PANAJICinephile Film Club of the Entertainment Society of Goa will be screening two acclaimed films ‘Railway Children’ and ‘Where is Pinky?’ in the presence of the director Prithvi Konanur, on August 3 and 4 at 6.30 pm respectively. There will be a question-answer session after the screening at Maquinez Palace auditorium, Old GMC complex in Panaji. The one hour 53 minute film ‘Railway Children’ is inspired by the book ‘Rescuing Railway Children’ written by Lalitha Iyer and Malcolm Harper. The film is about children who run away from home and live at stations and trains. The film made it to several festivals around the world and won the National award for Best Child artist in 2017. The second film, ‘Where is Pinki?’ will be screened on August 4 and is of one hour 50 minutes duration. Inspired by a true story, the film is about a couple that returns home to discover that the caretaker and their little baby have gone missing. Two of the primary characters in the film work as real-life domestic help. The hard-hitting social drama shot with a shoestring budget was screened at the Busan international film festival in 2020 and won accolades at other festivals as well.
