WEDNESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2017

 

10:30 am A  Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

 

                            Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin/Germany)

                            (128 min; 1987; dvd; English subtitles)

                            Director: Wim Wenders

 

                           Multiple award winner including Best Director Award, Cannes Film Festival 1987;
                           European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor & Best 
                          Director, European Film Awards 1988; Audience Award for Best Foreign Film & Critics
                           Award for Best Foreign Film, SESC Film Festival, Brazil 1991;
                           Audience Award for Best Feature Film, São Paulo International
                          Film Festival 1988; among others

 

                           Set in Berlin

 

1:30 pm             The Last Metro (Le dernier métro/France)

                          (131 min; 1980; dvd; English subtitles)

                           Director: François Truffaut

 

                          Multiple award winner including Cèsar Awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress,
                          Best Director, Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation;    Best Music, Best
                          Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editing & Best Sound, Cèsar Awards 1981; BSFC
                          Award for Best Foreign    Language Film, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1981;
                         David for Best    Foreign Actress, David di Donatello Awards 1981; among others

 

                        Set in Nazi occupied Paris

 

4:00 pm          Mahanagar (The Big City/India)

                       (122 min; 1963; dvd; b/w; English subtitles)

                       Director: Satyajit Ray

 

                       Recipient of the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director, Berlin International Film
                      Festival 1964; and All India Certificate of Merit for
                      Third Best Feature Film, 11th National Film Awards 1963

 

                       Set in Calcutta

 

6:30 pm          Folk  Dance and Music from Cambodia

                       Presented by the Cambodian Artist Troupe

                       Led by Sok Sidony, Chief of Bureau, International Cultural Cooperation and
                        ASEAN Affairs Department, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts

 

                       Artists: Sao Min, Dem Samedy, Ros Dararith, Som Sophearom, Lam Virak, Van Dara,
                       Khiev Chandara, Ken Leakhena, and Pok Panharoth

 

                      (Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations)

 

   TUESDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2017

 

10:30 am          A Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

                          Italian cities presented by Italian Embassy Cultural Centre Cineclub – Incontri in Biblioteca

 

                          One Hundred Steps (I cento passi)

                          (114 min; 2000; dvd; English subtitles)

                          Director: Mario Tullio Giordana

 

                          Multiple award winner including ‘CinemAvvenire’ Award for Best Film, Golden Osella,
                          Little Golden Lion &   Pasinetti Award, Venice Film Festival 2000; David for Best Actor,
                          Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Costume    design & Scholars
                         Jury David, David di Donatello Awards 2001; Audience Award, São Paulo International Film Festival 2001;
                         among others

 

                         Set in Palermo

 

 

2:00 pm A Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films
 

                         (Old Man Out (UK)

                         (116 min; 1947; b/w; dvd; English)

                          Director: Carol Reed

 

                          Recipient of the Bafta Film Award for Best British Film, Bafta Awards 1948;
                          and NBR Award for Top Ten Films,
                          National Board of Film Registry, USA 1947

 

                          Set in Belfast

 

4:15 pm            Chungking Express (Chung Hing Sam Lam; Hongkong)

                          (102 min; 1994; dvd; English Subtitles)

                          Director: Wong Kar-wai

                          Recipient of the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, Golden Horse Film Festival 1994;
                          Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor    Best Director; Best Film Editing;
                          and Best Picture, Hong Kong film Awards 1995;
                          Best Actress Award & Fipresci Prize,     Stockholm Film Festival 1994

 

                          Set in Hong Kong

 

5:00 pm            Release of the IIC Quarterly: Autumn 2017

                         Edited by Omita Goyal, Chief Editor IIC

 

                          To be released by 

 

Venue:               Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

 

6:30 pm              Concert 

                            By The Cremona Quartet

 

                            Cristiano Gualco (violin Giovanni Battista Guadagnini Cremonensis,
                            Torino 1767);
                            Paolo Andreoli (violin Paolo Antonio Testore, Milano ca 1758); 

                            Simone Gramaglia (Viola Gioachino Torazzi ca 1680 );
                             Giovanni Scaglione (cello Don Nicola Amati (Bologna 1712)

 

                            (Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)

 

 

8:30 pm              A   Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

 

                            It Always Rains on Sunday (UK)

                           (92 min; 1947; dvd; b/w; English)

                           Director: Robert Hamer

 

                            Set in London

 

MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2017

 

10:30 am       A Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

                      Italian cities presented by Italian Embassy Cultural Centre Cineclub – Incontri in Biblioteca

 

                        I Knew Her Well (Io la conoscevo bene)

                      (122 min; 1965; dvd; English subtitles)

                      Director: Antonio Pietrangeli

 

                     Recipient of the Golden Goblet for Best Director, Golden Goblets, Italy 1966; Silver Ribbon for Best Director,
                     Best Supporting Actor & Best   Screenplay, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1966; and
                      Awards for Best Director & Best Screenplay, Mar del Plata Film Festival 1966

 

                     Set in Rome

 

2:00 pm   The Way We Laughed (Così Ridevano)

                    (124 min; 1998; dvd; English subtitles)

                   Director: Gianni Amelio

 

                  Recipient of the Golden Lion, Golden Osella & Sergio Trasatti Award – Special Mention,
                  Venice Film Festival 1998; Golden Ciak   for Best Cinematography, Golden Ciak Awards 1999;
                  and Golden Goblet for Best Actor, Best Producer & Best Score, Golden Goblets, Italy 1998

 

                  Set in Turin

 

 

4:30 pm    Ten Winters (Dieci inverni)

                  (99 min; 2009; dvd; English subtitles)

                  Director: Valerio Mieli

 

                 Multiple award winner including David for Best New Director, David di Donatello Awards 2010;
                 FICE Awards for Best C   inematography & Best New Director, FICE – Ferazione Italiana
                 Cinema d’Essai 2009; Guglielmo Biraghi Award & Silver  Ribbon for Best New Director,
                 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2010; Georges Award – Booker’s
                 Bulletin Special Prize, Russian National Movie Awards 2011; among others

 

                 Set in Venice

 

 

6:30 pm A  tribute to Kishori Amonkar

 

                  Hindustani Vocal Recital 

                  By Nandini Bedekar, senior disciple of the late Vidushi Kishori Amonkar

 

                  (Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

     

 

8:30 pm      A  Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

                    Italian cities presented by Italian Embassy Cultural Centre Cineclub –
                    Incontri in Biblioteca

 

                    The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini)

                     (93 min; 1970; dvd; English subtitles)

                    Director: Vittorio de Sica

 

                     Multiple award winner including Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film,
                     Academy Awards 1972; UN Award, Bafta Awards 1973;
                     Golden Berlin Bear & Interfilm Award – Otto Dibelius Film Award, Berlin International
                     Film Festival 1971; David for Best
                      Film & Special David, David di Donatello Awards 1971; among others

 

                     Set in Ferrara

 

SUNDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2017

 

  11:00 am        Carnatic Violin Duet

                          By the Mysore Brothers – Mysore Nagaraj and Dr. Mysore Manjunath

 

                          Accompanied by Tumkur Ravishankar on mridangam; and Guruprasanna on kanjira

 

                          Venue: C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

 

 

2:00 pm           A Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

                         Italian cities presented by Italian Embassy Cultural Centre Cineclub – Incontri in Biblioteca

 

                         Quiet Bliss (In grazia di dio)

                         (127 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)

 

                        Director: Edoardo Winspeare

 

                        Set in Salento

 

 

 

4:15 pm          Red Desert (Deserto rosso)

                        (116 min; 1964; dvd; English subtitles)

                       Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

 

                       Multiple Award winner including Fipresci Prize, Golden Lion & New Cinema Award for Best Film, Venice
                       Film Festival 1964; Golden Cup & Golden   G oblet for Best Actress, Golden Goblets, 

                       Italy 1965; Silver Ribbon for Best Cinematography – Colour, Italian National Syndicate
                       of Film Journalists 1965; among others

 

                       Set in Sardegna

  

6:30 pm         Mohan Se Mahatma (Hindi; 60 min)

                      Directed by Dr. M. Sayeed Alam

                      Presented by Pierrot’s Troupe

 

                      With Ravi Raj Sagar (55 year old Mahatma Gandhi); M. Sayeed Alam (47 year old Mahatma Gandhi);
                     Ayman Ansari   (Pt. Raj Kumar Shukla);  Manish Kumar (Babu Rajindra Prasad);
                     Saman Salman   (young girl from  Champaran); Sahir Dagar (Babu Braj Kishore, Hycock); 
                     Pawnesh Kumar (Ram Navmi Prasad,
                     Rajindra Prasad’s servant); Asutosh Kumar (J.B. Kripalani, farmer); Sahil Jain 

                     (a school student from Muzaffarpur); Abhay Singh (Mazhar-ul Haque, Weston); and Laxmi Rawat (
                      a middle aged woman from Champaran)

    

                    To mark the centenary of the Champaran Satyagraha

 

 

8:30 pm       A Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

                    Italian cities presented by Italian Embassy Cultural Centre Cineclub – Incontri in Biblioteca

 

                     Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano)

                     (100 min; 1950; dvd; English subtitles)

                    Director: Vittorio de Sica

 

                    Recipient of Grand Prize of the Festival, Cannes Film Festival 1951; Silver Ribbon for Best Production Design,
                    Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1951; and 

                    NYFCC Award for Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1951

 

                   Set in Milan

 

 

 

Illustrated lecture by Olga Lystsova, formerly with the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow

 

 

 

Chair: Ritu Sethi, Craft Revival Trust

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Textile and Costume Research Centre, National Museum)

 

 

 

 

 

Listening to the Mountains

Release of a book: Bhoomi: Listening to the Mountains

 

Seminar covering Anthropocentric to Earth Centric Paradigm: Recognising The Rights of Mother Earth; GDP to GNH: From Greed to Living Economies; Resurgence of Shakti: Women in Defence of the Earth; The Cry of the Mountains: Climate Change and the Melting of Himalayan Glaciers

 

After the Flood, a film by Navdanya will also be screened

 

AT 16:00

Agroecology & Diversity: Towards Poison Free Farming

Closing remarks: Andre Leu, farmer and the President of IFOAM - Organics International & author The Myths of Safe Pesticides

 

Address by the Ambassadors of the Mountains

 

AT 18:30

Performances

Songs by Vidya Rao, renowned Thumri, Classical Singer;

Ani Choying Drolma, the Singing Nun & the UNICEF Goodwill

Ambassador to Nepal

 

(Collaboration: Navdanya)

 

 

 

 

 

Share the Power

Main Speakers: Dr.Anita Khalil and Dr. A. S. Dave

 

President & Co Chair: Dr. S. Padmavati and Dr. M. Khalilullah

 

Check-up of  BP, Weight, and BMI

Screening  of a film on Diet, Physical Activity and Smoking

 

(Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation)

 

 

MOHINIYATTAM COLLECTIVE

 

Ramcharitramanas (80 min)

Based on Goswami Tulsidas combining classical dance styles, including Mohiniyattam.

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Mohiniyattam)