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.

06/10/2026

The films may end, but the stories stay with us.

A look back at the incredible filmmakers who brought their stories, voices, and visions to the 6th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival.

Every film gave us a new way of seeing, feeling, questioning and imagining. We’re grateful to all the filmmakers who trusted us with their work and helped make Beyond Borders what it is.
And now, we’re excited to welcome the filmmakers of the 7th edition.

Submissions for BBFFF 2026 are now CLOSED.
Thank you to everyone who shared their films with us. We’ve been watching, discussing and we can’t wait to share what’s coming.

Stay tuned for the festival dates and further updates.

📍 New Delhi
📅 November–December 2026

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Kriti Film Club invites you for a Delhi Premiere and Filmmaker conversation  International Centre, New DelhiTO DIE A FRE...
05/10/2026

Kriti Film Club invites you for a Delhi Premiere and Filmmaker conversation International Centre, New Delhi

TO DIE A FRENCHMAN
(80 mins | Tamil w. English subtitles| 2026)
Director, DoP, Editor, Producer: Pankaj Rishi Kumar

9th October 2026 | 6:30 PM Room 1, India International Centre Annexe
Register here: https://allevents.in/new-delhi/80002955959007 (link in bio)

In the crumbling neighbourhood of Ville Noir (in Pondicherry, where French street names fade into dust and memories of empire linger like ghosts, seventy-year-old Monsieur Mounissamy lives as a relic of a world that no longer exists. Each July 14th, (French National Day) he unfurls a flag mirroring the French tricolour, and sings in trembling, imperfect French—an anthem to a “Mother France” he believes could still reclaim him.
*Watch Clip:* https://youtu.be/68R1hiLyDsc

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Thank you to the Lavate’s who told us their story…Grateful to Sumira Roy, who made it possible, with your entire team! T...
03/10/2026

Thank you to the Lavate’s who told us their story…Grateful to Sumira Roy, who made it possible, with your entire team! Thanks to Urvashi Butalia, Puneeta Roy, Eshan Sharma for sharing your reflections and thoughts on this National Award winning documentary along with the director, in a conversation facilitated by our founder, Aanchal Kapur.

To all of you who made it a full house Stein Auditorium screening, laughed, cried and stayed with the silence and then asked questions, shared your comments in voice and writing, until we had to say goodnight.

Some glimpses here…

And finally to the Habitat programmes team and the new and old Kriti Film Club volunteers, we are because of you!

For those of you who can make it to Gurugram tomorrow, join us at Museo Camera (link in bio)

For those who wish to host a similar experience of watching and discussing the film, comment “Screen”.

Kriti Film Club begins screenings at Museo Camera this October!Join us this coming Sunday with the National Award winnin...
29/09/2026

Kriti Film Club begins screenings at Museo Camera this October!

Join us this coming Sunday with the National Award winning film BHANGAAR, whose story, in the words of filmmaker, Sumira Roy. “began with the story of my mother. A fiercely independent woman, she was shattered with the news of not being able to drive. She began to talk about dying with dignity and like any daughter I glossed over it. A year later she passed away. Sometimes love is not enough. Months later, I read a news story about this couple’s appeal for the right to die with dignity. I met them to get closure for my mother’s death. I stayed back to film them over four years, in their micro universe - 53 years together, in a 10ftx10ft partitioned room, within a 100-year-old Mumbai chawl...”

Come watch, share and talk about this and many similar stories that belong to us. In the house will be the Director and Discussants - Puneeta Roy, Tanushree Ghosh and Sonali Sharma. Read their bios by swiping right.
Moderated by Aanchal Kapur

4th October 2026 | 4:30 pm
Museo Camera, Gurugram

A Delhi Premiere coming up by Kriti Film ClubTO DIE A FRENCHMAN, by Pankaj Rishi KumarMeet the Filmmaker and Preview a C...
28/09/2026

A Delhi Premiere coming up by Kriti Film Club

TO DIE A FRENCHMAN, by Pankaj Rishi Kumar

Meet the Filmmaker and Preview a Clip of this interesting story with an Indo-French connection.

9th October 2026 | 6:30 PM
Lecture Room 1, India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi

The film will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, facilitated by Ankush Gupta.

Register: https://forms.gle/M9giEG2be65iypXv7 (seating on first xum first basis)
Walk-ins are welcome!

25/09/2026
25/09/2026

“I realised that I could never hold the camera in the same way after the film. When I was filming and covering the event before the screening began I was approaching it very conventionally….After, it made me realise the weight of my camera and gave me a strong inspiration to look at the same space differently and reimagine what I thought…”

This is what Amogh Chauhan (who volunteered along with Jahanvi Pradeep for video and photo documentation) felt after seeing ‘RAGHU RAI: An Unframed Portrait’ by Avani Kaur Rai in Bangalore in August 2026.

Organised by Kriti Film Club in collaboration with the RBANMs Educational Charities and ELSA Bangalore at SABHA, here is a short reel capturing some of the moments. So much sharing and notes on the film happened both critical and inspirational as it should be…

Don’t miss the film screening at the IDSFFK this month!

Reel and photo credits: Amogh Chauhan and Jahanvi Pradeep

The Late Deadline for submissions to the 7th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival 2026 is now OPEN.If you have a story ...
21/09/2026

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

If you have a story that crosses borders, challenges the gaze, reclaims space or makes room for voices that deserve to be heard, this is your chance to share it with us.

We’re looking for films that question, resist, and remember.

There’s still time to bring your film to Beyond Borders.

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

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

Late Deadline: 05.10.2026

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KRITI FILM CLUB INVITE for ‘Selections: EcoReels Film Festival 2026’, Followed by a conversation Pradip Krishen & attend...
21/09/2026

KRITI FILM CLUB INVITE for ‘Selections: EcoReels Film Festival 2026’, Followed by a conversation Pradip Krishen & attending Filmmaker’s

*5 October 2026* | 7:00 PM | Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
*Register here*: https://go.allevents.in/3yjil (link in bio)

*THE BECOMING OF A WILDSCAPE*
(18:09 mins | English, Tamil, Kannada w. English subs | 2026 | Docu)
Dir. Tanmayi Gidh (Untold Earth) | Prod. Zerodha Broking Pvt Ltd. and Teepoi Productions

*PANHA*
(23 mins | Marathi, Hindi w. English subs | 2024 | Fiction)
Dir. Sakshi Mishra | Prod. Dia Mirza, Ananya Rane

*FRIENDS OF JILIPIBALA*
(29:23 mins | Bengali w. English subs | 2025 | Docu)
Dir. Debalina Majumder | Prod. Samata Biswas

Trailers and Details here: https://krititeam.blogspot.com/2026/09/ecoreels-selections-5-october-kriti.html (links in bio too)

OPEN FOR ALL

When members of the community grow and their work and talents are recognised! Thank you Azim Premji Foundation
20/09/2026

When members of the community grow and their work and talents are recognised! Thank you Azim Premji Foundation

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