Kalabhumi Amphitheatre Tuesday 20 January, 2026 Performance 18:00 | Live Music: Suryan plays ...

Kalabhumi Amphitheatre Tuesday 20 January, 2026 Performance 18:00 | Live Music: Suryan plays eclectic, original songs with acoustic guitar and voice Screenings 19:30 | The Cosmic Atomic/Brahmandam Pindandam (India, 2025, Dir. Kanchan Avchare, 20min, NR G) Traces the journey of civilization from the harnessing of fire through technology. An absurdist take on the purposelessness of the universe. Producer: Dakshin Studios Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Kanchan Avchare Sound: Marko Bosko Cast: Arun Kesavan, Sidharth Radha Krishna 19:49 | Bride Of Aravan (India, 2023, Dir. Lesley Branagan, 49min, NR G) Captures the register of life as a transgender woman in south India through the protagonist Bawadharini. The film follows her everyday life - home, NGO work, begging - and the ritual catharsis of the annual Aravan festival where trans women are elevated to goddess ‘bride’ status. A ‘therukoothu’ traditional performance parallels the events, deepening the themes of family rejection and dignity. Producer/Director/Script/Sound: Lesley Branagan Co-producer/Director: Yatra Srinivassan Assembly Edit: Puloma Pal DOP: Jeremy Carroll Cast: Bawadharini S 20:39 | I Stole Your Ashes/He Robado Tus Cenizas (Spain, 2024, Dir. Felipe Olaya, 23min, NR R) Isabel has become a widow at 65. After stealing the urn of ashes, Isabel takes refuge in a park to say goodbye to the love of her life, her wife, while remembering their story and reflecting on love and loss. Based on the presumption of heterosexuality, this story is a mirror, asking: What prevents us from empathizing with those who love differently? Producers: Andrés Borque Campos, Tatiana Fernández Director/Writer: Felipe Olaya Cast: Isabel Ordaz, Clara Sans 21:02 | Ballad Of The Mountain (India, 2024, Dir. Tarun Jain, 17min, NR G) An outcast girl must fight the bullies and overcome her fears to pursue her ambition to fly to the other side of the mountain. Screened and awarded at 6 festivals, including the Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth in New Delhi, the Chicago Southland International Short Film Festival and the Eichsfelder Film Festival in Germany. Producers: Tarun Jain, Nasira Khan, Sudha Jain, Naresh Jain Director: Tarun Jain Writers: Tarun Jain, Nasira Khan, Abhijeet Phartiyal Cast: Diya Bisht, Kavyanjali Bisht 21:19 | The Nightingale's Song (UK-USA, 2024, Dir. Adam Loften w/ Emmanuel Vaughn-Lee, 40min, NR G) The voices of nightingales have lit up the forests of England at night for over a million years. But as climate change and development impact their grounds, they may disappear from the country within the next 50 years. We meet folk singer Sam Lee, who draws on an ancient lineage of traditional folk music as he joins this elusive bird in spontaneous mutual song, conjuring a deepening relationship of care, stewardship, and love with these remarkable creatures and the living world we share. Producers: Adam Loften, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Devin Tellatin Directors: Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Adam Loften Director of Photography: Jeremy Seifert, Editor: Adam Loften