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6th August Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM - MEXICAN FILM FESTIVAL - First Impressions From The First Decade. 15 New Mexican Directors. The Desire Dir. Marie Benito. (2008/13mins) More Than Anything In The World Dir. Andrés León Becker y Javier Solar (2006/90mins) | ||
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6th
August Time - 08:00 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Land Gold Women (English/98mins) Dir. Avantika Hari. Nazir Ali Khan, an immigrant Indian university Professor in Birmingham, lives with his wife and two children. Sharing a great relationship with his children and indulging their love for all things English, he takes great pains to keep the family bond going strong. When his beloved daughter is found in an illicit relationship, Nazir suddenly finds himself on the brink of a tough decision to take. Should he save face or save his daughter? | ||
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7th
August Time -06:30 pm |
FILM CLUB DISCUSSION - group meets to discuss Still Life (Chinese/2006/108mins) Dir. Jia Zhangke. Shot in the old village of Fengjie, a small town on the Yangtze River which is slowly being destroyed by the building of the Three Gorges Dam in China, the film tells the story of two people in search of their spouses even as the construction goes on and the village vanishes from sight, slowly yet tumultuously affecting the lives in that area. Film Scholar Nupur Jain will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion. | ||
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8th
August Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM - MEXICAN FILM FESTIVAL - First Impressions From The First Decade. 15 New Mexican Directors. Good Intentions Dir. Iván Lomelí (2009/18mins) Tide Dir. Hatuey Viveros (2008/14mins) Tropic of Cancer Dir. Eugenio Polgovsky (2004/52mins) | ||
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9th
August Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM - MEXICAN FILM FESTIVAL - First Impressions From The First Decade. 15 New Mexican Directors. It’s Very Easy Dir. Pablo Fulgueira (2007/21mins) 1973 Dir. Antonino Isordia (2005/96mins) | ||
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DOC FILM - Public Service Broadcasting Trust continues with its series of monthly screenings. Morality TV & The Loving Jehad Dir. Paromita Vohra. |
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11th
August Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM - MEXICAN FILM FESTIVAL - First Impressions From The First Decade. 15 New Mexican Directors. Reality Show Dir. de Federico Schmucler (2007/16mins) A Trip Dir. de Gabriela Monroy (2004/10mins) News From Afar Dir. Ricardo Benet (2004/120mins) | ||
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13th
August Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM - MEXICAN FILM FESTIVAL - First Impressions From The First Decade. 15 New Mexican Directors. The Eye In The Nape Dir. Rodrigo Plá (2001/26mins) The Passenger Dir. Matías Meyer (2005/14mins) Island Being Dir. Eun Hee Ihm (2007/67mins) | ||
| 17th August Time - 07:30 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Retrospective of Actor, Writer, Director Kamal Haasan. Ek Duje Ke Liye (Hindi/1981/163mins) Dir. K. Balachander. This cross-culture romance between a southern Vaasu and a northern Sapna epitomizes inter-caste and inter-state romance. It plays out the tragic story of Vaasu and Sapna, who fall in love but are kept apart by the huge abyss of the prejudices of caste and language that their parents seem to hold dearer than the happiness of their children. | ||
| 21st August Time - 6:30pm |
Documentary - An Evening In Memory of Leela Naidu Screening of documentary Lila Dirs. Bidisha Roy Das & Priyanjana Dutta | ||
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21st
August Time - 07:30 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Retrospective of Actor, Writer, Director Kamal Haasan. Hey Ram (Hindi/2000/199mins) Dir. Kamal Haasan. It's December 6, 1999, and in a Chennai racked by communal violence on the 7th anniversary of the destruction of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, a retired archeologist named Saket Ram lies dying of heart disease. Keeping vigil at his bedside, his grandson, a Hindi novelist, narrates part of the old man's life story to the attending physician — a true story that he implies to be stranger than any fiction. | ||
| 24th
August Time - 07:30 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Retrospective of Actor, Writer, Director Kamal Haasan. Thevar Magan (Tamil/1992/145mins) Dir. Bharathan. The American-educated Shakti, son of a village chieftain Peria-thevar returns home after a long stay abroad. Accompanying Shakti is his girlfriend with whom he intends to settle in a city and start a business. However, his father hopes he will don the patriarchal mantle, a role Shakti finds alien to him and distasteful after several years abroad. However, an accidental conflagration and its consequences turn a new set of responsibilities on him. | ||
| 25th
August Time - 07:30 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Retrospective of Actor, Writer, Director Kamal Haasan. Dasavatharam (Tamil/2008/185mins) Dir. K. S. Ravikumar. When things start going wrong in a synthetic bio weapons lab in Washington DC, various international organizations became key players in a global cloak and dagger game. The White House, the CIA, the Indian PM’s office, environmentalists, terrorists, and other key players become part of a dangerous global hunt. Starting in the 12th century A.D. in the Chidambaram Temple complex in South India, the film takes one across time and continents. | ||
| 26th
August Time - 07:30 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Retrospective of Actor, Writer, Director Kamal Haasan. Sagara Sangaman (Telugu/1983/160mins) Dir. K. Viswanath. Balakrishna is a poor, talented dancer. His dream is to perform at an All-India level competition. Madhavi, a rich girl notices his talent and helps in getting him an opportunity to perform in an all-India competition. As he is all set to realise his dream, he is set back by the death of his ageing mother. Slowly, he gets closer to Madhavi, and discovers her past. | ||
| 27th
August Time - 07:30 pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING - Retrospective of Actor, Writer, Director Kamal Haasan. Anbe Sivam (Tamil/2003/160mins) Dir. Sundar C. Nalla is an activist opposed to capitalism in all its forms. He is also the beloved of the capitalist and exploiter Padayachi’s daughter, Balla. Nalla meets with an accident -- he loses his leg and his face is disfigured. He goes to Bhubaneswar to pick up a cheque for the workers whose cause he espouses. On his flight back to Chennai, he clashes with Anbarasu, a co-passenger, over their differing ideologies. He also learns that Anbarasu is headed for Chennai to get married to none other than Balla. | ||
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28th
August Time - 10:00 am |
DOC FILM - Jeevika 2009: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival | ||
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29th
August Time - 10:00 am |
DOC FILM - Jeevika 2009: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival continues. | ||
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30th
August Time - 07:00 pm |
FILM - Jeevika 2009: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival concludes. | ||
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