TRAVELLING FILM SOUTH ASIA 2014 – A FESTIVAL OF SOUTH ASIAN DOCUMENTARIES: 30 JULY to 2 AUGUST 2014

The Story of One (Sri Lanka; 19 min; 2012; English)
Director: Kannan Arunasalam
 
At the height of the troubles in Sri Lanka, a mother asked a Jesuit priest to take her son to safety, thinking no harm could come to him if he was with an American priest. She was wrong.
The film explores how parents of the disappeared struggle to get on with their lives and how communities polarized by violence re-learn to live together in present-day Batticaloa
 
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 Who Will Be a Gurkha (Nepal; 75 min; 2012; English subtitles)                                                                           
Director: Kesang Tseten
 
What does it take to be a Gurkha? The film follows the candidates and the recruitment process, carried out with meticulous British planning, a modern-day ritual born in the days of Empire