CRIPA Thursday 22 January, 2026 • 19:00 | H2O My Love/H2O Mon Amour (France, 2023, Dir. Laëti...

CRIPA Thursday 22 January, 2026 • 19:00 | H2O My Love/H2O Mon Amour (France, 2023, Dir. Laëtitia Martinoni, Short, 18min, French w/ English subtitles, NR R) Is it reasonable to fall in love during the end of the world? Alice and Simon meet as the water war rages. Producers: Laëtitia Martinoni, Aurélien Dubois Director/Writer: Laëtitia Martinoni Cast: Chryssa Florou, Mehdi Djaadi, Karine Lazard • 19:18 | Sunday (Uzbekistan, 2023, Dir. Shokir Kholikov, Feature, 96min, Uzbek w/ English subtitles, NR R) An elderly couple is living a peaceful life in a quiet Uzbek village. Their tranquil life is disrupted when their two sons start replacing old items in their house with new ones. The sons have a bigger plan: to demolish their parents' old house and build a new one in its place. The elderly parents cherish their old home and are resistant to any change, leading to a conflict between the generations, where the struggle between tradition and progress reaches a breaking point. Premiered and awarded at the 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival. Producer: Firdavs Abdukholikov Sales Agent: A Films, Kazakhstan, All Rights Director/Writer: Shokir Kholikov Cast: Abdurakhmon Yusufaliyev, Roza Piyazova 20:54 | 30 Years Of Keeping The Music Flowing - Auroville Choir (India, 2024, Dir. Serena Aurora, Documentary, 38min, English, NR G) This documentary takes us through a nostalgic journey of the Auroville Choir - thirty years of keeping the music flowing. Started by Pushkar in 1991, the choir was taken over in 1993 by Nuria, a student of music from Catalonia, Spain. She has been the conductor for the past thirty-one years. Like the melting pot that Auroville is, the choir is an amalgamation of singers from across countries, age groups, and disciplines, performing music spanning different decades and centuries. Producer/Director/Script: Serena Aurora Editors: Serena Aurora, Aurovenkatesh, Melusine Camera: Serena Aurora, Aurovenkatesh, Marko Sound: Shanks Cast: Nuria, Anandamayi, Angelika, Tom, Otto, Praniti, Shanks • 21:32 | Where Trees Weep/Donde Se Quejan Los Pinos (Spain, 2024, Dir. Ed Antoja, Short, 10min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR R) A rural community wakes up to a crime scene in the middle of the forest. Little by little, a series of previous situations show us the conflicts that happened in the same place. Producer: Ed Antoja Director: Ed Antoja Writer: Isabel Pastor Cast: Ramón Barea, Almudena Amor, Francesc Orella, Víctor Solé 21:42 | India Textile Part 1 (Russia-India, 2024, Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 19min, Russian w/ English subtitles, NR G) A masters student sets out to discover the ancient art of Indian textiles. Producer: Saraswati Sereda Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova Sound: Vera Lipen-Joshi 22:02 | India Textile Part 2 (Russia-India, 2025, Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 21min, Russian w/ English subtitles, NR G) A masters student sets out to discover the ancient art of Indian textiles. Producer: Saraswati Sereda Director/Editor/Camera: Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova Script: Saraswati Sereda Cast: Saraswati Sereda, Ulaganathan, Priti, Bhavya Trivedi 22:22 | Indygama (India, 2024, Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 6min, English, NR G) An anagama kiln in south India draws in ceramists with its magical and organic firings. Producer: Indrani Singh-Cassinae Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova Sound: Aleksandr Kononov Cast: Indrani Singh-Cassime, Saraswati Sereda