Songlines FEATURED EVENTS

In Collaboration with Kriti Film Club and Humayun’s Tomb Museum
The Songlines Film Festival presents a curated selection of films exploring oral traditions, Indigenous knowledge systems, and relationships between people, land, and memory. Spanning documentary, fiction, and animation, the festival brings together cinematic voices rooted in lived experience and cultural storytelling.

The two-day programme reflects on how communities carry histories through myth, song, ritual, and everyday life. Through screenings, filmmaker conversations, and curated exhibition walks, the festival invites audiences to engage with diverse Indigenous and diasporic perspectives. The festival creates a space where cinema becomes a bridge between oral histories and contemporary realities.

Festival Schedule

Day 1 — Saturday, 21 February 2026
11:00 am – 1:30 pm | Mythic Femininities
• Kalsubai — Dir. Yudhajit Basu
• Journey to Nagaland — Dir. Aditi Chitre
Followed by filmmaker conversation.
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | Sung Histories
• Darên Bi Tenê (Lonely Trees) — Dir. Shero Hinde
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm | Cosmic Origins, Indigenous Futures
• Hum Chitra Banate Hain — Dir. Nina Sabnani
• Ningwasum — Dir. Subash Thebe Limbu
Facilitated discussion.
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm | Desire, Defiance and Identities
• The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs — Dir. Pushpendra Singh
Followed by filmmaker discussion and exhibition walkthrough.

Day 2 — Sunday, 22 February 2026
11:15 am – 1:30 pm | Wandering Tribes and Belonging
• Sikkidre Shikari Ildiddre Bhikari — Dir. Vinod Raja
Followed by discussion with filmmaker and producer.
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Beyond Erasure
• Gopi — Dir. Nishanth Gurumurthy
• Testimony of Ana — Dir. Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda
• After the World Ends… It Begins Again — Dir. Sukanya Roy
Followed by filmmaker conversation and exhibition walk.
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Ancestors & Algorithms
• In the Land of My Ancestors — Dir. Rucha Chitnis
• Humans in the Loop — Dir. Aranya Sahay
Followed by discussion with filmmakers and speakers.

This festival is presented as part of the public programming for
Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters.