Nagari Short Film Competition 2024

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The Nagari Short Film Competition is an annual competition designed to guide and develop films that focus on urban issues, specifically in Indian cities. Nagari is a bioscope for the city, and through this lens, we explore diverse urban conditions and focus our attention on them.

Brought together by film, Nagari aims to be a collaborative process between like-minded individuals from different walks of life. The competition follows a unique format of a guided exercise that is supported by Mentors. Nagari encourages filmmakers, architects, planners, social scientists or simply any interested individuals to engage with the issues around them, channel these ideas towards film and create a greater understanding of the urban realm.

Nagari 2024
Mobility is the capability to move from one location to another influenced by the push (i.e., outflux of people) and the pull (i.e., influx of people) factor. This movement is governed by three key interrelated choices that citizens make, namely, housing, transport and livelihoods. Through Nagari this year, the films explore mobility with emphasis on connectivity & growth, environmental impact, mobility choices, people behind mobility, gender & social role, infrastructure and smart mobility.

Through the format of short documentary films, this year Nagari will capture stories of people’s interaction and experiences with both, the tangible and intangible infrastructure of Indian mobility.

• How it has made cities the engines for economic growth
• By reducing physical distances, how it has enhanced people’s movement within a city
• Rapid infrastructure development and its impact on the environment
• Question who is it truly benefitting and who it is displacing
• Question if it is equally catering to people from all backgrounds and abilities
• Taking a closer look at the disparity in movement of various genders within a city
• Taking a closer look at the lives of people who facilitate this movement
• Ease of movement in the digital age and the opportunities smart mobility provides

Mentorship
Sanjiv Shah - Filmmaker, Editor, Producer - Ahmedabad
Arjun Gourisaria - Filmmaker, Editor - Kolkata
Pankaj Rishi Kumar - Filmmaker, Educator - Mumbai
Bina Paul - Filmmaker, Artistic Director - Kochi
Sourav Sarangi - Filmmaker - Kolkata
Rajula Shah - Poet, Filmmaker - Bhopal

Nagari 2024 Award Ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 14th December as a part of the Godrej Design Lab's initiative Conscious Collective in Mumbai. The event will showcase trailers from this year’s anthology addressing the theme ‘Mobility in Urban India’. We will also be hosting panel discussions along with the announcement and film screening of this year's winners.