film
‘Joyland’ crosses the barbed wire between India and Pakistan
Indian audiences are connecting with director Saim Sadiq’s acclaimed, queer-affirming Pakistani film, briefly banned in its home country
Chintan Girish Modi | Jul 14, 2023
Screen Southasia: Q&A session for ‘The Next Guardian’
A conversation with the filmmaker Arun Bhattarai, director of ‘The Next Guardian’.
The Editors | Jun 15, 2023
What Southasia read in 2022
Book recommendations from a year of reading by Southasian writers, poets, translators and journalists
The Editors | Jan 06, 2023
Selective truths
Kashmiri reception to the controversial film ‘The Kashmir Files’.
Maknoon Wani | Jun 10, 2022
A Southasian filmmaker unlike any other
On Sumitra Peries, pioneering Sri Lankan film auteur.
Uditha Devapriya | Apr 19, 2022
Journalists under attack, marine disaster in Sri Lanka, chasing monkeys, and more
Southasiasphere episode 08: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | Jun 09, 2021
Can’t catch that big break
Is gatekeeping and nepotism in Lollywood stunting aspiring actors?
Neha Maqsood | May 31, 2021
COVID-19 travel bubbles, vaccine procurement, Churails, and more
Southasiasphere episode 07: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | May 14, 2021
The subtle art of resistance
Zakariya Mohammed’s ‘Halal Love Story’ tells the story of resistance in the face of an omnipotent authority.
Ali Ahsan and Shama Jan | Feb 19, 2021
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