Category: BQFF

BQFF, Jan 30 Screenings, List of Documentaries

MORE THAN A FRIEND – by Debalina Majumder – 35 mins

2010 | India | 35 mins | Bengali DebalinaMajumder | mdebalina@yahoo.co.uk Screening on 30th January 2014 ( Download Schedule PDF) The film explores the lives and outlooks of four characters in the context of a growing awareness about same-sex relationships in India. The film is interspersed with sometimes-humorous interviews of people belonging to various sections of society, who express their views on many related concerns and share their experience of humiliation, anxiety and joy. (Part … Continue reading MORE THAN A FRIEND – by Debalina Majumder – 35 mins

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BQFF, Indian, January 31 Screenings, List of Documentaries

IN BETWEEN DAYS – by Sankhajit Biswas – 58 mins

2012 | India Bengali | 58 mins Director: Sankhajit Biswas Screening on 31st January 2014 ( Download Schedule PDF) This is a story of Chiranjit and Bubai – two young transgender friends from Kolkata. They drop out from school because of their feminine disposition. Hailing from poor and uneducated families, they confront social ostracisation from a tender age. However, it helps strengthen their bond as friends. Like … Continue reading IN BETWEEN DAYS – by Sankhajit Biswas – 58 mins

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BQFF, February 1 Screenings, Foreign, List of Documentaries

RED CHEWING GUM – by Akram Zaatari – 11 mins

2000 | Lebanon | Arabic | 11min | AkramZaatari Screening on 1st February 2014 ( Download Schedule PDF) This erotic short is a love poem of sorts as one man recalls meeting another in an alley fifteen years earlier. There, alone in the alley together, they avidly watch a young street vendor chew his gum. One particular piece of gum stands out in the poet’s memory because of its color. (Part of … Continue reading RED CHEWING GUM – by Akram Zaatari – 11 mins

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BQFF, February 1 Screenings, Foreign, List of Documentaries

MONDOMANILA – by Khavn de la Cruz – 75 mins

2012 | Philippines / Germany Thagalog / English 1 hr 15 mins Director: Khavn de la Cruz Screening on 1st February 2014 ( Download Schedule PDF) Tony de Guzman is an anti-hero. Life, according to him, is short, brutal. It’s never on your side. Grab what you can, when you can. Settle scores. Be randy. Defy the rules. Cheat the system. Toughen it out. Tony knows … Continue reading MONDOMANILA – by Khavn de la Cruz – 75 mins

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