FILM TITLE

Sabar Bonda / Cactus Pears

18+

23rd May 2026 | 09:00 PM
Stein Auditorium

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Country
India
Year of release
2025
Language
Marathi
Duration
117 mins
Director

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
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Festival And Awards
  • Winner - Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival, USA, 2025
  • Best Feature Film, Sunny Bunny Festival, Ukraine, 2025
  • Audience Choice Award - Best Feature & Acting Honorary Mention, IFFLA, USA, 2025
  • Winner - Narrative Feature Competition, Nashville Film Festival, USA, 2025
  • Global Visions Awards Honourable Mention, San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM), USA, 2025
  • Centrepiece Gala, Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature & Leadership Circle Award for Outstanding Performance (Bhushaan Manoj), Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Canada, 2025
  • Grand Jury Prize for Best Film, SXSW London, UK, 2025
  • Maguey Award for Best Feature Film, International Film Festival Guadalajara, Mexico, 2025
  • Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2025 - Young Cinema Award
  • Jury Award for Best Feature Film, Humans of Film Festival in Amsterdam, 2025
  • Best Writing (Feature Film), Critics' Choice Awards, 2026
  • Audience & Queer Award, Festival do Rio, 2025
  • Best Feature Award, Chéries Cheris Film Festival, 2025
  • Best Feature Award, TOKYO FILMeX, 2025
  • First Best Indian Film, Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes), 2025
  • Ingmar Bergman Competition, Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden, 2025​​​​​​​
  • International Competition, BAFICI, Argentina, 2025
  • ​​​​​​​Official Selection Competition, MOOOV, Belgium, 2025
  • New Directors/New Films (MoMA), USA, 2025
  • Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, USA, 2025
  • - Official Selection Competition - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, Spain, 2025
  • Pink Apple Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Switzerland, 2025
  • FOCUS INDIA, FILMKUNSTFEST, Germany, 2025
  • Narrative Feature, Austin Asian American Film Festival, USA, 2025
  • Narrative Features, Provincetown International Film Festival, USA, 2025
  • ​​​​​​​Al Este del Edén Section, Fire!! Barcelona LGBTI Film Festival, Spain, 2025
  • Feature Film Competition, Festival du Film de Cabourg, France, 2025
  • Queer Spectrum Film Festival, Ireland, 2025
  • New Southbound Vision, Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan, 2025
  • FEST New Directors New Films, Portugal, 2025 - Golden Lynx Competition
  • Official Competition Section FIK, Zinegoak, Spain, 2025
  • New Horizons, Poland, 2025 - Discovery
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2025 - Country in Focus
  • Fresh Competition, New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand, 2025
  • Non competitive International Features Program, Melbourne  International Film Festival, Australia, 2025
  • Beyond Bollywood: India's Dramatic Canvas, Chichester International Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2025
  • Official Selection, Summer Film Academy in Zwierzyniec, Poland, 2025
  • Emerging Narrative Feature Competition, Queer Screen Film Fest, Australia, 2025
  • Official Selection - Thailand International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Thailand, 2025
  • Darwin International Film Festival, 2025 
  • Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2025 - Centrepiece
  • Fringe! Queer Film and Art Festival, 2025
  • Queer Lisboa, 2025
  • New Visions Competition, REYKJAVIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2025
  • Cinema Queer, 2025
  • AKS International Minorities Film Festival, 2025
  • Mparntwe/Alice Springs First Nations Film Festival, 2025
  • Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2025
  • Soho House Amsterdam, 2025
  • Adelaide FF, 2025
  • The Arzner, 2025
  • Bergen International Film Festival, 2025
  • Bath Film Festival, 2025
  • Asian Cinema Collective (Melbourne), 2025
  • QueerFilmFest Rostock, 2025
  • Mix Copenhagen, 2025
  • Beijing Queer Film Festival, 2025
  • Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, 2025
  • Capital Film Festival, Canberra, 2025
  • Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2025
  • Pink Screens, 2025
  • Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2025
  • Festival des 3 Continents, 2025
  • Singapore International Film Festival, 2025
  • Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival, 2025
  • Alternativa Film Festival, 2026
  • Festival des Cinémas Indiens de Toulouse, 2026
  • International Film Festival of Kerala, 2025

 

Synopsis

Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.

 

The Director will be present for a post screening discussion.

  • Cast

    Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap

  • Producer

    Neeraj Churi, Mohamed Khaki, Kaushik Ray, Naren Chandavarkar, Sidharth Meer, Hareesh Reddypalli, Rohan Parashuram Kanawade

     

    Co-Producer: Jim Sarbh, Neha Kaul, Rajesh Parwatkar

  • Screenplay

    Rohan Parashuram Kanawade

  • Cinematography

    Vikas Urs

  • Editing

    Anadi Athaley

  • Sound

    Anirban Borthakur, Naren Chandavarkar

  • Music