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The
Habitat Film Club is in its fourth year of operation. One of the country’s
most dynamic Film Club’s, it screens over 10 films a month for its
members. An exciting and Eclectic mix of films for members that range
from Foreign Film Festivals, Retrospectives of noted Indian Film Directors
and Actors, Premieres and interactions with Film luminaries.
Habitat Film
Club Festivals have ranged from Foreign Film Festivals from Spain, China,
Israel, Italy, Poland, and Sweden etc. Retrospectives of directors and
actors have included Merchant-Ivory, Ingmar Bergman, Mani Rathnam, Ritwick
Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Mira Nair, Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri among
others.
Film Club
Members have had interactions andQ & A sessions with Mrinal Sen, Shabana
Azmi, Jean Claude Carriere, Rituparno Ghosh & Amitabh Bachchan among
others.
The Habitat
Film Club holds an annual Film Appreciation Course conducted by a distinguished
Faculty. The forthcoming Film Appreciation Course and Programme for November
is given below :
The Week
of Serbia and Montenegro Cinematography |
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5 – 8.00pm “Professional” (2003, 104 mins) Dir:
Dusan Kovacevic. |
| The chronicle
of an age in the history of one nation’s struggle in the end
of the 20th century – often touching, sometimes irresistibly
funny. |
| Nov
9 – 7.00pm “ Premeditated Murder” ( 1995,94 mins)
Dir: Gorcin Stojanovic |
| Two interlaced
love stories spanned over two different wars, with half a century
between the two. |
| Nov
9 - 9.00pm “ Thunderbirds” ( 2001,90mins) Dir: Radivoje
Andric |
| The story of
a generation of kids whose teenage lives are witness to the worst
years in the history of their country. |
| Nov
10 – 7.00pm “ Sky Hook” ( 2005,95 mins) Dir: Lj.
Samardzic |
| Inspirational
mix of wartime drama and sports saga. |
| Festival
of Chinese Films, Courtesy: Embassy of China and FFSI |
| Nov
25 – 7.00pm “ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”(2002,119mins)Dir:
Ang Lee |
| Winner of 4 Academy
awards, the story is filled with mystery, romance and spectacular
fights. |
| Nov
28 – 7.00pm “ Breaking the Silence” ( 1999,95 mins)
Dir; Sun Zou |
| Story of Sun
Liying who devotes her life in trying to teach her hearing impaired
hild to talk.Winner of Best Asian Film ( NETPAC) and best Actress
Awards. |
| 9.00pm
“ The Guasha Treatment”(2000,110mins) Dir: Zheng Xiaolong |
| Story of how
the traditional Chinese “Guasha” method of healing is
misinterpreted in the US where an elderly Chinese man uses it to heal
his grandson. |
| Nov
29 – 7.00pm “A Sigh” ( 1999,95mins)Dir: Feng Xiaogang |
| Story of a scriptwriter
who is torn between his wife and his youthful carefree lover and how
he tries desperately to keep a steady love traingle. |
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FILMS |
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Nov 2 – 7.00pm21 Grams”( 2003,124mins) Dir.Alejandro Gonzalez
Inarritu |
| Nov 13 –
7.00pm Interaction with Director Anurag Kashyap followed by screening
of his film “ Black Friday” |
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The
participants will be introduced to the basic concepts of film language
and film form and to some of the major movements and masters of world
cinema. The course will discuss the different methodologies used to understand
issues relating to film form, history, theory and will also use detailed
analysis of films to enable viewers to engage critically with film texts.
TEACHING
TEAM:
Ravi
Vasudevan - Film Scholar; Co-Director, SARAI; Fellow, Centre
for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS).
Madan Gopal Singh - Film Scholar; Scriptwriter; Singer-Musician;
Faculty, Department of English, Satyawati College, Delhi University; Co-coordinator,
Cinema Studies at School of Convergence.
Ira Bhaskar - Film Scholar; Faculty, Department of English,
Gargi College, Delhi University.
Shohini
Ghosh - Filmmaker; Media Scholar; Faculty, MCRC, Jamia Millia
Islamia.
Rashmi Doraiswamy - Film Scholar; Fellow (Central Asia),
Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia.
Shudhabrata Sengupta - Media Practitioner and Writer,
Raqs Media Collective and Sarai.
Jeebesh Bagchi - Media Practitioner, Raqs Media Collective
and Sarai.
Ranjani Mazumdar (Coordinator & Instructor) - Independent
Filmmaker; Scholar & Visiting Faculty at the Mass Communication Research
Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia.
Workshop schedule
is subject to change / cancellation.
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For
further information and enrollment form visit Registration Desk at:
The Stein
Auditorium
Habitat World at India Habitat Centre
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Tel: 2468 2222 extn. 3093, 3094
www.habitatworld.com
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