UK Asian Film Festival: Parikrama + Q&A

Parikrama travels through multiple spaces and times, through parallel experiences of its twin protagonists that criss-cross each other, though they come from worlds apart. 

Alessandro is an Italian writer filmmaker making a film on Narmada Parikrama. An age-old pilgrimage along the holy river Narmada. During the cinematic journey Alessandro meets a village boy Lala, who fled home to secure dignity and land for his displaced peasant family.

Lala is almost at the same age as his son Francesco who lost his mother in the recent past.

The narrative unfolds the story of two boys, one without his mother, the other without his motherland. Alessandro’s narrative takes a new turn as the river Narmada flows by.

We're pleased to be hosting the UK premiere of Parikrama and this special screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Gautam Ghosh.