We started off as a secret film society (that had its inception in a book club, SwapBook!) with the intent to screen curated and offbeat films that you’d scarcely find getting discussed online. It’s time to let out the secret.

Off the Books is now Patchwork Film Collective (PFC). We will continue to screen high quality films sourcing titles from innovative filmmakers that don’t often make it to the headlines. From drama to comedy, documentary to mocumentary, we promise you a tapestry of genres with each screening concluding with that film’s discussion.

This PFC is screening A Rifle and a Bag, a NoCut Film Collective production.

"Somi and her husband met and fell in love while fighting alongside the Naxalites, a communist guerrilla group that has been fighting since the 60’s for the rights of the tribal communities of India. After a decade of armed struggle, the couple deserted the movement and surrendered to the police. Ever since, they have been striving to forge a new identity, educate their two children and eventually reconcile their violent past with the fervent desire to integrate into the hostile Indian society"

Directors Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe

Producers Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe

Production NoCut Film Collective (Romania, Italy, India)

Production companies NoCut Film Collective (Romania), NoCut Film Collective (India)

Co-production countries India, Romania, Italy, Qatar

Production consultants Andra Popescu, Ioana Lascar

Sales Cristina Hanes (NoCut Film Collective Romania) -> hellonocut@gmail.com

Screenwriters Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe

Editors Yael Bitton, Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe

Cinematography Cristina Hanes

Camera Cristina Hanes, Arya Rothe

Additional camera Chaitanya Guttikar

Sound recording Isabella Rinaldi, Santwana Bayaskar

Sound design Ioan Filip, Dan-Stefan Rucareanu

Color grading Razvan Dimitriu

Languages Gondi (tribal), Madia (tribal), Hindi

SUPPORTED BY

Doha Film Institute | Qatar

IDFA Bertha Fund | Netherlands

Asian Cinema Fund | South Korea

AlterCine Foundation | Canada

INCUBATED AND DEVELOPED AT

ParisDoc Work-in-progress | Cinema du Reel | France 2019

Agora Docs in Progress | Thessaloniki Documentary Festival | Greece 2019

IDFAcademy | Netherlands 2018

DocEdge Asian Forum for Documentary - *Winners of IDFA Award and Best Emerging Filmmakers | India 2018

EURODOC | Local workshop for Italian producers | Italy 2018

Docs Port Incheon | Asian Documentary Project Market | South Korea 2018

fARAD | development and sound workshop for documentaries | Romania 2017

BROADCAST & VOD APPEARANCES

OKTO TV | Austria 2021

Vecernji Premium | Croatia 2021

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About NoCut Film Collective

The Collective was founded in 2016 by Cristina Hanes (Romania), Arya Rothe (India) and Isabella Rinaldi (Italy) after studying together at DocNomads Master Course in Documentary Directing. The first production of NoCut Film is the feature length creative documentary "A Rifle and a Bag" directed and produced by the three co-founders.

The collective fosters and produces author-driven documentaries in collaboration with filmmakers from all over the world. To date, NoCut co-produced internationally with countries like Nepal, South Korea, India, Romania, Belgium, Netherlands, Qatar, Italy, Portugal.

We envision filmmaking as collaborative and transcultural.