Still from the film "Decision". Medium long shot. Colorful Indian wedding clothes. Two women in the foreground carefully decorate the bride’s hands with jewelry, her facial expression is tense. There are people sitting in the background.

Decision

Radical Love
Audiodescription
Original Title: Nirnay
Directors: Pushpa Rawat, Anupama Srinivasan
India, 2012, 56 minutes, documentary
The film is available online, for free, during the period of September 23 - October 7. It is screened in the original language with Ukrainian subtitles (SDH). English subtitles are available for this film.

The film is Pushpa’s personal journey as she tries to make sense of her own life, and that of her women friends. Set in the outskirts of the metropolis, Delhi, it explores the lives of women, who are young, educated and bright, but who feel bound and helpless when it comes to taking any major decision regarding their life, be it career or marriage. By following the lives of the women over three years, the film documents the changes in their lives and tries to capture the essence of their existence, at times through conversations, and at others by simply observing their seemingly innocuous everyday routines.

Film screening dates: 23.09.2021 — 7.10.2021
Film screening dates: 23.09.2021 — 7.10.2021
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Director
Pushpa Rawat has been interested in filmmaking ever since she attended a filmmaking workshop by documentary filmmaker Anupama Srinivasan at National Bal Bhawan in 2007. During her time in National Bal Bhavan, Pushpa and her peers made a short documentary “Nazar” on a school for the people with full or partial sight loss. In 2007 she co-directed a short documentary Kyon about gender-based violence. “Nirnay'' was her debut film as a director. Since then, she received the TISS-SMCS Early Career Fellowship, and shot her second film ”Mod” (The Turn). “Mod” was the winner of the Silver Award at IDPA Awards for Excellence.

Selected filmography: The Turn (Mod, 2016), Decision (Nirnay, 2012)
Photo of the director of the film "Decision"
Director
Anupama Srinivasan is a freelance filmmaker based in Delhi, India. An alumna of Harvard University and FTII Pune, she has been making documentaries for the past 19 years, often shooting and editing her own work. Her films have been screened at various film festivals including 100 Years of Cinema Centenary Festival, Yamagata IDFF, Biarritz FIPADOK , Mumbai IFF, Peloponnisos IDFF, KIno-Otok Isola IFF, ImagineIndia IFF Madrid and Kara Filmfest. She was the Festival Director of the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival in 2013-15, and Peace Builders International Film Festival in 2016.

Selected filmography: I Wonder… ( 2009), Music of the Mirs (2008), On My Own Again ( 2007), Everyday (2006), A Lone Dog (2004)