The Black Box Film Festival

Edition I - The Long Seventies: Reflections & Continuities

The Black Box Film Festival seeks to create a window to the world of cinema and foster ideas and discussions in Baner and around. Our aim is to be a progressive community film festival in Pune. This year’s theme for the festival is The Long Seventies - reflections, and continuities.

The seventies decade has been significant to the socio-political transformation of the world. We bring a set of independent films from all over the world to take us back to the seventies

Film line up at the festival
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Himno: el pueblo unido jamás será vencido
Chile | Martín Farías | 70 mins | 2023

Writing on the city
Iran | Keywan Karimi | 60 mins | 2015

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Belgium | Johan Grimonprez | 2 hr 30 mins | 2024

Smarana
India | C. Vanaja | 30 mins | 2006

Sudesha
India | Yugantar Collective | 34 mins | 1983

Occupied
India | Pingle Pranav Reddy | 120 mins | 2020

Tobacco embers
India | Yugantar Collective | 26 mins | 1982

The day that lasted 21 years
Brazil | Camilo Tavares | 78 mins | 2013

A Rifle and a bag
Romania, Italy, India | Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe | 89 mins | 2020

Lyd
Palestine, UK, US | Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland | 78 mins | 2023

Rockumentary: Evolution of Indian Rock
India | Abhimanyu Kukreja | 79 mins | 2018

Terms & Conditions:
The venue has limited seating capacity. The arrangement consists of floor seating and limited chairs for the audience. All seats are first come first served basis.

The venue is an independent space and is not a multiplex or regular cinema space. In buying the pass you are agreeing to watch the film in this space.

In case of student pass, please carry a valid student ID card.

The event passes are non-refundable.

Only the organizers and the session discussants have reserved space. This is because all the organizing is being done voluntarily without any remuneration.

This is a completely non-profit event. The ticket price is used to cover organizational expenses and the remaining will be given as screening fee to the filmmakers.

Photography and videography is not permitted inside the screening space.

All rights of admission are reserved with The Black Box

All the discussions will be within the bounds of decorum. In case of any misbehaviour the organizers can ask you to leave. By buying the pass you are agreeing to this condition.

The organizers reserve the right to change the program at any time, depending on unforeseen circumstances.