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1st July
Time:
 6:45pm

FILM CLUB SCREENING - ‘Shwas’ (Marathi, 2006 ) Dir. Sandeep Sawant . Collab: Celiac Society of Delhi. Oscar Nominated (2004-05) Winner of The National Award (2004-05). Limited passes only for Film Club members available at the Programme desk.

 
     
  6th July
Time:
6:30pm

DOC FILM - ’Thin Green Line’ A series of five films on issues of environment and development. Through the series, we initiate a debate on the processes of development being specially hard on the environment. In collaboration with Lead India.

  
     
  11th July
Time:
6:30pm

 

 FILM CLUB DISCUSSION meets to discuss ’Saat Paake Bandha’ (Bengali/1963) Dir.Ajay Kar.

A rich man's daughter marries a poor professor - the marriage is opposed by her bitter mother who eventually realises the value of her own marriage, and tries to repair relationships. Suchitra Sen`s sensitively etched and finely nuanced performance won her the Best Actress Award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1963 .Film Scholar Smita Mitra will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion.

 
     
  17th July 
Time:
8:00pm

FILM CLUB  SCREENING -  ‘Reyhaneh’ (1990/Iran/85 mins) Reyhaneh, a lonely woman, totally cut off from her past, returns to her hometown to start a new life. However, she is not received kindly by her siblings. 

  
     
  18th July
Time:
6:45pm

FILM CLUB  SCREENING - ’Journey’ (1994/Iran/84 mins) An exploration of the 
psychological effects of war on a middle class family who flee Teheran following a night air raid. 

  
     
  18th July
Time:
8:15pm		 FILM CLUB  SCREENING - ‘Havana File’ (2006/Iran/100 mins) Mohsen Pejman an idealistic, western educated ,Iranian professor is heavily involved in a project which gets cancelled by the govt. There is a deliberate campaign to destroy both his scientific project and his personal reputation.
       
  19th July
Time:
6:45pm

FILM CLUB SCREENING - ‘The Deserted Station’(2002/Iran/96 mins) 
A photographer husband and his schoolteacher wife are stranded when their transport breaks down on a cross-country journey to Teheran. Whilst their vehicle is being fixed, the wife takes over a class in the village school . The urgent needs of the children distract her from a sense of loss.

  
       
 

20th July

Time:
6:30pm

DOC FILM - Jeevika: A South Asian Documentary Film Fstival showcases a selection of 15-20 films that focus on livelihood from a perspective of legal, cultural and social norms that constrain people from earning an honest living. Collab: Centre for Civil Society (CCS)Cultural performance by Manzil.

  
     
  23rd July
Time:
6:30pm		 DOC FILM - Jeevika:South Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival concludes.  Please check panel for details.  
     
  25th July 
Time:
6:30pm

DOC FILM - Public Service Broadcasting Trust and The British Council continue with their series of monthly screenings of PSBT and Grierson Award winning documentaries. The HE Silent World of Partridge Keeping by Himanshu Malhotra (2006) Prod: PSBT  British Isles: A Natural History Prog 3 - Ice Age. Dirs: Dan Tapster and Andrew Graham-Brown, Prods: Mary Colwell, Mike Gunton (Shortlisted for Best Documentary on Science or the Natural World at the Grierson Awards 2005)

 
     
  31st July
Time:
7:00pm 		DOC FILM - Nat Geo presents 'The Secret Code of the Book of Revelations' - The Battle of Armageddon, the four horsemen of the apocalypse are predictions outlined in the Bible. The film explores some of these prophecies and whether they have already come true.