MAP BANGALORE

3rd August 2025 | Livelihoods and Living Traditions

The selection of films looks at various ways livelihoods and living traditions of communities are stripped, held against, or deemed obsolete. When livelihoods disappear and become stigmatised, what happens?


FILMS SCREENED

Olam

By Priyadharshan Anand, Nagendran Arumugam, Arunmani Vasu, Dishon C Prince

The Bhavi Project

By Rajeev Malagi and Smruti Balvalli

The Many Journeys of Water

By Niki Nirvikalpa, Sugantha Priscilla and Prasanth Kumar K

Tailor Made City

By Purna, Himadri Das, Arvind Dev, Montry Thaalavattam, Karthik Murali and Ravikumar A.S

Cycle of Life

By Swanand Kottewar, Rahul Jambhulkar, Aniket Kolarkar & Sanket Ray

Darudi

By Atish Indrekar and Ruchika Chhara


PANELISTS

Rajeev Malagi

Filmmaker | Urban Designer

Smruti Balvalli

Landscape Architect | Educator

Niki Nirvikalpa

Writer | Photographer | Filmmaker

MODERATOR

Tanvi Karia

Assistant Director, CCF

PANEL DISCUSSION

The conversation brought forth experiences of the filmmakers in working closely with the communities around urban issues, discussing in detail the ethics and advocacy involved in documentary storytelling.