A weekly screening of four award winning children’s films organized in collaboration with Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi to celebrate National Children’s Day. Screenings will be held every Saturday and Sunday in November 2021. Each film will be accessible for a period of 36 hours from Saturday 9 am to Sunday 11:55 pm. The registration link for accessing the weekly screenings is given below:

On Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th November 2021
The Horror Bus (De griezel bus)
(96 min; 2005; Dutch with English subtitles)
Director: Pieter Kuipjers

Recipient of the Best of the Fest Award, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2006; Golden Film Awards for Best Director, Producer, and Actors, Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands 2006; and Jury Award for Best Film, Leeds Young People’s Film Festival 2007

Based on the children’s book by author Paul van Loon. The film follows 11 year-old Onnoval who is an outsider at school. A gifted storyteller, he writes ghost stories and poetry. Onnoval writes a story in which his arch rival Gino is killed. But when the devilish Ferluci gets his hands on this story, things start to get very real indeed...

Screening schedule and online registration to access the films: 

Family Film | Eye Film Player

The Great Dance: A Hunter’s Story (USA/South Africa) | Click here to watch
(90 min; 2000; English)
Directors: Craig Foster, Damon Foster

Recipient of the Audience Award for Best Film & Best South African Film, Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2001; Festival Prize for Best Sound, Jackson Wild Media Awards 2000; and Panda Award for Best Achievement in Sound, Wildscreen Festival 2000

Through the eyes of a San Bushmen hunter who lives in the Kalahari Desert, perceive a world invisible to outsiders--a world where every footprint, every raindrop, and every broken branch tells a story. How do these ancient people fit in the modern world?

The story of three San (Bushman) hunters at their most extreme limits of endurance, culminating in "the Chasing Hunt" - a ritual that has never before been revealed to the world outside of the Kalahari. Discover the extraordinary spiritual relationship between the hunter and the hunted. 

Algorithms: The Secret Rules of Modern Living | Click here to watch
(58 min; 2015; English)
Director: David Briggs

Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security - they even help us travel the world, find love and save lives. Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms. By showing us some of the algorithms most essential to our lives, he reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, what they have achieved and how they are now so advanced they can even programme themselves.
 

A series of documentaries presented by the historian Bettany Hughes. Travelling across present locations, Bettany explores the cultural and political pasts of ancient peoples, including the Greeks, Minoans and Egyptian.

The Ancient Worlds: Engineering Ancient Egypt | Click here to watch
(51 min; English)

Through their superlative buildings, the legacy of the Egyptian empire continues to enthrall people to this day. Yet these incredible structures were made over 4,000 years ago.

Historian Bettany Hughes explores what drove the people of this ancient civilisation to build on such a massive scale. The story is told through the reigns of two pharaohs - Khufu and Ramesses II.

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

POST-TALIBAN DEVELOPMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN

The series of discussions will focus on major issues, developments and with an aim to look ahead. The series has been conceptualised by Cmdre C. Uday Bhaskar.

Panel discussion on 
Current Developments in Afghanistan: Relevance for India 
Led by Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC and former Foreign Secretary; Ms Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Editor, The Hindu; and Amb. Amar Sinha, former Ambassador to Afghanistan

The discussion will be chaired by Cmdre. C. Uday Bhaskar

(  Collaboration with South Asia Monitor)

As the programme will be held in physical mode, Covid protocols will be strictly adhered to with 50% seating capacity. Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask. Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the door. There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit.

We request audiences to kindly abide by the above regulations

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Director/Editor: Dilesh Korya
Producer: Behroze Gandhy

The film will be introduced by Ms Geeta Kapur and Behroze Gandhy

Screening will be followed by a discussion with
Rashna Gandhy Imhasly, Behroze Gandhy, Shireen Gandhy and Adil Gandhy 
Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

A feature documentary that interweaves personal testimony with rare historical and 8 mm family archive to tell the story of how a modern art movement was born alongside the new nation of India. The film traces the journey of Kekoo and Khorshed Gandhy, well-known gallerists who transformed the artistic heritage of the city of Bombay 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

    Kindly please make a note
-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium for cultural programmes
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
-    There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit

We request audiences to kindly abide by the above regulations

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Presentation of awards to young crafts persons 

Mandari Dance
A short presentation of a traditional folk dance and music from Chahatisgarh
Presented by Ghotul group of artists from Kunda village, Bastar division

Chief Guest: Smt. Devaki Jain, eminent economist and writer

Awards will be presented to Subhalaxmi Bai from Jagatsinghpur, Odisha for golden grass craft; Priya Karmakar from Birbhum, West Bengal for suri bowl with bell metal; Hrudananda Chand from Jajpur, Odisha for weaving Phodo Kumbha sarees; Prabir Tudu from Malda, West Bengal for bamboo craft; Jaspreet Kaur from Patiala, Punjab for phulkari embroidery; and Aman L. Konyak from Nagaland for crafting bead necklaces

(Collaboration: Delhi Crafts Council)