In the Name of God
A chilling record of a historic Hindu nationalist rally seeking the destruction of a mosque.
76'
India
IFFR 2023
An Election Diary is a revealing glimpse into the 2019 electoral campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the suburban constituency of Phulpur in Northern India. Blending street interviews, YouTube video clips and recordings of cadre meetings, the film explores BJP's multi-pronged efforts not just in social media outreach, but also in getting people to voting booths on election day. The persona of Narendra Modi, of the BJP, becomes the hook throughout the campaign, side-lining even the party's local candidate. Infrastructural issues plaguing the constituency are deflected with appeals to India's glowing international image and dissolved in a cult of personality. Avijit Mukul Kishore's film, in contrast, is resolutely local. With dispassionate curiosity, it documents the mechanics of a cog in what is called 'India's Greatest Election Machine'.
– Srikanth Srinivasan
Programmed alongside: In the Name of God
IFFR 2023
- 32'
- India
- 2023
- Director
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 32'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Hindi, English
- Producer
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Sales
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Cinematography
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Editor
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Director
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 32'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Hindi, English
- Producer
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Sales
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Cinematography
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Editor
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
Programme IFFR 2023
Focus: The Shape of Things to Come?
In 2022, India celebrated the 75th anniversary of independence. But is really all well in the ‘world’s largest democracy’? Both documentaries and fictional narratives reflect on the socio-political development of the past 30 years – and ask: Is the institutional success of right-wing Hindu-nationalist groups and the persecution of dissenting voices a sign for the shape of things to come – and not only in India?
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A sharp, sprightly parody of censorship, official and self-imposed, which corrodes film images in India.
1'
India
IFFR 2023
All Was Good
Night-time street views of marginalised student groups protesting India’s controversial citizenship legislation.
76'
India
IFFR 2023
Bajrangi bhaijaan
Humanity trumps borders and governments in a big-hearted, unabashedly sentimental Bollywood musical comedy.
163'
India
IFFR 2023