We are pleased to invite you to 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗮 for the screenings of 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞 by 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗻 and 𝙐𝙢𝙗𝙧𝗼 by 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮, presented in collaboration with 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 as part of the 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲.

The screenings will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker, 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮.

𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 31 October 2025 (Friday)
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 6.30 PM Onwards
𝗥𝘂𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 65 mins

Pari
A film by Priya Sen
31 mins | Hindi (English Subtitles) | 2023

Pari attempts to describe an event in the days of Pari and Praveen, a violent rupture that allowed in a life held by desire and not duty. In this film, they recount their love story against the undertones and backdrop of threat and violence. The present is both fraught and romantic; the disruption of a past moment finds momentary comfort in recall; the future is hopeful.

Umbri
A film by Prachee Bajania
34 mins | Gujarati, Hindi (English Subtitles) | 2024

Umbro, the threshold of a home, is the liminal space that speaks to the lives of women, including the filmmaker’s mother and her friends who live in the small town of Dhrangadhra in central Gujarat, India. The film explores joyful friendships among women, often dismissed and unsung – carrying in them moments of shared stories, solidarities, conflicts, and, most of all, routine acts of resistance. Umbro attempts to locate these flights of desire in the everyday, while celebrating the women’s indomitable love for life and each other.

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 is a filmmaker, editor, and writer from Gujarat. An alumna of NID Ahmedabad and FTII Pune, she has been making films since 2011. Her work is informed by her interest in history, poetry, and everyday life. Umbro (The Threshold) has won awards at the 14th Beijing International Film Festival and IDSFFK 2024. Her films have screened at several national and international festivals and institutions.

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 enables, mentors, produces, and disseminates imaginative documentary films that explore diverse, intersecting, and complex realities, boldly informed by feminist and queer politics and a commitment to social justice. Through the making and sharing of films, it aspires engagements with intention, perspective, process, form, and expression, and how they resonate in a structurally intricate and unequal world.

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 showcases films, stories, and conversations that explore interconnected gendered experiences, celebrating diverse desires, resistances, and solidarities. Developed through the Rough Edges Uncode Fellowships, these works reflect on patriarchies, intersecting identities, and the politics of framing women’s everyday lives.