A Rifle and A Bag

International Feature-Length Competition
2020 — 89 min — 15+
Winner
International
Feature-length Competition
2021
A Rifle and A Bag

Synopsis

Somi and her husband are striving to forge a new identity after fighting alongside the Naxalites, a communist guerrilla group that has been waging war on the Indian State since the 60’s. After a decade of armed struggle for the rights of their tribal communities, the couple deserted the movement and surrendered to the police. Ever since, they have been trying to educate their son and reconcile their violent past with the desire to integrate into the Indian society.

Schedule

FFD 2021

Production Team

Director
  • Arya Rothe

    Arya Rothe

    Arya Rothe is an Indian documentary filmmaker. She studied at FAMU in Prague before enrolling at DocNomads. She graduated in 2016. Her graduation film, Daughter’s Mother, premiered at DOK Leipzig 2018. She is a founder of NoCut Film Collective, together with fellow DocNomads graduates Cristina Hanes and Isabella Rinaldi. A Rifle and A Bag (2020) is the collective’s first documentary feature.

  • Cristina Hanes

    Cristina Hanes

    Cristina HANES (1991, Romania) graduated from DocNomads in 2016. Her 2017 short documentary António and Catarina won the Pardino d’Oro for Best International Short Film at Locarno Film Festival. She founded NoCut Film Collective, together with fellow DocNomads graduates Isabella Rinaldi and Arya Rothe, in 2016. A Rifle and a Bag (2020) is the collective’s first documentary feature.

  • Isabella Rinaldi

    Isabella Rinaldi

    Isabella RINALDI was born in Rome. She finished her bachelor’s in Film Studies here at the Sapienza University before enrolling at DocNomads. She co-directed the short Meta Librino in 2013. In 2016, she founded NoCut Film Collective with fellow DocNomads students Arya Rothe and Cristina Hanes. A Rifle and a Bag 2020) is the collective’s first documentary feature.

Details

Country of ProductionIndia, Italy, Qatar, Romania
Production HouseNoCut Film Collective
Spoken LanguagesGondi, Hindi
SubtitleEnglish
ColorColor
Previous Festival2021 - ZagrebDox
2021 - Ponnani International Film Festival
2020 - Busan International Film Festival
2020 - Visions du Reel
2020 - Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
2020 - One World Romania
Accolades2021 - Miradasdoc International Documentary Film Festival (Special Mention of the Jury)
2020 - International Film Festival Innsbruck (Special Mention of the Jury)
2020 - International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) (Special Mention of the Jury)