Coordinator: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Bangladesh’s Independence Day

Panelists: Amb Shamsher M Chowdhury Bir Bikram, Former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh; Dr Ashikur Rahman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh; Amb Veena Sikri, former High Commissioner to Bangladesh; Dr Sreeradha Datta, Vivekanand International Foundation

Chair: Maj. Gen. (retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

26 March 2021 marks the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence day celebrations, 
50 years of Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations after the 1971 liberation war and also coincides with the birth centenary of Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first visit abroad since COVD 19 broke out to Dhaka on the same day. 

Episode 4- The Age of Gothic (26.13 min) | Click here to watch
The origin of Gothic architecture as found in the choir of the Abbey Church of St. Denis and the Chartres Cathedral serves as a model of High Gothic style.

A documentary series presented by Michael Wood, exploring magnificent masterpieces of the Western world in their cultural and historical settings. The series consists of eighteen episodes, each of which focusses on the artistic contributions of one period in the history of the West, from Ancient Greece to the late 1980s. From the classical ideals in Greek and Roman antiquity, through the Renaissance, to the postmodernism of the later 1980s, the series provides a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture, and studies the art masterpieces as reflections of the Western culture that produced them.

Two episodes will be presented every week online

Episode 3 – A White Garment of Churches (26.10 min) | Click here to watch
With the fall of the Roman empire, Christianity flourished with the Church as patron of monumental Romanesque architecture and sculpture.

A Matter of Life and Death (UK) | (104 min; 1946; English) | Click here to watch
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

With David Niven, Roger Livesey, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring

Recipient of the Bodil Award for Best Foreign Film, Bodil Awards 1948
A Matter of Life and Death is undoubtedly one of the best films ever made - cheerful, whimsical, fantastical and full of human warmth and cheer. Nearly every moment drips with style, loving enthusiasm and balls-to-the-wall filmmaking skill. Powell and Pressburger mine the heavenly situation with wit, intelligence and infectious good humour, delivering a solid-gold screenplay using the archetype of a courtroom drama, blending it superbly with melodrama, a red-blooded romance and a great buddy story
 

Después de… Atado y bien atado | (99 min; 1981; Spanish with English subtitles)

Director: Cecilia Bartolomé y José Juan Bartolomé

This film was made between April 1979 and the end of 1980, three years after Franco's death. During those months, the directors tried to reflect the feelings and opinions of the street after the transition from dictatorship to democracy. As well as the conflicts that threatened democratic normalization and that culminated in the coup attempt on February 23, 1981, shortly after the film ended.

https://cultura.cervantes.es/manila/en/despu%C3%A9s-de...-atado-y-bien-…
 

A festival of Spanish films directed by women filmmakers organized in collaboration with Cervantes Institute, New Delhi. The five award winning films to be screened have been made by film directors who made their cinematic debut in the 1950s and 1960s and are pioneers in the history of Spanish cinema. The films not only reflect the work and aesthetics of these women directors, they also present an interesting portrait of the historical period in Spain from 1953 to 1981. Two films will be screened every Wednesday and Saturday in March 2021 accessible for a duration of 48 hours. Vimeo links to the films will be posted in the IIC website (www.iicdelhi.in) and sent by email.

Después de… No se os puede dejar solos | (90 min; 1979; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Cecilia y José Juan Bartolomé

Recipient of the Premio Ace Award for Best Actress, Premio Ace Awards 1984

Después de... is a documentary film that shows some of the keys to the social and political crisis which Spanish democracy faces, since it includes the changes registered after Franco's death, the reactions of the Spanish to the new situation and the problems posed by a democracy born, without rupture, from the previous dictatorship.

https://cultura.cervantes.es/manila/en/despu%c3%a9s-de...-no-se-os-pued…