40 min; Germany
24 Feb; Discovery; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Rationally Enraged
Dir : Franziska Brozio; 87 min; Germany
Maestro’s Hands
Dir : Aleksey Barykin; 27 min; Russian Federation
Un Mare Di Porti Lontane
Dir. : Marco Daffra; 54; Italy
25 Feb; Discovery; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
8 Seconds
Dir : Jean-Marie Vinclair; 78.56 min; France
Puzzleak : The Rape Palace
Dir : Kote Camacho, Anonymous; 15 min; Spain
Reliefs
Dir : Juan Manuel Gonzalez Fernandez; 17.40 min; Mexico
26 Feb; Discovery; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Cracking the Code : Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Dir : Bill Haney; 98 min; United States
Bajau Laut : The Sea is our Home Dir : Joo Peter; 70 min; Malaysia
I am Alex
Dir : David Gough; 43.43 min; South Africa, United Kingdom
The Deeper
Dir : Saw; 15.12 min; Myanmar
Hapusa - the truly Indian gin Dir : Thomas Fitch; 13.43 min
Milky Girl
Dir : Olga Dobromyslova; 15 min; Russian Federation
27 Feb; Discovery; 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Lupi Nostri (Our Wolves)
Dir : Samer Angelone; 82 min; Italy
At the Bottom of the Reen
Dir : Molly Kiely; 16.40 min; Ireland
Dog Meat
Dir : Mel Andre; 39 min; United States
Chronicle of Crime in Modrici
Dir : Luka Klapan; 26.29 min; Croatia
28 Feb; Discovery; 5.30 pm Closing Ceremony
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