A festival of Spanish films that showcases the work of four exceptional filmmakers organised in collaboration with Cervantes Institute, New Delhi and Alcalá de Henares Film Festival (ALCINE). Envisioned as a dialogue between two works (a short film and a feature film) of each filmmaker, the festival includes the films of directors Juanjo Giménez, Álex Montoya and Belén Macias and producer María del Puy Alvarado. Four filmmakers with different perspectives that showcases the diversity, vitality, robust presence and promising future of Spain’s younger directors. 

The online screenings will be held throughout April 2021 with a screening of two works each by the four filmmakers. All the films will be accessible for a period of 48 hours starting from 23:30 hours onwards on the dates indicated below. Vimeo links of the films will be sent by email and posted on the Centre’s website, www.iicdelhi.in

WEEK DEDICATED TO ÁLEX MONTOYA
 

The Meeting (Asamblea) | (75 min; 2019; Spanish with English subtitles)
Direction, Editing: Álex Montoya

Recipient of the Jury Prize for Best Film and Best Actor, Alicante Film Festival 2019; and AVAV award for Best Sound, Premis de l’Audiovisual Valenciá, 2019

It is the last meeting before the summer and Josep wants to get his final proposal for a concert approved, no matter what!  A comical portrait of a social assembly that challenges progressive notions of participation.

https://vimeo.com/518996347

A festival of Spanish films that showcases the work of four exceptional filmmakers organised in collaboration with Cervantes Institute, New Delhi and Alcalá de Henares Film Festival (ALCINE). Envisioned as a dialogue between two works (a short film and a feature film) of each filmmaker, the festival includes the films of directors Juanjo Giménez, Álex Montoya and Belén Macias and producer María del Puy Alvarado. Four filmmakers with different perspectives that showcases the diversity, vitality, robust presence and promising future of Spain’s younger directors. 

The online screenings will be held throughout April 2021 with a screening of two works each by the four filmmakers. All the films will be accessible for a period of 48 hours starting from 23:30 hours onwards on the dates indicated below. Vimeo links of the films will be sent by email and posted on the Centre’s website, www.iicdelhi.in

WEEK DEDICATED TO ÁLEX MONTOYA

Lucas | (28 min; 2013; Spanish with English subtitles)
Direction, Production, Editing: Álex Montoya

Lucas, a high-school boy, is all out to impress a girl. To do that he has a great idea – to buy himself a bike. He decides to work as a model for a photographer that he met in the gym. However, things are never as good as they seem in the beginning.

https://vimeo.com/519053672

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 08 

The Play of Light | (25:58 min) | Click here to watch

Venetians like Titian, Tintoretto, and Palladio re-adapted the classical style with a theatrical flourish.

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 07

Heroic Ambitions |(26:09 min) | Click here to watch

Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael displayed extraordinary talent working in a variety of media and elevated the status of the artist in Italian society.

Bhutan – Change Comes to the Happy Kingdom | (42 min; 2021; English) | Click here to watch
Director: Irja von Bernstorff
A DW film

The remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan appears and operates much as it did one hundred years ago. But the unavoidable seeds of change are beginning to blossom. Bhutan: Change Comes to the Himalayan Happy Kingdom is a complex examination of the crossroads between honouring the past and embracing the future.

On and Off the Records | (57 min; 2014; English) | Click here to watch
Director: Pratik Biswas
Produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust

The film explores the intimate and integral relationship between the evolution of Hindustani classical music in the 20th century and recording technology. The documentary discusses some of the crucial issues which a sound engineer encounters when recording a classical singer's performance at rehearsal halls and at studios. Above all, the film celebrates the music and art of some of the leading singers and musicians of the period 

Pico Iyer: When Houses are not Homes (52:46 min) | Click here to watch
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Pico Iyer, arguably the world’s greatest living travel writer, at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Yale University, June 2016. Pico Iyer suggest ways in which our ideas of home has grown fluid, portable – and even secret

Day & Date:  Saturday & Sunday, 03^rd and 4^th April 2021

Member’s Dinner:  “Coorg Cuisine”

Coorg, India’s fragrant ‘Coffee Country’, is defined by plantations and wild forests lush with yams, wild pig, boar, fowl, bamboo and other flora. Its unique and distinctive cuisine is season-specific, and imbued with the natural flavours of fresh and local ingredients. Bamboo is one of the most-used ingredients, as are rice and flavourful spices such as pepper, ginger and garlic. Kachampuli, their own version of a balsamic vinegar, is special to each Kodava home, adding piquant flavour to signature dishes. Although Coorgis are very fond of non-vegetarian food, the variety of vegetarian preparations is extensive. For a taste of Kodava Cuisine, IIC will be serving the special menu from 02nd April to 04th April 2021. These items shall be served in addition to the regular menu in the Dining Hall and Lounge, and also can be booked on prior demand as ‘Takeaway’ items.

Take away services with prior booking will be available from 1030 hrs to 2100 hrs.

Kindly Place order at: 011-24609359, 24609373, 24609374, 24609375, 24609472

The last order for “Coorg Cuisine Fest” can be placed at: Dining Hall – up to 2100 hrs and Lounge- up to 2000 hrs  

 Kanwal Wali

 Secretary

Introduction: Harish Khare, Chairperson, The Media Foundation

Panelists: Abantika Ghosh, The Print; Banjot Kaur, Down to Earth; Amar Jessani, Researcher, Bioethics and Public Health, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan; Keshav Desiraju, Former Health Secretary, Govt. of India

Moderator: Geeta Seshu, Free Speech Collective

An on-going series of conversations featuring prominent voices and highlighting different perspectives, the Dialogues discuss issues challenging the Fourth Estate.

(Collaboration:The Media Foundation)