Saving Face (Pakistan/USA) | Click here to watch
(40 min; 2012; Urdu/English and with English subtitles)
Directors: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chenoy

Multiple award winner including Oscar Award for Best Documentary, Short Subjects, Academy Awards, USA 2012; Emmy for Best Documentary & Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form, News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2013; Audience Award, Aspen Shortsfest 2012; among others

Zakia is a survivor of acid attack, which has become appallingly common in some parts of the world, mainly Cambodia, Afghanistan and Southern Asia. This documentary focuses on Pakistan, which has around 100 reported cases per year, while it is thought many more, especially in rural areas, go unreported.

Zakia was attacked by her husband when she filed for divorce after years of abuse. Rukhsana was attacked by her husband, then her sister-in-law and mother-in -law, who set fire to her and locked her in a room to die. The film follows the stories of these two women and their fight for justice.

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A six part BBC series with Michael Mosley who takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.

Episode 6: Who Are We? (60 min) | Click here to watch
Director: Nigel Walk

We now know that the brain - the organ that more than any other makes us human - is one of the wonders of the universe, and yet until the 17th century it was barely studied. The twin sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are. Now these sciences are coming together and in the process have revealed some surprising and uncomfortable truths about what really shapes our thoughts, feelings and desires. And the search to understand how our brains work has also revealed that we are all - whether we realise it or not - carrying out ...

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(83 min; 2012; English)
Director: Michael House

The documentary tells the story of Somerset Maugham, the novelist, spy, playwright, physician and prolific writer, who took on the taboo subjects of adultery and sexual jealousy and breathed new life into the spy novel. Revealing Mr. Maugham also looks at the writer's personal struggles — including a stammer that Maugham developed as a child after his parents died.

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Parsi cuisine’s unique and piquant flavours draw from an unusual historical background shaped by two cultures—Persian and Indian. Tikhu-Khatu-Mithu (spicy-sour-sweet)—the tanginess of tomatoes and the sweetness of jaggery—is considered the Holy Trinity of Parsi cooking, and perfecting its balance is the key to any Parsi dish. IIC will be serving the special menu “PARSI FOOD” from 23RD September to 25th September 2022. These items shall be served in addition to the regular menu in the Dining Hall and also can be booked on prior demand as “Take Away” items.

 
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(53 min; 2007; French with English subtitles)
Director: Luc Lagier

Documentary about director Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina. In 1960, Jean-Luc Godard films for the first time Anna Karina and falls in love. His cinema is transformed by it forever. From Little Soldier to Crazy Pete through A Woman is a Woman, My Life to Live and Alphaville, this documentary tells how, during five years , Godard and Karina consciously mixed cinema and private life, with constant will to film “as in true life” and to live “as in film”

A tribute to iconic filmmaker and pioneer of French New Wave, Jean Luc Godard (3 December 1930 – 13 September 2022)

(58 min; 2007; English/Portuguese)
Director: Simon Broughton

A BBC 4 European Roots series

Fado is Portuguese blues music and Mariza is its exotic new international star. She was born in Mozambique, has an African mother and Portuguese father and whether she sings in concert halls or intimate bars, her intensely emotional performances enthral audiences everywhere. Originating in Brazil, the story of fado mirrors the history of Portugal, including a 'lost' period in the early 20th Century when it was working-class and militant.

(93 min; 2007; English/Mandarin with English subtitles)
Director: Yung Chang

Multiple award winner including Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize & Cinema Eye Honors Award, Cinema Eye Honors Awards, USA 2009; Genie Award for Best Documentary, Genie Awards 2009; Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary, Golden Horse Film Festival 2008; Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature, San Francisco International Film Festival 2008; among others

Yung Chang is a Canadian director whose grandparents came from China, and his witty, lovely and profoundly unsettling documentary Up the Yangtze takes him back to the legendary river of his grandfather's homeland, now transformed beyond recognition. Set on a riverboat cruise, the film follows 16-year-old Cindy, who comes from a poor family living on the banks of the river, and Jerry, who is from a more prosperous family. Cindy’s story contrast her simple village life with the lives of fellow travellers who live in a consumer economy and have been exposed to new technology. Jerry meanwhile tries to earn money for himself and his family by working as a porter and singer. 

(50 min; 2009; French/English and with English subtitles)
A BBC Four Production
Narrated by Susannah York

Profile of the perennially influential fashion designer Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, who devoted her life to becoming the symbol of chic and the style of France. But behind her image she hid a secret past as a nightclub singer, mistress and spy.