excitement as i saw the first real scar i am leaving on the surface of the earth - a red alucobond clad legacy.. from google earth- such amazement.
and at miff where filmmakers meet in the slight shadows that are found in the periphery of the hot raised court; where the crowd always seems so very interesting, today i 'continuous journey' by ali kazimi- this canadian indian film maker. It told the story of 'Komagata Maru' - a ship with citizens of the british empire of indian origin seeking to enter canada who were denied access. it was a terrific story of racism and empire told thorugh animating the meager footage that kazimi had discovered of the incident- essentially three or four photographs, one film and many letters read as voiceovers. i was quite moved by the story in spite of the displaced sentimentality for the lost ideal of 'secular' india of the film makers youth.
see the story of the ship here.
otherwise there was some zabreb animation which was well drawn, mostly charming - most of the time- until they became serious and turned out to be very shallow. the one with the inflatables was the best.
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