THE IIC EXPERIENCE : A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

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

THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2017

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

THE IIC EXPERIENCE : A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2017

SATURDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2017

11:00 The Russian State and India – Imperial Encounters to Contemporary Collaboration

Curated by Dr. Hari Vasudevan, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations

between India and Russia. The exhibition includes archival photographs,

maps, illustrations, copies of paintings, portraits and engravings

On view in Conference Room I, 11 am to 7 pm

The exhibition will remain on view until 21 October 2017

(Collaboration: Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, Calcutta University; and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad I

Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata)

12 noon Carrying Roots Around

Contemporary art curated by Manish Pushkale

Participating artists: Ganesh Haloi; Atul Dodiya; Jaishree Chakraborty; V. Ramesh, Veer Munshi; Akhilesh; Nancy

Adajania; J agannath Panda; Mona Rai; and Manisha Parekh

On view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, 11 am to 7 pm

The exhibition will remain on view until 21 October 2017

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

2.30 pm A Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

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

Fort Apache Napoli (Fortapàsc)

(113 min; 2009; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Marco Risi

Multiple award winner including FICE Award for Best Cinematography, FICE – Federazione

Italiana Cinema d’Essai 2009;

Golden Pegasus for Best Director, Flaiano International Prizes 2009;

Golden Globes, Italy 2009 for Best Director; Audience Award, Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, 2009;

among others

Set in Naples

5.00 pm Rumbles in the Playpen

Contemporary work – Sculptures and Installations by young upcoming artists

Curated d by Tarini Sethi

Participating artists: Harsh Nambiar (visual artist); Ishan Lamba (ceramist); Ayesha Singh (conceptual art); Mehr

Chatterjee (artist & designer); Aditya Dutta (artist); Jaiveer Singh

(solar energy work); Nanaki Singh (conceptual art); Working Hours Collective (zines); and Tarini Sethi

(metal shadow puppets)

During the exhibition there will be performances, live drawing sessions and film screenings on

8th October 2017 – 4 pm to 5 pm

The Un-Recital

Classical and contemporary piano by Sahil Vasudeva

The performance includes works by Rachmaninov, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Schumann and the artists

own compositions.

The performance will also feature collaborations

with photographers, Sohrab Hura and Igor Posner

9th October 2017 – 4 pm to 5:30 pm

Live Drawing Sessions

Conducted by

10th October 2017 – 11 am to 3 pm

Film screenings

On view at the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

6.30 pm Inauguration of the Festival

By Shri N.N. Vohra, President IIC

‘Where the Streets are Fragrant with Sandal paste…’

New Ensemble works in Bharatanatyam

Choreographed by Justin McCarthy

Artists: Abhinaya Penneswaran, Bharathi Penneswaran, Deeksha Nath, Justin McCarthy, Karuna Singla,

Priya Srinivasan, Surabhi Barua, and Veena Kumar

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 Girl by the Lake (La Ragazza del Lago)

(95 min; 2007; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Andrea Molaioli

Multiple award winner Carmelo Rocca Award, Capri, Hollywood 2007;

Isvema Award & Pasinetti Award

for Best Actor, Venice Film Festival 2007; Golden Globe for Best First

Feature Film & Best Screenplay, Golden Globes, Italy 2008; Silver

Ribbon for Best Actor, Best New Director

& Best Screenplay, Italian National Syndicate of Film

Journalists 2008; among others

Set in Tarviso

Indian Influences on Russian Textiles

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)

BHOOMI 2017

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)

To Mark World Heart Day 2017

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)

Tribute to the Champaran Satyagraha 1917

Film - Then Came Gandhi (12.36 min)

Courtesy: National Gandhi Museum

Champaran se Bapu

Kathak Recital by Shivani Varma

Colours of Imperialism: Memory, Diversity and the Future of Champaran

Speaker: Professor Shiv Visvanathan

(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust)

MOHINIYATTAM COLLECTIVE

Ramcharitramanas (80 min)

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

(Collaboration: Centre for Mohiniyattam)

MOHINIYATTAM COLLECTIVE: 27 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2017

WEDNESDAY 27 - 28

Sita Sambhashnam (45 min)

A combined presentation of 3 female classical dance forms of Kerala namely Mohiniyattam , Nangiar Koothu and Sthree Vesham of Kathakali based on an reinterpretation of Ramayana

Followed by

Beyond Grace (50 min)

A documentary film on Bharati Shivaji and Vijayalakshmi by Sara Baur, Los Angeles

Buddha At Work

Dr. Bibek Debroy, Member, Niti Aayog and Ms Sairee Chahal, Founder, Sheroes,
in conversation with Geetanjali Pandit on her new book, Buddha at Work (New Delhi: Hachette India, 2017)

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