TALK - Irish Literary Festival : Photographer, John Minihan speaks on Beckett And The Wake

Tri-Continental Film Festival 2008

Collab: BREAKTHROUGH, an international Human Rights Organisation.

FILM - It’s Always Late for Freedom (Iran/53 mins) Three teens in an Iranian juvenile prison talk about their dreams and relationships against the backdrop of violence and crimes they've committed.

FILM - Thousand Days And A Dream (India/60 mins) In rural Kerala, a group of ordinary citizens reacted after the opening of a Coca Cola bottling plant brought, besides progress and resources, pollution and water contamination.

IHC Member’s Meet

FILM - A Jihad For Love (70mins/UK France , Germany, USA, Australia) Defining a 'jihad' as a struggle, rather than a war, this film documents the struggles of gay Muslims in 5 countries, poignantly and topically.

Tri-Continental Film Festival - 2008

FILM - Kings And Extras(62mins) A quest film about missing official film archives of the PLO in Palestine is part adventure tale and part tongue-in-cheek exploration of Middle Eastern identit.

FILM Reinalda Del Carmen, My Mama And Me(85mins/Chile) An Almadovar-esque, evocative, true-life documentary about motherhood, selfhood, friendships and the loss of memory from Chile.

TALK - George Abraham CEO Score Foundation, trainer-motivational speaker with blind youth and  a promoter of cricket for the blind speaks on Beyond The Boundaries: Chasing Dreams With Passion

FILM - The Hands Of Che Guevara(62mins/Netherlands) In the search for the severed and missing hands of Che Guevara, people have been willing to give their lives. An increasingly bizarre tale is peiced together from the narratives of the seekers.

FILM - The Half Moon File (Germany/87mins) Collab: BREAKTHROUGH, an international Human Rights Organisation.

The Indian prisoners of war in World War I are long gone, but their voices remain on record. This is one man's quest to trace their origins and give substance to their spirit

TALK - War And Poetry – screening of a film by Aakash Kaushik Khoon Chala followed by readings of war poetry.

Collab: Class Apart Productions

Irish Literary Festival - Interaction with fiction writers, Claire Kilroy, John Boyne & Glenn Patterson

IHC WALK - Heritologist, Vikas Bhardwaj leads a walk in Chandni Chowk. Please contact the Programme desk for registration and details.

SIXTH ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL - Portofino-Ballade

Theater Für Ein Wachsendes Publikum(Zurich, Switzerland).Tkts at Rs.200 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk.

A poignant story of family and freedom and what they really mean. A play with music and puppets for curious people from the age of 7 +

TALK - The 5th lecture in our Astronomy Series - A Peep Into The Universe: Celebrating Hubble Telescope .The presentation involves introduction to Hubble space telescope (HST), movies about images and findings by HST, images and popular videos. In collab: Space Technology And Education

THEATRE - Matrix presents Lift Kare De (Hindi/) Dir.Mahabanoo Kotwal.Tkts at Rs.300,Rs.200,Rs.100 & Rs.50 available at the Programme desk from Jan 15 for IHC Members only. Open to all from Jan 18.

SIXTH ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL - In The Garden (Teatro Paraiso & Theatre de la Guimbarde – Vitoria, Spain/Belgium) Tkts at Rs.200 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. 

Theatre, video, shadows and drawings take you on a visual journey into a place to play and reflect our emotions. Audience: Up to 4 years old +

Irish Literary Festival - Interaction with Anne Haverty & Anthony Cronin

TALK - In conversation with Gore Vidal – hailed by the Boston Globe as ‘…our greatest living man of letters’. Author of bestselling fiction and award winning screenplays Suddenly Last Summer and Myra Breckinridge , political activist and award winning activist.

Irish Literary Festival - Interaction with poet, Derek Mahon

“Batuta (baton)” and his small partner “Notita (small note)” a fantastic journey from the most classical classics to the most actual classics.

Audience: Family

SIXTH ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL - Journeys (The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust – Delhi) Tkts at Rs.200 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk

A celebratory performance inspired by the late Violetta Parra's famous song Gracias a la Vida.

Audience: Family (8 and above.)

Irish Literary Festival - Interaction with Irish Language writer, Micheál Conghaile

DANCE - Lokesh Bhardwaj, disciple of Justin McCarthy presents a Bharatnatyam recital. HCL Concert Series