Films as an art of storytelling have a great impact on our lives. The Asia Society of India Centre is organising a two-day film festival titled Parda Faash at NCPA’s Little Theatre. The event’s theme is The Poetry of Presence. The festival aims to narrate non-fiction stories from and about South Asia which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. 

Inakshi Sobti, CEO, Asia Society India Centre, explains the theme of the festival, “We wanted to talk about everyday, individual lives, and how the profound lurks in the mundane.” She added, “The festival is called Parda Faash because we wanted to pull back the curtain on life in South Asia by bringing together films about the realities of life in the subcontinent, which are best expressed through the perspective of the individual. What does climate change mean for the individual walking along a vanishing mangrove? Who are the people that make up a massive public uprising? We wanted to see what happens when we observe life on the periphery of society with an open mind, and engage people in conversation through film.”