ARTHSHILA, AHMEDABAD
30th – 31st May 2025 & 1st June 2025 I Five Curated Sets
Three evenings, five thematic sets looking into various aspects of Indian cities. The screening comprised 25 short films exploring diverse narratives and compelling storytelling. The experience was enriched by audience reflections and conversation with Avijit Mukul Kishore and Amartya Ray.
FILMS SCREENED
By Geetanjali Gurlhosur, Prateek Pamecha and Shaily Saraf
By Avikal Parashari, Archana Singh, Asna Jamal
By Viraj Kallola, Debadrita Gupta and Abhro Chowdhury
Samayada Harivu (Flow of Time)
By Shruti Parthasarathy, Vikash Tiwari and Abhishek Patil
By Shoonya R, Maliha Sultan and Akash Gaur
By Atish Indrekar and Ruchika Chhar
अख्खा दिन, अख्खी रात (All day and all of the night) Akkha Din, Akkhi Raat
By Priya Naresh, Palak Patel & Aniket Kolarkar
Iss shahar mein chalte hue (While walking through the city)
By Amartya Ray
By Harsh Chetwani, Vedant Patil, Arkja Kuthiala
By Nitesh Sharma , Muskan Bhatt, Avijit Newar, Avinav Saha
By Amit Rathee, Nimit Phogat & Mandeep Singh
By Sanchay Bose, Pramathyu Shukla, Shubham Sengupta and Rudraksh Pathak
By Bhargav Prasad, Archanaa Seker & Pavithra Sriram
By Suraj Katra, Jai Mati, Prachi Adesara & Sitaram Shelar
By Aman Jajoria and Simran Raswant
Set 05 I Environment on the Line
By Paribartana Mohanty and Kush Badhwar
By Sudarshan Sawant & Dhanesh Gopal
শিলসাঁকোৰ উদং বুকু (Remember Xilxaku)
By Maharshi Kashyap, Susmita Talukdar, Zeba Zoariah Ahsan, Biswajit Das, Dhruba Hazarika & Koushik Tamilmaran
By Jatin Parveen, Nitesh Sharma and Pratham Kar
कार्य प्रगति पर है A Work in Progress
By Oshee Johri and Nipun Prabhakar
By Ayush Ray and Ritam Sarkar
DISCUSSION
The screenings were followed by a dialogue between Avijit Mukul Kishore and Amartya Ray, reflecting on the significance of city films and the power of storytelling to transform how we perceive and engage with urban issues.