At the Harkat Lab, film shares space with leftover lunch boxes, milk, condiments, some things sweet! Our fridge can never be just a film fridge; much like our lab being attached to the kitchen; much like life and the interconnectedness of it all. A film print (a slice of cake) is like a moment in time, private, sometimes paraded publicly, but perhaps best experienced in dark rooms where we feel each other’s presence but can be with ourselves.
This year we bring you the 10th edition of the 16mm Film Festival, a festival dedicated to photochemistry. Now open for submissions, we are looking for all kinds of artistic and personal explorations, films from a diverse range of contexts.
The 16mm Film Festival was conceived with a view of re-connecting with the cinematic medium through it's celluloid history. The festival is organised by Harkat, a film lab, alternative arts space and boutique film production company based in Mumbai. With year long engagements and facilitation in the realm of film, Harkat has been working its way through re-building and supporting this lost infrastructure for filmmakers and artists who want to work on film.
