We and They
Panelists: Dr. B.N. Goswami; Dr. Neelam Mansingh Chaudhary; Shri Suresh Goel; and Smt Aruna Vasudev

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

Illustrated lecture by Prof. Ajay Khare, Director, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal

In recent years, many of our national monuments and world heritage sites are facing threats from infrastructure development, new buildings, urban renewal, and changes to land use. In order to adequately evaluate potential impacts, the World Heritage Committee has suggested that the State Parties concerned should conduct Heritage Impact Assessments

Film on the different activities of the Global Environment Facility. Actor Harrison Ford shows how rainforests, coral reefs etc are under attack

Film courtesy: Centre for Science and Environment

Biogas (23 min; dvd; English)
In parts of India today, biogas now provides a more reliable source of power than the national grid. Long promoted as the solution to the energy crisis of poor rural communities who have exhausted available resources of biomass such as fuelwood, biogas is now gaining ground in urban areas too 

Commemoration Service
Songs presented by choirs from schools of Delhi NCR

From 11:00 to 12:30 in the Auditorium
Mandela Katha Mela
Speakers: A representative from South Africa; Shri Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to South Africa; and Shri Suhas Borker

Madiba: His Life and Struggle
An exhibition of paintings by children

On view in the Foyer

Organised as part of Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi's non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development

Images of women in Afghanistan - photographs by Lana Slezic from Canada

A collection of photographs and vignettes that document Lana Slezic's journey over the two-year period between 2004 and 2006 during which she lived and worked in Afghanistan

Opening on Wednesday 17th July 2013 at 18:30

Scarlet Road (106 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Directors: Catherine Scott & Pat Fiske

The film follows the extraordinary work of Australian sex worker, Rachel Wotton. Impassioned about freedom of sexual expression and the rights of sex workers, she specializes in a long-overlooked clientele - people with disability

At 12:00
The Tall Man (78 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Director: Tony Krawitz

Recipient of the 2011 Walkley Award for Best Documentary; and Australian Directors Guild Award for Best Direction in Documentary Features 2012

When Cameron Doomadgee was found dead in the Palm Island police station, his injuries were like those of someone who had been in a car crash. The police claimed he had tripped on a step"¦

At 14:00
Go Back to Where You Came From - Season I
(216 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Directed by Rick McPhee who will introduce the film

In this groundbreaking three part series, six ordinary Australians agree to challenge their preconceived notions about refugees and asylum seekers by embarking on a confronting 25 day journey tracing in reverse the journeys that refugees have taken to reach Australia

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Rick McPhee who will talk about the making of the series and on contemporary Australian documentaries

At 18:45
Mrs Carey's Concert (95 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Directors: Bob Connolly & Sophie Raymond

Mrs Carey's Concert is about music making and coming of age, about talent and courage, compliance and rebellion

Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta (164 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Director: Jacob Hickey

The untold story of how the Vietnamese community in Cabramatta overcame the odds and found their place in multicultural Australia

Then the Wind Changed (57 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Directed by Celeste Geer who will introduce the film

Recipient of the 2012 Walkley Award for Best Documentary

On 7 February 2009, Australia suffered its worst natural disaster in recorded history. A firestorm of cyclonic fury swept across Victoria and 173 lives were lost. Through this intimate observation of ordinary people responding to an extraordinary event Then the Wind Changed offers a tender insight into humans' amazing potential to manage adversity and rise from despair

In Conversation
Celeste Geer in conversation with Anupama Srinivasan, filmmaker