A Santhali creation myth serves up a meditation on the nature of storytelling

Prantik Basu’s ‘Rang Mahal’ is being screened at the Berlin Film Festival.

Nandini Ramnath

· Feb 13, 2019 · 11:00 am

A film reel finds new life as a toy in Rotterdam festival pick ‘That Cloud Never Left’

Yashaswini Raghunandan delves into a world of toys, stories, labour and cinema to create a film that rests somewhere between fiction and documentary.

Sucheta Chakraborty

· Feb 12, 2019 · 02:30 pm

Meet the artist who learned to dive at 49 to better understand coral reefs – and then save them

Priya Thuvassery’s ‘Coral Woman’ is a portrait of Uma Mani’s fascinating journey.

Nandini Ramnath

· Feb 08, 2019 · 02:30 pm

India’s ice hockey culture comes out of the deep freeze in new documentary

Mithun Bajaj’s ‘Fighting for Ice’ intends to spread awareness about the sport in the country.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Jan 22, 2019 · 12:00 pm

A documentary explores dreams of France in Puducherry – and nightmares of belonging

Pankaj Rishi Kumar’s documentary ‘Two Flags’ shines a light on residents of the former colonial territory who continue to hold French citizenship.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 19, 2019 · 03:30 pm

A woman dreams of going to the big city in the documentary ‘Roshni’

Nazneen Bhatia and Anshul Adhikari have directed the film.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 10, 2019 · 09:15 am

In documentary ‘Dhoolpet Ganesha’, a jet-black Ganesh idol prompts debates on faith and colour

Anantha Perumal’s film documents the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in a Hyderabad residential colony.

Archana Nathan

· Dec 01, 2018 · 07:15 pm

Watch: The unique legacy of ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ commemorated in a documentary

‘Fifty Years of EPW’ is out on the magazine’s YouTube channel.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 30, 2018 · 09:15 am

Netflix series ‘Dogs’ traces the human-canine bond through war, grooming contests and disability

The six-episode show has been developed by Glen Zipper and Amy Berg.

Soumya Rao

· Nov 23, 2018 · 08:15 am

In Urban Lens festival, films about belonging and surviving in the big city

The Indian Institute for Human Settlements event will be held in Delhi from November 16-18.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 15, 2018 · 01:30 pm

In documentary ‘Good Guy, Bad Guy’, a rag-picker, a jail sentence and movie dreams

Indu Krishnan’s film explores Bangalore through the hunt for Zakhir, a street dweller jailed in a murder case.

Maya Prabhu

· Nov 14, 2018 · 06:00 pm

In docu-series ‘Meet the Voice’, Mumbai railway announcer tells her story

The three-part docu-series has been directed by Disha Rindani.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 13, 2018 · 11:24 am