Hadinelentu - Director: Prithvi Konanur
Hadinelentu/ Seventeeners (2022) is the fourth feature film of Prithvi Konanur. The film deals with two college students who find that the video of their classroom intimate moments is on the internet. Their families are shattered. The college administration decides their fate while they remain rusticated. But things begin to spiral out of control when the question of their caste comes to the fore.
The film was in the Recommends section of Film Bazaar 2021. The film premiered at Busan IFF 2022 with a nomination for Kim Jiseok award. The film was chosen as the Opening Film of the Indian Panorama section of the 53rd IFFI, Goa. The film premiered at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in March 2023.
Prithvi Konanur is a former software professional, Prithvi Konanur’s entry into screenwriting started with an English screenplay titled The Abiding, which was optioned for a Hollywood Film with Horror director Rob Schmidt attached to direct. Equipped with this experience, Prithvi went to the New York Film Academy and studied filmmaking. He has also directed Alegalu (2012), Railway Children (2016), Pinki Elli (2020).
Screening of a Film and a Masterclass by Girish Kasaravalli
One of the finest exponents of Parallel Cinema in India, Girish Kasaravalli has been the recipient of 15 National Film Awards till date. A gold medallist from the famed Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Kasaravalli showed early promise when his diploma film Avashesh clinched the National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film. Kasaravalli’s first film Ghatashraddha (1977) won him his first Golden Lotus. It was hailed by critics worldwide. Some of his notable works include the likes of Tabarana Kathe (1986), Thayi Saheba (1997), Dweepa (2002), Gulabi Talkies (2008) and Kanasemba Kudureyaneri (2010).
Rallalo Neeru - Director: Kiranmayi Indraganti
Rallalo Neeru/ Hidden Waters (2020) is the first feature film directed by Kiranmayi Indraganti. The film is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House in Telugu, is set in the contemporary, semi-urban milieu of coastal Andhra Pradesh. The film revolves around Neela who finds herself in the middle of a fearful scenario of her husband finding out about a cherished secret of hers: the past is neither easy to explain nor appropriate to divulge, but her blackmailer has his own demands. She cannot fulfil them without crossing her overbearing yet loving husband. The stakes for marital security rise, as do questions about self, love, and marriage. Who decides the meaning of her actions even if they appear dubious to society, including her husband, for whom judgment is truth?
Kiranmayi Indraganti is a filmmaker with interests in film direction, screenwriting, music and the histories of singers and song production. Her creative and academic work includes documentary production and publications on music and film practice. She holds a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Nottingham and an MFA in Film Production from York University, Toronto.