The Grandfather (El abuelo)

                               (151 min; 1998; dvd; English subtitles)

                               Written & directed by José Luis Garci

 

                               Recipient of the ATV Awards for Best Fiction Program, Best Actor & Best Screenplay, ATV Awards, Spain 2001;
                               CEC Awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Screenplay, Adapted, Cinema Writers Circle Awards,  
                              Spain 1999;    and Goya for Best Actor, Goya Awards 1999

 

                             (89 min; 2011; dvd; English subtitles)

                             Director: Ignacio Ferreras

 

                            Recipient of the Special Distinction Award (Features), Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2012; Goya
                           for Best Screenplay –   Adapted & Best Animated Film, Goya Awards 2012; and Mestre Mateo Award for Best
                           Sound,   Galician Audiovisual Academy Awards 2011

 

 

4:00 pm          Celebrating Six Decades of Spanish Cinema: A Festival of Films

 

 

                        Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazón)

                       105 min; 1997; dvd; English subtitles)

                       Director: Montxo Armendáriz

 

                      Multiple award winner including the Blue Angel Award, Berlin International Film Festival 1997;
                      Golden India Catalina Awards   for Best Supporting Actress, Best Director & Best Cinematography,
                      Cartagena Film Festival 1998;   Audience Choice Award  Chicago International Film Festival 1997;
                      Goya for Best Supporting Actress, Best New Actor, Best Sound & Best Production Design, Goya
                      Awards 1998; among others

 

6:30 pm       Arias, Opera and Musical Theatre

                      Launch of the Lyric Ensemble of Delhi

 

                      Music director: Clayton Duggan

                      Artistic Director: Diniz Sanchez

                      Founder/Voice Coach: Situ Singh Buehler
                       Accompanied on the piano by Dinai Rentta

 

                        (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)
 

                         Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un Ciclistsa)

                         (88 min; 1955; dvd;  b/w English subtitles)

                         Director:Juan Antonio Bardem

 

 

                          Recipient of the FIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film Festival 1955; and Prize of the National Syndicate of Spectacle for Best Film 1955

 

 

 

Tea/Coffee and snacks will be served in the Gandhi-King Plaza from 11 am to 7 pm on payment

Admission to all the cultural programmes is free of charge. For the film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. Dinners for IIC Members only on payment

Venues:

Cultural performances - Fountain Lawns 

Film screenings - C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Cuisine - Rose Garden

 

 

 

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