Film: Superman of Malegaon
Country: India
Released: 2008
Director: Faiza Ahmad Khan

Screening dates: 30 September (Monday) to 6 October (Monday), 2024

This month, we’re screening Supermen of Malegaon, directed by Faiza Ahmad Khan. Rife with communal tension, poverty and hardship, the one escape for residents of Malegaon is the film hall. Supermen of Malegaon follows one director's single-minded pursuit to bring to life a Malegaon remake of Superman, telling the story of the town in the process.

About the director:

Faiza Ahmad Khan is an Indian documentary filmmaker and activist based in Mumbai. Supermen of Malegaon was her first feature documentary which has received numerous awards, including Best Debut Film at Film Southasia, Best Documentary at Asiatica Film Mediale, Rome, Best Documentary at Kara Flim Festival, Pakistan and Best Editing, Documentary and Director at the Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore. The film has been screened everywhere from New York's Museum of Modern Art to the Narmada Ghats. 

In 2017, she directed The Cost of Coal, a 360° virtual reality story about the lives of the Adivasi communities living around the Kusmunda mine in the district of Korba,  Chhattisgarh. In 2019, Faiza collaborated with Hanna Rullmann, a graphic designer based in the Netherlands to produce Habitat 2190, which follows the construction of a nature reserve at the site of former migrant settlement ‘The Jungle’, in Calais, France, after it was destroyed in Autumn 2016.

 Process:

•  Once you sign-up and your request is accepted, you will receive an email from our team on Monday, 30 September 2024 with the screening link and password. We request that you keep the link and password to yourself to safeguard the film against piracy. The link will be active for 7 days.

 For queries, write to us at raisaw@himalmag.com