A number of Indian movies will be shown at the 37th Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF), this year held from 24 January till 3 February 2014. Amitabh Bachchan appears as a hero in in Prakash Jha’s new film ”Satyagraha” (The Protest). Besides, there will also be shown a joint US-Nepalese experimental documentary film entitled ”Manakamana”. Go for the film programme.
Another interesting Indian feature film is Janaki Vishwanathan’s film ”Yeh Hai Bakrapur” (The Goat Vote); and Batul Mukhtiar’s film ”Kaphal” (Wild Berries). Documentaries include ”Katiyabaaz” (Powerless) on the lack of electricity in the city of Kanpur, made by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar; ”Fandry”, a documentary about Dalits by Marathi film maker Nagraj Manjule; and ”Quarter no. 4/11” on the resistance of people in a Kolkata neighbourhood to vacate their houses to give way for a shopping complex, made by Bengali film maker Ranu Ghosh.