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Tribal Film Festival 2025

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SCREENING SCHEDULE

Dr. Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Morabadi,

Ranchi (Jharkhand)

SCREENING

SCHEDULE

  • 14 October 2025
  • 15 October 2025
  • 16 October 2025
14 October 2025

Main Auditorium

10 AM - 12 NOON

Session -1


Phulo

Short Fiction | Hare Krishna Kuiry | 14” | Nagpuri | Jharkhand

Adiwasi

Short Fiction | Chandramohan Marndi | 8” | Santali|Odisha| World Premiere

Making Soil Alien to Earth

New Media Mobile Films |  Deepti Mary Minj | 2”| Jharkhand

Warli Art

New Media Mobile Films |Rupali Dhruw | 68”| Hindi | Chattisgarh

12 NOON - 2 PM

Inauguration Session




Roots to the Universe

Animation | Janmejay Singh |7”| English| MP

Papaya

Short Fiction| Deepak Kumar Beshra| 16” | Santali | Odisha

3 PM - 5 PM

Session - 3


Breaking Barriers

Short Fiction| Shyama Sundar Majhi |26”| Hindi & Santali| Odisha

Peta Dochcho

Feature Film | Sounak Kar |78”| Galo | West Bengal | State Premiere

5 PM - 7 PM

Session - 4


Bandha Khet

Short Fiction | NPK Purushotam | 19” | Mundari-Nagpuri | Jharkhand

Kusum

Short Fiction | Arsh Iftikhar| 17” | Nagpuri,Sadri| Jharkhand

Human In the Loop

Feature Film | Aranya Sahay |74” | Hindi, Kurukh | Jharkhand

Maharaja Madra Munda Theatre

10 AM - 12 NOON

Session - 1


Fire on Edge

Documentary | Sujit Debbarma| 38” | Assam| Tiwa

Sukan Buru

Documentary | Ankush Kasera | 17” | Hindi | Jharkhand


हीरा लो होनोर (Walking with Heera)

Documentary | Anupam Purty | 12” | Mundari | Jharkhand

Ki Dak Bym Thoh (The UnwrittenWords)

Short Fiction | |Kyrshanborlin Wahlang |10” | Khasi| Meghalaya World Premiere

12 NOON - 2 PM

Inauguration Session (venue - Main Auditorium)




3 PM - 5 PM

Session -3


2.5 Hours

Documentary | 24” | Bodo, English, Assamese| Assam| National Premiere

अलिया हसा अलिया हक - Our Land Our Lives

Documentary |Ajay T G | 14” | Mundari, Odia| | Chhattisgarh

Chidiya, Pujara aur Solah Rala Chor

Documentary | Milind Chhabra|57” | Nimadi| Madhya Pradesh

5 PM - 7 PM

Session - 4




Disco Deewane (Mad over Disco)

Documentary | Shridhar Sudhir | 53” | Bihar| Hindi | State Premier

Yakasi`s Daughter/ Yakasik Omede

Feature Film | Dr. Jayanta Madhab DuZa| 74” | Mising| Assam | World Premiere

15 October 2025

Main Auditorium

10 AM - 12 NOON

Session - 1




Khadmod

Feature Film | Meghraj Mallinath| 112” | Kokani Kokana| Maharashtra| National Premiere

12 NOON - 2 PM

Session - 2




Bandhua (Bonded)

Documentary | Shobhit Jain| 56” |Nimadi, Hindi |Madhya Pradesh| State Premiere

Puise Dare (The Money Plant)

Short Fiction | Ramesh Kumar Hembram| 39” | Santali| Odisha

3 PM - 5 PM

Session - 3




Celestina & Lawrence

Feature Film| Vikram Kumar| 113” | Nagpuri| Jharkhand

5 PM - 7 PM

Session - 4


So Heddan So Hoddan

Anjali | Monteiro & K.P. Jayasankar| 52” | Hindi

Edpa Kana

Niranjan Kumar Kujur| 26” | Kurukh| Jharkhand

Sondhayni

Seral Murmu| 25” | Santhali | Jharkhand

Maharaja Madra Munda Theatre

10 AM - 12 NOON

Session - 1




Paitkar – A story of legacy and struggle

Documentary |Hemant Kumar Mukhi|5” | Hindi| Jharkhand

A Tribute to Our Ancestors

Documentary | Dr. Marcus Barla| 11” | Hindi/Mundari| Jharkhand| World Premiere

मावड़ी पत्ता _ A decline in tradition

Documentary | Sandeep Darsyamkar|9” | Hindi, Korku| MP

सोहरा

Documentary |Ranveer Bhagat| 11” | Hindi, Santhali | Jharkhand| National Premiere

Rukhu Matir Dukhu Majhi

Documentary |Somnath Mondal|28” |  Bengali,Santhali| West

Bengal

12 NOON - 2 PM

Session - 2




Puinau Puidaa (Stepmother)

Feature Film | Kachangthai Gonmei| 100” | Rongmei| Manipur

Traces of Tipong

Short Fiction | Mankap Nokwoham |5”|  No Dialogue| AP

3 PM - 5 PM

Session - 3




Palash

Short Fiction | Upender Sahu| 17” | Sadri| Jharkhand

Hende Sona & Black Gold

Short Fiction |Raj Mohan Soren| 20” | Santali| Odisha

Sen ge susun kaji ge duraang

Sneha Mundari| 24” |Mundari | Jharkhand,  Odisha

Voice of The Forest

Prabal Mahto|35” |Hindi| Jharkhand

5 PM - 7 PM

Session - 4




ವನ್ಯಾ – Vanya

Feature Film | Badiger Devendra| 138” | Kannada| Karnataka

16 October 2025

Main Auditorium

10 AM - 12 NOON

Session - 1




Sakam Orec (Divorce)

Feature Film | Umul Juno Soren| 120” | Santhali|  Jharkhand

12 NOON - 2 PM

Session - 2




Jadugoda (The Land of Magic)

Short Fiction | Satish Munda|19” | Hindi| Jharkhand

Phooljhariya Bai Custodian of the millet seed bank

Documentary | Shibali Vishwas | 17”| Hindi & Baigani| MP

Godna

Documentary | Atul Purty| 15” | Hindi| MP

Oorna

Documentary | Raja Varun| 8" | Kurukh, Hindi, English| MP

Jameen Ma Ka Phool

Documentary | Pradeep Lekhwar, Laxminarayan Devda| 16” | Nimadi| Madhya Pradesh

3 PM - 5 PM

Session - 3




INVISIBLE

Short Fiction | Ravi Raj Murmu| 12” | Santhali| Jharkhand

Crossroads

Short Fiction | Uday Bhaskar Patar|14” | Tiwa| Assam

4 PM

Session - 4


Naachi Se Baanchi

Meghnath & Biju Toppo |70” | Jharkhand

Award Ceremoney Se Baanchi


Maharaja Madra Munda Theatre

10 AM - 12 NOON

Session - 1




The Tongue of my mother

Short Fiction |Manas Sagra|19” |Assamese, Karbi|Assam

Maatitel

Animation | Govinda Sao |8” | Chhattisgarhi | Chhattisgarh

Niyamraja

Animation | Karishma Catherine Jiwanmall |5”|  Odia|Odisha

Tapu Rajee

Biju Toppo |60” | Sadri, Hindi| Jharkhand

12 NOON - 2 PM

Session - 2




Where is my home

Documentary | Samiran Deka| 68” | Hindi, English & Bru| Assam

Songs from the Mist

Documentary | Kivini Shohe |26”| Naga| Nagaland

kashmir ke Gujjar Bakerwal Tribal

Documentary | Dr. Altaf Ahmed, Mustakeem Ali, Amina koser, Shabir Mastana| 10”|  Urdu, Gojri|  J & K

3 PM - 4 PM

Session - 3




Aaini Onnai (Mother’s Affection)

Short Fiction | Bishal Swargiary|21” | Bodo| Assam

Ngul ge Seb

Documentary |Joram Jonah|47” | English, Nyishi |AP

Seminar/Panel Discussion

Date
Theme/Subject/Topic
Panelists
14 October 2025

Reclaiming the Frame

- as a mirror of Tribal Identity

Niranjan Kumar Kujur · Sudarshan Yadav · Seral Murmu

· Mahadev Toppo · Meenakshi Munda

15 October 2025

From Oral Tradition to Social Transformation

- storytelling as resistance & renewal

Sneha Mundari · Parwati Tirkey · Anuj Lugun

· Meghnath · Anjali Monteiro · K.P. Jaishankar

16 October 2025

Future Framers

- Adivasi youth, Independant Filmmaking,

& Digital Horizons


Shyamal Karmakar · Krishna Soren · Shweta Guria

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