FILMS OF THE SPIRIT

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Vignettes of Compassion in Covid

A curation of seven short films followed by a discussion with one of the filmmakers 

Harmeet Basur, filmmaker in conversation with Aparna Sanyal, Curator of the Film Festival and Founder-Director, Mixed Media Productions

The selection of short films (65 min) from the first year of COVID which reflect on the new reality that the pandemic ushered in. The films find unique perspectives to explore – a healthcare worker’s family in her absence, a grandmother caught in the migrant exodus, a cremation site worker during last rites – and ultimately giving voice to the ineffable shockwaves the ‘new normal’ sent through our lives

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)