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Darius Goes West
Group of 12 friends and their cross-country exploits raising awareness for DMD
08-06-2008
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Elie Wiesel Goes Home
Haulocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, goes back to Europe 50 years after the Holocaus
08-06-2008
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Penelopes Web
The film seeks to explore the ways in which women interact with digital
08-06-2008
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Time Pass
The film looks at how women are represented on Indian television particularly
08-06-2008
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Shes My Girl
Haryana's alarmingly low sex ratio has brought them all together: a motley
08-06-2008
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Scavenging Dreams
The film takes a look at the lives of rag pickers and waste dealers in Delhi. It
08-06-2008
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Making The Face
Based in Manipur, the film deals with identity in general and the personal story
08-06-2008
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One In A Million
The 73rd amendment to the Constitution of India has ensured that 33% of the seat
08-06-2008
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Lonely Angels
Through stories of sexual abuse, interspersed with the efforts of rescue
08-06-2008
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Grabbing Eyeballs
India is the only country in the world with over 3 dozen news and current affair
08-06-2008
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Dayabai Tribal Mercy
A unique story of a woman who de-classed herself from a class of landlords
08-06-2008
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Athwaas The Journey
The film brings forth the voices and responses of women, about the political sit
08-06-2008
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Apples and Oranges
The film locates conflict, as a result of differing ideas and elaborates further
08-06-2008
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13 PM
This film is a chronicle of the lives of Indian Prime Ministers through the ages
08-06-2008
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Yeh Gulistan Hamara
The film examines the deep rooted fears of religious communities living in
08-05-2008
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Women In Conflict
The film examines the impact of violence on women whether Muslim or Pandit in
08-05-2008
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Changes
Changes tells the story of three men, Sigurbjorn, Gudjon and Steinthor, who are all in their fifties. Like so many of their generation, they have lived a large part of their lives in asylums and institutions for the mentally disabled, some even raised there since birth. And like for so many of their generation, the positive changes in the affairs of the mentally disabled, that the younger generations have enjoyed, have in many ways bypassed them.
Sigurbjorn is autistic and Gudjon and Steinthor have Downs Syndrome. When we meet them they live together in the Tjaldanes Institution, a small institution in the countryside just outside Reykjavik. There they have led a peaceful, albeit somewhat isolated, life for decades. In 2004 the authorities make the decision to close down the institution, since the houses are old and maintenance is costly.
And thus a new life awaits the three friends. Two of them move to newly built apartments in a suburb of Reykjavik and one to a group-home in Hafnarfjorður, where they live in community with other citizens. The filmmakers followed their progress for three years, capturing them in their daily life in their former home, the excitement when they move and how they manage to take on the challenges of a new life. The story is told without a voice-over narrator and is allowed to come alive through the actions and reactions of the protagonists, capturing their joy and excitement when they relish their newly gained independence, where they’re allowed to make their own decisions in their everyday life for the first time.
Release Date: 101 Film Type: Feature Length Film Production Company: Reykjavik
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