The screening on Sunday 28 September will be followed by a Q&A with director Sonum Sumaria. The screening on Thursday 2 October will be followed by a panel discussion with the director, producer Sienna Beckman, and social activist Sushma Iyengar.

Under The Open Sky is a beautifully-crafted observational documentary that offers a rare, intimate portrait of a nomadic camel-herding family in the desert lands of Western India. Spanning five years, the film follows Ahmed and his family, as they face an existential dilemma: to continue their traditional way of life or to adapt to a rapidly modernising world. The film traces their quiet but powerful struggle to hold onto their ancestral way of life as they are increasingly displaced by industrialisation, climate shifts, and economic pressures.

"An unflinching fly-on-the-wall portrayal ...  a refreshing and honest insight " - Geographical Magazine

The film screened at a number of international festivals, including DC South Asian Film Festival (USA)

Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival (Europe), Montevideo World Film Festival (Uruguay), FICCSUR (Chile), and Someplace Else – Living Lightly Film Festival (India)

Sonum Sumaria is an award-winning British-Gujarati filmmaker and has been making films with marginalised communities for the past thirteen years. She read Spanish and Russian at Cambridge University, and studied at The International School of Film and Television in Cuba, going on to complete an MA in Cinematography at MetFilm School in London. She has a deep interest in indigenous and nomadic communities and is particularly drawn to the themes of identity and belonging.