Summary:
This is a question that films about ethnic genocides seldom ask, and it needs a lot of courage to ask it. On the other, all these bleed into the life-world of families, religious communities, political organisations, ethnic minorities, resistance groups, diasporic communities, sexual minorities.... There were overtly political films that looked at the ways in which global capital works hand in hand with states to wreak havoc on the democratic fabric, lives, livelihoods and the environment. In terms of form, there is a radical shift here from the conventional modes and models of documentary filmmaking. Many films at the just-concluded 11th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) 2018 seem to probe at and ponder upon these vexing issues..