Save the Date for Nirjhar - A South Asia Documentary Film Festival on Water from 28-30 August 2026

Krea University will host Nirjhar – A South Asia Documentary Film Festival on Water, from 28 - 30 August 2026.

The festival will be inaugurated on 28 August at 5 PM at the NAB Auditorium.

The festival is part of Water: A Festival of Ideas (Immersion, Embodiment, and Imagination), a project by Professor Bishnu Mohapatra, Visiting Professor of Politics, SIAS, and Director, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Friday | 28 August

Time	Title
5.00 pm	Bamboo Stories by Shaheen Dill-Riaz (Bangladesh)

Saturday | 29 August

Time	Title
10:00 am - 11:30 am	Kaise Jeebo Re! (How Do I Survive, My Friend!) by Anurag Singh (India)
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	Tea Break
12:15 pm - 12:22 pm	Sometimes Even the Shore Drowns by Mahera Omar (Pakistan)
12:30 pm - 12:50 pm	Whispers by the River Shore by Samiur Rahman (Bangladesh)
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Break
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	No Monastery No Village by Tashi Lhazom (Nepal)
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Discussion
3:20 pm - 3:35 pm	The Winter Tap by Aashish Limbu, Debin Rai (Nepal)
3:40 pm - 5:15 pm	Against the Tide by Sarvnik Kaur (India)
5:15 pm - 5:40 pm	Discussion
5:45 pm - 6:30 pm	Jamna – The River Story by Ishani Dutta (India)

Sunday | 30 August

Time	Title
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Heralds of the Monsoon by Meera K (India)
10:15 am - 11:30 am	Indus Blues by Jawad Sharif (Pakistan)
11:30 am - 12:00 pm	Tea Break
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Floating Life (Phum Song) by Haobam Paban Kumar (India)
1:09 pm - 2.30 pm	Break
2.30 pm - 3.25 pm	Marubhumi by Amar Kanwar (India)

Join us for three days of films, conversations and stories from across South Asia shaped by water.

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