Synopsis
Khichdi is an experimental documentary that foregrounds the interwoven histories between four best friends who reunite in the UK, thirty-five years after training together as nurses during their teens in Ferozepur, Punjab.
Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and supported by the British Film Institute (BFI)
Screenings
2026
~ The Kerala Short Film Festival, India.
2025
~ The 13th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, India. Organised by MARUPAKKAM in association with Department of Visual Communication - Dr Ambedkar Government Arts & Science College, Vyasarpadi Madras Christian College
~ The South Asian Film Festival of Montreal, Canada. In collaboration with the Kabir Centre for Arts & Culture, Quebec
2024
~ London Indian Film Festival, Official Selection for Brit-Asian Shorts. Screenings at:
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ICA London
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MAC Birmingham
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Carlton Club, Manchester
~ South Asian International Film Festival Florida (SAIFFF)
~ Folkstone Film Festival (Best Experimental-Short)
2023
~ Premiere for Khichdi at BFI Southbank in NFT3
Press
~ Khichdi Interview with Xavier Alexandre Pillai [LINK]
~ Short Shorts - Diaspora Storytelling: Khichdi Review Written by Ellen Thomas [LINK]
~ London Indian Film Festival 2024 Official Brochure [LINK]
~ Asian Culture Vulture LIFF 2024 - New British Asian Shorts Interview [LINK]
~ Kiosk N1C - The Khichdi Archive Zine Launch [LINK]
~ BBC Sounds. Arts & Ideas Podcast Interview for Khichdi with Dr Sarah Jilani, Professor Stephanie Snow and Sara David [LINK]
~ Science Museum Lates, Khichdi Film Teaser Screening & Programme. Hosted by AHRC and BFI
~ BFI Blogpost. Next generation of filmmakers commissioned to tell NHS Untold Film Stories. [LINK]
~ NHS England Blogpost [LINK]
~ UKRI Blogpost. [LINK]