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Screenings

IRGAC, Berlin
10 December 2024
The film was screened online for the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies, followed by a discussion with Professor Damir Arsenijevic and the research group.
Vikalp@Prithvi
13 September 2024
From September 13-15, 2024, Vikalp@Prithvi co-ordinated an online screening and discussion of the film for a global audience to mark four years of Umar Khalid’s incarceration.
Additionally in September, numerous civil society groups and student organizations were motivated to organize more than 60 offline screenings and discussions across India and in other parts of the world. The film is now at the centre of a renewed, ongoing international campaign for the release of Umar Khalid and other political prisoners.
Online Premiere
11 August 2024
The film was screened online to commemorate Umar Khalid’s 37th birthday to a wide viewing audience.
The online viewing audience peaked at 39,000 views across 14 countries.
March 2025
Pondicherry University Film Festival, Pondicherry - March 19, 2025
February 2025
Screenings in the US and Canada
Edison Library, New Jersey - February 1, 2025
Columbia University at the Maysles Documentary Center, New York - February 3, 2025
Amherst College, Massachusetts - February 5, 2025
Brown University, Providence, RI - February 6, 2025
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston - February 7, 2025
McMaster University, Hamilton - February 10, 2025
Queens University, Kingston - February 11, 2025
York University, Toronto - February 12, 2025
University of Western Ontario, London - February 13, 2025
Community Screening at York Civic Centre, Toronto - February 14, 2025
Screening in India
APDR, Malda - February 26, 2025
January 2025
8th Dialogue Film Society Festival, Ottapalam, Kerala - January 9, 2025
Kino Lumière, Göttingen, Germany - January 16, 2025
St. Paul's Institute for Communication Education, Mumbai - January 31, 2025
Screenings in the US and Canada
New York University, New York - January 30, 2025
December 2024
A New Year with Umar Khalid and Other Political Prisoners, Kannur - December 31, 2024
Kannur, Kerala - December 24, 2024
Guftugu Collective Film Festival on Political Prisoners, Kozhikode – December 7, 2024
APDR, College Street, Kolkata – December 8, 2024
Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Madurai – December 10, 2024
November 2024
Kasturba Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi – November 23, 2024
October 2024
APDR, Barasat, Kolkata – October 26, 2024
BML Munjal University – October 23, 2024
Exeter South Asia Centre, UK – October 16
Scrapyard Theatre, Ahmedabad – October 16, 2024
AISA, University of Hyderabad – October 12, 2024
Gandhi Ambedkar Study Circle, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi – October 10, 2024
SRFTI, Kolkata – October 9, 2024
Remembering Balagopal, Hyderabad – October 6, 2024
Press Club Screening, Delhi – October 4, 2024
SiGNS International Film Festival – Official Selection – October 3, 2024
September 2024
International Documentary Film Festival of Bhubaneshwar (IDFFB) – Official Selection – September 27, 2024
Fatima Sheikh Circle Screening, Mumbra, Maharashtra – September 18, 2024
Press Club Screening, Mumbai – September 18, 2024
Film Club, Bhubaneshwar – September 15, 2024
People’s Film Collective, Kolkata – September 15, 2024
Confluence, Mohali – September 14, 2024
Eddelu Karnataka Screenings (September 13-15, 2024):
Chickaballapura, Doddaballapura, Gangavathi (Koppala District), Mysore, Dakshina Kannada, Belgavi, Chikmagalore, Bellary, Chitrdurga, Raichur, Bangalore, Davangere, Yadgiri, Bagalkote, Dharwad, Hassan, Shivamogga, Udupi, Kalburgi, Vijayanagar (Raichur District), Hoskote, Gudibande, Ilakal Taluk, Malur (Kolar, Bangarpete), Bider.
Other Screenings in Karnataka and Kerala:
Ashirwad, Bengaluru (Organized by Eedalu Karnataka, Vikalp Bengaluru, Pedestrian Pictures, and Maraa) – September 14, 2024
Samvada Badukku College, Bengaluru
Communication Dept., St. Joseph's College, Bengaluru – September 14, 2024
Media One Academy, Calicut – September 14, 2024
Fraternity, Calicut
Dialogue Film Society, Ottapalam
Social Justice Festival, Chennai – September 14, 2024
Social Justice Festival, Chennai – September 13, 2024
Oxford South Asia Society, Somerville College, UK – September 13
Ashoka University, Sonepat – September 13, 2024
JNU, Delhi – September 13, 2024
Jawahar Bhawan, Delhi – September 13, 2024
Vikalp Online Screenings – September 13-15, 2024 (to mark 4 years of Umar Khalid’s imprisonment)
Premieres and August 2024 Screenings
Online Premiere – August 11, 2024 (in honor of Umar Khalid’s 37th birthday)
World Premiere – International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK), Trivandrum, Kerala – July 29, 2024