Dr Kulraj Phullar

PhD on 'good girls' in film noir. Interested in classic Hollywood, British, Indian cinemas; colonial + diasporic histories; LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈; and Prince 💜 He/Him

[Dr Kulraj Phullar @Kuli_83]

@TheGardenCinema have curated a wonderful season of films for South Asian Heritage Month. I am thrilled to be introducing two of the most exciting recent South Asian diasporic films: The Queen of My Dreams and Polite Society 🤩🤩🤩 #southasianheritagemonth ➡️➡️➡️

[The Garden Cinema @TheGardenCinema]

In July & August we present an array of screenings to celebrate South Asian Heritage Month 2024.

From Bhutan to Bangladesh, the programme weaves tales of resilience & freedom with a special focus on female voices and queer stories. #SAHM24 @SAHM_UK@SAHM_UK

https://t.co/WMdyGURPoA

[🅢 🅤 🅟 🅐 Ⓚ Ⓘ Ⓝ Ⓞ @supakino_]

Bombay Mix is back! A new season of double bills at @closeupcentre on 13, 20 & 27 Sep 2025 with @ranjitsruprai, @Kuli_83, @phuonghhle & @bressonian

🇮🇳 MOTHER INDIA + 🇨🇺 I AM CUBA

🏠 BABUL + 🏡 OUR MOTHER’S HOUSE

📷 JAANE BHI DO YAARO + 📸 BLOW-UP

https://t.co/aq0dUFZf8T

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Amnesty International: Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians

Doctors Without Borders: Israel is deliberately starving Gaza

UN expert: Israel is deliberately starving, killing children

Human Rights Watch: Israel engineered mass starvation

Media: Gaza food crisis spreads

[The Garden Cinema @TheGardenCinema]

Join @LotusVisualPro for an afternoon of acclaimed short films exploring STORIES OF THE SOUTH ASIAN LGBT+ COMMUNITY. Followed by a Q&A with Neeraj Churi & @ShivRaichandani, hosted by @Kuli_83

26 July at4pm
https://t.co/Olkqt2Dg9r

[The Garden Cinema @TheGardenCinema]

Thrilled to be partnering with @LotusVisualPro for STORIES OF THE SOUTH ASIAN LGBT+ COMMUNITY. Followed by a Q&A with Neeraj Churi & @ShivRaichandani, hosted by @Kuli_83.

Join us after Trans Pride on 26 July. 4pm
https://t.co/Olkqt2Dg9r

[Institute of Contemporary Arts @ICALondon]

Join us on Sun 23 Feb, 3:30pm for Collective Filmmaking: A Chorus of Resistance by Sine Screen. A screening & talk on four experimental films that offer an alternative lens on collective filmmaking groups in Korea, Thailand &Japan in the 1960s and 1970s. https://t.co/gS5MZY0WuM

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

A long time in the making, and I really didn't think I had it in me but my book on Indian Parallel Cinema will finally be available tomorrow...

https://t.co/mmfn3z8tXj

[The Cloud Door @the_cloud_door_]

Hello! It’s time to open The Cloud Door: a portal to a world of South Asian cinema

A boutique Blu-ray label & film licensing service from Ranjit S. Ruprai @ranjitsruprai & Omar Ahmed @bressonian

Please follow, share and sign up to our mailing list at https://t.co/H8BUolBPfm

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

The government has actively facilitated genocide in Gaza, including through its continued arms sales to the Israeli military.

Today in Parliament, I reintroduced my Bill to suspend all arms sales to Israel & hold the government accountable for its role in enabling such horrors.

[Variety @Variety]

Cult Indian Film 'Om Dar-B-Dar' to Launch New South Asian Cinema Label the Cloud Door (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/8uYrDq6IqG

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

This real film fans! We can finally reveal the details of the boutique home video label dedicated to South Asian Cinema. A major new project that me & @ranjitsruprai have been working on together for a while now! Please support us! More info & details through the week...

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

Good evening.

My new book on Indian Parallel Cinema will be dropping next week in ebook format followed by a hardback publication a few weeks later in Feb.

Paperback will be landing after 12 months.

https://t.co/mmfn3z91MR

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Israel has destroyed the last remaining hospital in northern Gaza.

We have witnessed the total decimation of Palestinian healthcare, met with silence from political leaders who refuse to acknowledge the horrors they have enabled.

This is the dehumanising reality of genocide.

[Bertha DocHouse @BerthaDocHouse]

'A sprawling geopolitical tapestry... A deeply impressive feat of research, editing and storytelling.' @LWLies

There are more chances to watch Johan Grimonprez's megalith of a documentary, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat this month. https://t.co/h95XFLh5d8

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

Sick to death of this style of opportunistic film journalism when it comes to South Asian Cinema. The people who are doing the work often never get a chance to speak, to articulate themselves in the mainstream. Yeah, pipe down, we ain't giving shit to you.

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

Tagging on a credit at the end because I had to call this shit out does not make it right.

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

If anything this makes this whole act of cultural erasure worse.

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

So, that Ryan Gilbey piece in The Guardian has sneakily been updated with a grudging acknowledgment that I curated Badnam Basti as part of the season at the Barbican.

[Ranjit S. Ruprai @ranjitsruprai]

On reading the Guardian article, it feels to me that the complete erasure of Omar’s curation and very existence was a deliberate decision and part of a pattern of structural racism described in Omar’s response below and by others I know in UK film academia, exhibition and media

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

If you are writing about a film season that someone has taken the time & effort to curate then it might be a good idea to contact the curator. I'm pretty sure they will be able to provide invaluable broader context and have something to say about the films they have curated.

[Dr Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian]

I guess I shouldn't expect anything new from British film culture & its myopic approach to South Asian film programming, which exists in a cultural hinterland. So much is at stake when it comes to representation & inclusion, & a piece like this omits knowledge, labour, expertise.