FILM FESTIVAL FOR GENERATIONS: 24 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

 

Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation; India)

(99 min; 2016; dvd; Hindi with English subtitles)

Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani

 

Multiple award winner including the Special Mention for Best Film & Best Actor, National Film Awards, India 2016; Critics Choice Award, The Vesoul Film Festival, France 2017; Asian Cinema Fund, Busan International Film Festival, South Korea 2016; Best Film Award, NY International Film Festival 2017; among others

 

A heart-warming drama about people facing the end of their lives. A story where faith and family become intertwined, as a slightly frayed 77-year-old suddenly senses his time is up and prevails on his hard-working son to drive him to Varanasi so he can peacefully pass on

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Prof. William Sax and Prof. Minati Panda

 

AT 16:00

Astu – So Be It (India)

(120 min; 2013; dvd; Marathi with English subtitles)

Directors: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar

 

Multiple award winner including Audience Award for Best Film, 11th Indian Film Festival, Stuttgart 2013; Award for Best Dialogue & Best Supporting Actress, 61st National Film Awards, India 2013; Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Marthi International Cinema and Theatre Awards; among others

 

A Sanskrit Professor, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, sees an elephant on the street. Fascinated with the creature, he follows it home, and is cared for by the family to whom the elephant belongs

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Mohan Agashe and Mr. Matthias Roos

 

AT 19:00

Forget me Not (Vergiss Mein Nicht; Germany)

(90 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: David Sieveking

 

Recipient of the Critics Week Award, Locarno International Film Festival 2012

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Christiane Brosius and Smt Archana Sharma