Short Films
Aaba
- India
- 2017
- 22 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Amar Kaushik delivers an honest story about youthful innocence in the acceptance and inevitability of mortality. A young girl is informed of her grandfather’s terminal illness, ...Read More[+]
Azaad
- India
- 2016
- 23 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Australian Premiere
48 hours after his father goes missing, a young man finds himself trapped between aiding the police in their investigation into ...Read More[+]
Ghuspaithiya (Infiltrator)
- India, Turkey
- 2016
- 17 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Punjabi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Australian Premiere
The Indian-Pakistan border. A land on fire. A place of violence, distrust, and subterfuge. Descending from the clouds and into the fray comes a new enemy - a pigeon. Who’s pigeon is this? Why is it here? What...Read More[+]
Sisak
- India
- 2016
- 16 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Silent Film
HOYTS Highpoint
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Two men in Mumbai make the same daily commute on a train fall in love over fleeting stolen gazes, without the exchange of a single word. As the film progresses, ...Read More[+]
Documentaries
An Insignificant Man
- India, Netherlands
- 2016
- 96 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Friday, August 11, 07.00 PM
Friday, August 11, 07.00 PM
Arvind Kejriwal, a soft-spoken every-man working as an income tax commissioner, decides to put principles before money by launching the Aam Aadmi Party ...Read More[+]
Cecilia
- India, Norway
- 2015-2016
- 83 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Saturday, August 19, 09.00 PM
Saturday, August 19, 09.00 PM
Australian Premiere
Cecilia’s 14 year old daughter is found hanging dead in New Delhi, so she embarks on a fearless crusade, bringing to light a deep network of corrupt and unbudging police, traffickers, judges and lawyers ...Read More[+]
The cinema travellers
- India
- 2016
- 96 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi / Marathi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Thursday, August 17, 07.00 PM
Thursday, August 17, 07.00 PM
Victorian Premiere
Showmen riding cinema lorries have brought the wonder of the movies to faraway villages in India for decades. As their cinema projectors crumble and film reels become ...Read More[+]
Closing Night
Tramjatra
- India, Australia
- 2017
- 27 min
- No age restrictions
English / Bengali with English Subtitles
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Tuesday, August 22, 07.30PM
Tuesday, August 22, 07.30PM
World Premiere
Much loved Roberto will be in attendance with director Mahadeb Shi to present the film.
Tramjatra details the unexpected and incredible relationship struck between Melbournian tram conductor Roberto D’Andrea and the conductor community of Kolkata ...Read More[+]