New Wave – Rebellious Poets of Cinema: Film Festival

Camera Buff (Amator/Poland)
 

(112 min; 1979; dvd; Polish with English subtitles) 
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski 

Multiple award winner including Golden Lion Award &  Best Actor Award, Polish Film Festival 1979;  FIPRESCI Prize & Golden Prize, Moscow International Film Festival 1979; Gold Hugo for Best Feature Film, Chicago International Film Festival 1979; among others

New Wave – Rebellious Poets of Cinema: Film Festival

Daisies (Sedmikrásky/Czechoslovakia)

(74 min; 1966; b/w; dvd; Czech with English subtitles)
Director: Vera Chytilová

Recipient of the Golden Train Award for Outstanding Contribution, Faro Island Film Festival 1966; and Grand Prix de l’UCC 1968

In place of ' Amma Ariyan' , the following film will be screened.

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (The Strange Fate of Arvind Desai/India)
(118 min; 1978; dvd; Hindi with English subtitles)
Director: Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Recipient of the Critic’s Award for Best Film, Filmfare Awards 1979 

Arvind Desai is the only son of a rich businessman who deals in luxury handicraft products. His feelings for his father are mixed. While he hates his dominating nature, he admires his power and lack of scruples. The chaotic, bustling underbelly of Mumbai comes alive in this compelling drama about the existential crisis of a young privileged man. Through the ambiguous idealism of its confused protagonist Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan reflects on social injustice and class divide in urban India

New Wave – Rebellious Poets of Cinema: Film Festival

The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle/France)

(98 min; 1969; dvd; French with English subtitles)
Director: Claude Chabrol

Recipient of the Top Foreign Film Award, National Board of Review, USA 1970

Food Festival: Fusion Food

Prepared by Chef Nishant Choubey

Venue: Rose Garden
 

New Wave – Rebellious Poets of Cinema: Film Festival

Faces (USA)

(130 min; 1968; b/w; dvd; English)              
Director: John Cassavetes

Recipient of the Pasinetti Award for Best Film & Volpi Cup for Best Actor Award, Venice Film Festival 1968; NSFC Award for Best Supporting Actor & Best Screenplay, National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 1968; and Winner of the National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board, USA 2011
 

New Wave – Rebellious Poets of Cinema: Film Festival

Paris, Texas (Germany)

(147 min; 1984; dvd; German with English subtitles)
Director: Wim Wenders
 
Multiple award winner including FIPRESCI Prize, Palme d’Or, & Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes Film Festival 1984; Awards for Best Direction & Best Screenplay, BAFTA Awards, 1985; Best European Film, Bodil Awards 1985; among others
 

New Wave – Rebellious Poets of Cinema: Film Festival

Deep End (UK/West Germany)

(88 min; 1971; b/w; dvd; English)
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski 

Food Festival: A Polish Repast

Prepared by Chef Mukesh Sharma, Alma Cafe

Venue: Rose Garden

New Wave – Rebellious Poets of Cinema: Film Festival

Adoption (Örökbefogadás/Hungary)
 

(89 min; 1975; b/w; dvd; Hungarian with English subtitles)  

Director: Márta  Mészáros

Recipient of the Golden Berlin Bear, C.I.D.A.L.C. Award, & Otto Dibelius Film Award, Berlin International Film Festival 1975