Screening Invitation: 'Home, Elsewhere' – Documentary Film by Megha Wadhwa | June 30

[Megha Wadhwa]

Dear Visual Anthropology Group,

A little self-promotion from my end — I hope you'll bear with me. We would like to invite you to a screening of my latest documentary 'Home, Elsewhere’,  organized by the Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture.

About the Film – 

Home, Elsewhere follows Karan, a Gen Z migrant from India navigating his life in Berlin. What begins as a chance encounter with the filmmaker—an anthropologist who left India 20 years ago—evolves into a four-year long-term observation of Karan’s migrant life in transition.

 

From the structured world of a student fraternity to a more fluid, international university life, Karan’s journey unfolds alongside other young migrants shaping their own paths. The film reflects on distance, belonging, and the shifting meaning of home through moments of cooking, celebrations, and conversations.

 

The film quietly observes a generational continuity, interwoven with the filmmaker’s own migration story nearly two decades after she left India, concluding between love for home and the realities that continue to push its youth to leave.

Film Details

• Director/Camera: Megha Wadhwa

• Length: 47 minutes

• Languages: English, Hindi, German (English subtitles)

Event Details

• Date: June 30, 2026

• Time: 18:00–19:30

• Venue: Room L-821 (8F, Library), Sophia University

• No registration necessary

Following the screening, there will be a discussion led by David Slater, Professor Emeritus at Sophia University.

This event is organized by Hannah Holtzman and Megha Wadhwa for the ICC Research Unit on Visual Studies and Displacement in/to Japan.

For more information and poster please check this link - https://7b912aaa-2400-46c3-9847-666028c2ab29.filesusr.com/ugd/487f91_69f44092c22744f6ad05f990f72de96b.pdf

We hope to see you there!

Best Wishes,

Megha 

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Dr. Megha Wadhwa

Assistant Professor
Department of English Studies
Faculty of Foreign Studies

Graduate Program in Global Studies
Institute of Comparative Culture
Institute of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies

Sophia University Tokyo

www.meghawadhwa.com