Kriti: a development praxis and communication team

Kriti: a development praxis and communication team We build knowledge, skills & offers informative/ visual/ networking resources for social change.

Initiatives: Kriti Film Club (documentary curation/ screenings), Our Diary (people's mvt documentation), Gestures (community livelihoods); Astitva for Women We work as a development support team for a wide constituency across India and the world—from people’s movements to international agencies, women’s groups to trade unions, civil society organizations to government agencies, individual activists to media persons, and students to academicians. We provide professional services in design and communication, capacity building, research and documentation, M&E, curating films performing arts events and organising/ facilitating conferences. "Our Diary" has been an important step in the process of sharing and strengthening information sources through annual production since 2000. The Diary documents and recounts the voices of people's movements from all over India and some parts of the world. Information/ Networking initiatives:

KRITI Film Club - offers thought-provoking cinema in a discussion group format to deepen understandings on social, development, environment and human rights issues among viewers and film makers. It is an attempt to create an informal and educational space where students, activists, academicians, development professionals, media professionals and friends can come together and interact, through meaningful cinema. Enhancing access to such films beyond single shows and festivals is a core objective of the film club. Screening documentaries and relevant mainstream films regularly, once or twice a month since 2000...

Public Education events - that mark and celebrate socially relevant days through a awareness and mobilization programming and activities. We curate and organize issue based festivals and events, that are based on performing or visual arts, and documentary films. Workshops, organisational interactions and sharing resources to engage creatively around a diverse range of rights based issues and mark their significance in a collective spirit, is part of this mission.

16/09/2026

Join us to celebrate the National Award Winning Film & mark International Day of Older Persons in Delhi and Gurgaon this October!

BHANGAAR | OBSOLETE
(64 mins/ Marathi & English w. Eng. subs/ 2023/ Docu)
Writer, Director and Producer: Sumira Roy

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1st October 2026 | 7 pm
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Followed by a discussion and audience interaction with Urvashi Butalia, Puneeta Roy, Eshaan Sharma and the Film Director.

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4 October 2026 | 4:30 pm
Museo Camera, Gurgaon

Followed by a discussion and audience interaction with Puneeta Roy, Tanushree Ghosh and the Film Director.

Facilitated by Aanchal Kapur, Founder, Kriti Film Club

Registration and Trailer Links in bio!

Press & other queries: 9810666692/ [email protected]



Sumira Roy Aanchal Kapur Kritian Delhi Siddhant Sarin Habitat World, India Habitat Centre Museo Camera, Centre for the Photographic Arts

13/09/2026

How do you look at the forest? Who do you see in it? Who belongs in it? In the core, in the periphery? Who and what maintains its ecological balance? Questions about human-wildlife conflicts abound…on the edge of survival, co-existence and displacement.

Come watch ‘Visthapana’ that moves through slow, thoughtful conversations with the erstwhile forest-folk, and officials to show us the experience of Satpura Tiger Reserve’s historical relocation of forest communities that sought to benefit the forest and its dwellers, both people and animals.

A Global Wildlife Fair screening with Kriti Film Club and Roundglass Sustain, followed by a conversation with the Filmmaker’s. Curated by Aanchal Kapur. Post screening discussion moderated by Shivani Monga.

23 September 2026 (7 pm onwards)
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

(Register with link in bio or walk-in)

Before we cross into another year, we’re looking back!The 6th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival brought us together ...
05/09/2026

Before we cross into another year, we’re looking back!

The 6th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival brought us together in New Delhi in 2025, across screens, stories, conversations, and everything in between.

We watched films that made us pause.
Stories that reminded us why it matters to make space for voices that have too often been pushed to the margins.

For us, a feminist film festival is not only about the films on screen. It is about the conversations that follow, the questions that stay with us, the people we meet, and the spaces we create together.

And now, we’re getting ready to do it all over again.
The 7th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival returns to New Delhi this Nov-Dec, 2026.

Submit here: https://forms.gle/KaTPXjAHegVzJ1VA9
(link also in bio)

Regular Deadline: 20.09.2026

QueerCinema KritiFilmClub

The stories are coming in, and we’re watching!The Regular Deadline for submissions to the 7th Beyond Borders Feminist Fi...
01/09/2026

The stories are coming in, and we’re watching!

The Regular Deadline for submissions to the 7th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival 2026 is now OPEN.

We’re looking for films that cross borders, challenge the gaze, reclaim space and make room for voices, bodies, histories and experiences that deserve to be seen and heard.

From the deeply personal to the unapologetically political, bring us the stories that refuse to stay inside the frame.

🎬 Call for Submissions | BBFFF 2026
📍 New Delhi
📅 November–December 2026

🔗 https://forms.gle/KaTPXjAHegVzJ1VA9
(link also in bio)

Regular Deadline: 20.09.2026

If your film has something to say, we want to hear it.
Submit your film. Cross a border. Start a conversation.

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“Sometime in life, I will wander around with a camera capturing such moments…can’t get over Raghu Rai’s frames.”“Beautif...
31/08/2026

“Sometime in life, I will wander around with a camera capturing such moments…can’t get over Raghu Rai’s frames.”

“Beautiful documentary, heartfelt and honest conversations curated and facilitated, a lovely, inspiring Sunday”.

“I’m still reeling from the film n want to see it again and again”.

“Lots of love to you Avani”

When about 160+ people watched ‘Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait’ with us this August at an iconic heritage building, and then shared their expressions of inspiration, love, passion and a ‘movement within’ for Avani and family, as facilitated by our founder Aanchal Kapur.

A short post with just 20 images and vignettes!!

Thank you to everyone who came, to Sahana Das, Vandana Sarin, all the Elsa’s, Manas and Sabha team for making it a memorable one. Special thanks to Jahnavi, Amogh for the photos, videos (more to follow), all the effort along with Alex, Poorvika, Chethan, and Pratibha for being amazing volunteers.

If you wish to have similar immersive experiences with us, dm to collaborate ans invite us to screen with you!

Autonomia mengajak kita memikirkan kembali arti otonomi, sejauh mana orang-orang yang menjalankan sebuah proses kehidupa...
19/08/2026

Autonomia mengajak kita memikirkan kembali arti otonomi, sejauh mana orang-orang yang menjalankan sebuah proses kehidupan dapat mengambil kembali keputusan mengenai proses tersebut?

Ayo nonton dan berdiskusi...

Diprogram oleh Akbar Rafsanjani

Dentro il Collettivo (2020)

Film ini mengikuti perjalanan Art Lab, sebuah ruang komunitas di Parma, Italia, yang bermula ketika sekelompok mahasiswa menempati sebuah gedung milik universitas yang telah terbengkalai selama 20 tahun. Selama tujuh tahun, tempat ini menjadi ruang untuk bertemu, belajar, dan mengembangkan berbagai kegiatan bersama, seperti kelas bahasa Italia untuk pendatang, bengkel sepeda gratis, tim sepak bola anti rasis, serta berbagai kegiatan seni dan budaya. Di tengah perubahan sosial dan tekanan ekonomi yang dihadapi generasi muda, mereka mencoba menciptakan ruang berdasarkan nilai-nilai yang mereka yakini, sembari menghadapi berbagai tantangan dalam mempertahankan tempat dan kegiatan yang telah mereka bangun. 

Manthan (1976)

Film ini mengikuti perjalanan Dr. Manohar Rao, seorang dokter hewan yang datang ke sebuah desa di Gujarat untuk membantu para peternak mengembangkan koperasi susu. Kehadirannya membawa berbagai pertemuan dan percakapan dengan masyarakat setempat, yang memiliki pengalaman dan pandangan berbeda tentang kehidupan mereka. Perlahan, mereka mulai mengenal gagasan tentang kerja sama dan bagaimana sebuah koperasi dapat membantu meningkatkan kesejahteraan bersama. Terinspirasi dari perkembangan koperasi susu di Gujarat, film ini juga memiliki kisah produksi yang istimewa karena didukung secara kolektif oleh sekitar 500.000 peternak susu yang masing-masing menyumbangkan dana untuk pembuatannya.

The monsoon premieres of Pehli Tareekh and Memories of a Kiss on 24 July opened up much more than conversations about th...
16/08/2026

The monsoon premieres of Pehli Tareekh and Memories of a Kiss on 24 July opened up much more than conversations about the films.

They opened up people. An evening where audience across genders spoke about the highs and lows of relationships, love and friendship; marriage and the choice of no marriage; intimacy and belonging; ambitions, compromises, loneliness, companionship and the many ways we make sense of our lives and each other. There was laughter, recognition, disagreement and a fair amount of honesty.

An evening with four directors, actors and crew and an audience that questioned, shared, listened and took their moments of silence.

It’s such evenings that make Kriti Film Club reveal itself…with the real magic of cinema that gives us the courage to talk about ourselves.

Thank you to all.



PehliTareekh MemoriesOfAKiss CinemaAndConversations KritiFilmClub independentcinema

On the evening of celebrating protest victories, a diverse old and young audience came together in full house to witness...
14/08/2026

On the evening of celebrating protest victories, a diverse old and young audience came together in full house to witness the trajectory of India’s history through the lens of Raghu Rai, with his daughter behind the moving camera. In the words of one viewer “his images captured the essence of India”. As the film’s director, Avani Rai, told the story in her father’s language, the journey unfolded their deep bonds so beautifully, alongside their relationship with their respective cameras, and the frames they captured.

With Avani stuck in traffic getting out from central Delhi, we took her on mobile call in an impromtu decision which brought so much depth and light among the audience as she shared the process and her voice to the film once again.

Some snippets here, and the rest we brought home with us. Thank you to everyone who came, to the Kriti Film Club volunteers and team, Muskan, Karan, Lata, Umesh and Kritika; and the venue partners India Habitat Centre.

Time for some pending wrap up posts on screenings held in the last few months! Starting backwards with the most recent o...
13/08/2026

Time for some pending wrap up posts on screenings held in the last few months! Starting backwards with the most recent one!

Last week in Mumbai, an evening with real people off the screen where they play body doubles…actors in their own amazing right! Sharing, reflecting, laughing and also caring for lives and dreams…fulfilled and unfulfilled yet.

Urf, a film crafted with so much love and sensitivity by Geetika Narang Abbasi and team…

A film that was difficult to face at first said the protagonists, as it was about ‘them’ and they had to stop acting!

Thank you Kishore ji, Heta and Karan for such a warm and candid interaction. Thanks to the venue, the audience and the film team for hosting, engaging and telling these ‘invisible’ stories and bringing the people alive outside of the screen!

We are coming to Bengaluru this August people!RBANMs Educational Charitiesin collaboration withELSA Bangalore & Kriti Fi...
13/08/2026

We are coming to Bengaluru this August people!

RBANMs Educational Charities
in collaboration with
ELSA Bangalore & Kriti Film Club

presents

RAGHU RAI – An Unframed Portrait
(55 mins | English subtitles | 2017)
Dir. Avani Rai
Prod. Iikka Vehkalahti
EP’s: Anurag Kashyap & Gurmeet Sangha Rai

23 August 2026 (Sunday)
⏰ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 SABHA, Kamraj Road, Bangalore

SCREENING + DISCUSSION
Hosted by RBANMs and ELSA Bangalore
Curated & Facilitated by Aanchal Kapur, Founder, Kriti Film Club.

Register here:
https://forms.gle/r68sdwN11i3ctFVg8 (link in bio)
Limited, Free Seating on first cm first basis

Address

Rz-3161, Street No. 36 Tughlakabad Extension (Near Hamdard University)
New Delhi
110019

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+919810666692

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