FILM CLUB SCREENING - Fly By Rocinante (Bulgaria/Serbia/Austria/2007/ 84mins) Dir. Jacky Stoev. Fly by Rocinante is a musical incorporating opera and silent movies elements. It is a story about a group of Bulgarian musicians, touring Europe on an old bus called “Rocinante”. They are led by their director and conductor, the Maestro. The film comprises seven intertwined stories revealing the complicated relations between the members of the musical group. While traveling the musicians play and sing mixing opera motives and Balkan folklore rhythms. Inspired by the musicians’ stories and music the Maestro creates his dream opera which wins glorious success in Vienna. Collab: Bulgarian Embassy

FILM CLUB SCREENING - European Union Film Festival 2010, La Soledad (Solitude) (Spanish/2007/125mins) Dir. Jaime Rosales. Life for Adela, a single mom trying to raise her infant son, and Antonia, a widow with three daughters, are forever altered by a terrorist bombing in Madrid.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot (Grave Decisions) (German/2006/104mins) Dir. Marc Rosenmüller. 11-year-old Sebastian lives with his father and brother Franz in a Bavarian village. One day, he learns that his mother died on his birthday, which makes him believe he was to blame for her death. Dreaming of purgatory, Sebastian sees only two ways to avoid this divine punishment: becoming an immortal rock star or find a new wife for his father.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Petelinji zajtrk (Rooster’s Breakfast) (Slovene/2007/124mins) Dir. Marko Nabersnik. Rooster’s Breakfast is a love story, set in a small town. The protagonists live their quiet and imperceptible lives; however, they all have their own hidden passions, which put up a start to dramatic events.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - 7 Ans (7 Years) (French/2007/86mins) Dir. Jean-Pascal Hattu. Maïté’s only contact with her imprisoned husband is in the waiting room of his prison. She starts having an affair with an undercover cop who is protecting her husband.Caught between desire and guilt, pleasure and duty, she finds herself trapped in a three – player game, the rules of which none of them really know.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Het Echte Leven (In Real Life) (Dutch/2008/85mins) Dir. Robert Jan Westdjik. Martin, a young director is making a movie called “In Real Life”. He casts his girlfriend Simone to play the female lead character paired with him as the lead actor. When Simone decides to communicate with Martin only on set, through the character of Milan, he eventually discovers that all that remains of their love is this movie.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Pokoj v dusi (Soul At Peace) (Slovak/2009/98mins)Dir.Vladimir Balco.Feisty, middle-aged Tono returns to his small town in the Carpathian Mountains after five years in prison and finds that his friends and neighbours may forgive but they never forget. Jobless, doubting his wife’s fidelity, and in debt to the questionable friend who may hold the keys to his future, he begins to see the world with new eyes. An intimate look at a man’s quest for redemption.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - The Age Of Stupid (2009/UK/92mins) Dir. Franny Armstrong. A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 of real people around the world in the years leading up to 2015 before runaway climate change and why humankind failed to address it.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Svetat E Golyam I Spasenie Debne Otvsyakade (The World Is Big & Salvation Lurks Around The Corner) (2008/Bulgaria/105mins) Dir. Stephan Komandarev. Based on the autobiographical novel by Ilija Trojanow, the film traces the life of Alex, who, with the help of his charismatic grandfather, Bai Dan, embarks on a journey with a tandem bicycle and backgammon in search of his real self.

FILM CLUB DISCUSSION - Group meets to discuss Nau Do Gyarah (Hindi/1957/170mins) Dir. Vijay Anand. Cast: Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik & Shashikala Wealthy bride Raksha seeks refuge in the back of the truck of traveller Madan Gopal who is headed towards his uncle Manoharlal's house. The couple reaches their destination only to find that Manoharlal has passed away mysteriously and his estate and wealth have been abducted by his corrupt son Kuldeep and his mother. Film scholar Smita Mitra will introduce