11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

When We Leave (Die fremde; Germany)
(119 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Feo Aladag

2:00 pm

Film to be announced
4:30 pm

A Screaming Man (Un home qui crie; France/Belgium/Chad)
(92 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

6:30 pm

8:00 pm

Food Festival: Bangladeshi Wedding Feast  (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

(Collaboration: Bangladesh High Commission)

9:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

Film to be announced

10:30 am

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Pt. M. VenkateshKumar
Accompanists: Vinod Lele (tabla) and Vinay Mishra (harmonium)

1:00 pm

Food Festival: Oriya Bhoji

2:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
Father of My Children (Le Père de mes enfants; France)
(110 min; dvd; 2009; English subtitles)
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

4:00 pm

Well Kept Secrets, Athanassia (Kala krymmena mystika, Athanasia; Greece)
(100 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Panos Karkanevatos

6:30 pm

Malaysian Fusion Music
Presented by Naad Pravaham, Temple of Fine Arts Malaysia

With Jyotsna Prakash (piano/composer); Prakash Kandasamy (tabla, voice percussion); Kalpana Paranjothy (sitar); Pangasaasanii Gowrisan (Carnatic violin); Jazlan Norman (bass guitar); and Syahrizan Bin Sahamat (djembe/percussion)

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations)

8:00 pm

Food Festival: The Flavours of the Spice Lands - Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam  (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

9:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
 
Brother (Hermano; Venezuela)
(97 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Marcel Rasquin

Workshop on Miniature Painting
Conducted by Raju Swami

Venue: Lecture Room - II, Annexe

11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

Chameleon (Kaméleon; Hungary)
(105 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Krisztina Goda

2:00 pm

Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti; Italy)
(110 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek

4:00 pm

The Strange Case of Angélica (O Estranho Caso de Angélica; Portugal)
(97 min; 2010; dvd; English subtitles)
A film by Manoel de Oliviera

6:30 pm

Turkish Folk Dance
 Presented by the Silivri Folk Dancers - Aslihan Seda Sezen Solmaz; Remzi Tatlicioglu;; Yasar Gurur Esen; Dilara Karagöz; Hakan Demirel; Gözde Ipek; Neslihan Gusalaci; and Emrah Masalaci

(Collaboration: Embassy of Turkey)

8:00 pm

Food Festival: Flavours of the Bosphorus (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

9:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
The Mill and the Cross (Poland)
(92 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Director: Lech Majewski

10:30 am

Journeys
An exhibition of books - 20th and 21st century travelogues and an open-air library

Rehearsal for a Poem
Installation and soundscape
By Saba Hasan

Inauguration

On view in the Gandhi-King Plaza

11:00 am

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
Focus Egypt - The Films of Mohamad Kamel El-Kaliouby

Why Does The Sea Laugh (El-Bahr Bi-Yedhak Ley; Egypt)
(120 min; 1994; dvd; English subtitles)

11:30 am

The Bikaner School  
An exhibition of miniature paintings by Raju Swami from Bikaner

Inauguration

Raju Swami will present a demonstration of his art during the inauguration

On view in the Annexe Art Gallery

2:00 pm

The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
Focus Egypt - Films of Mohamad Kamel El-Kaliouby

Three on the Road (Thalatha alaettarik; Egypt)
(120 min; 1992; dvd; English subtitles)

4:15 pm

Meet the Filmmaker
Mohamad Kamel El-Kaliouby in conversation with Smt Aruna Vasudev

6:30 pm
Bharatanatyam Recital (choreographic piece on Sangam poets)
By Priyadarsini Govind

Accompanists: Anish Ram (vocal); K.S. Balakrishnan (nattuvangam); Deepu K. Nair (violin); and Ramakrishnan (mridangam)

8:00 pm
Food Festival: The Cuisine of Egypt   (ONLY FOR IIC MEMBERS)

9:00 pm
The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films
Focus Egypt - Films of Mohamad Kamel El-Kaliouby

Adam's Autumn (Kharif Adam; Egypt)
( 2002; dvd; English subtitles)

THURSDAY, 1ST NOVEMBER

4:00 pm

Exhibitions:

Journeys
Installation of books and images by European travellers of the  17th, 18th and 19th centuries
From The India Collection
      
Installation of the Silk Route Map
By children of Mirambika School

Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Life Trustee, IIC and Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project
 
On view in Conference Room - I

The Crafted Tree
An installation of folk representation of birds, and other animals
By artisans of Dastkar

Lighting of lamp

Venue: Quadrangle Garden

5:00 pm

Form and Spirit, IIC at 50
Exhibition curated by Siddhartha Das
Designed by Siddhartha Das Studio

Inauguration by Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

On view in the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Block

6:15 pm

Opening procession
Led by puppeteers of The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust

6:30 pm

Inauguration of the Festival
By Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

Genesis (Creation of Earth)
Legends of the indigenous people of India

Performed by The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust
Directed and designed by Dadi D. Pudumjee

Puppeteers: Pawan Waghmare, Vivek Kumar, MD Shameem, Kumari Yadav
Music composed and performed by Harpreet Singh
Hindi script: Sohail Hashmi

8:00 pm

Food Festival: Gujarat - Farsan and the Sulaimani Table (only for iic members)

9:00 pm
The Contemporary Frame: A Festival of Films

The Bone Man (Der knochenmann; Austria)
(117 min; 2009; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger

The IIC Experience Festival: A Fesival of the Arts

Programmes details may please see in the link

10.00 am     Welcome

                    Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, Director, IIC

10.05 am   Introduction to Chair, Speakers and the Review

                   Dr. Shekhar Shah, Director-General, NCAER

10.10 am     Opening remarks by Chair

                    Dr. Bimal Jalan, Former RBI Governor and ex-

                    President NCAER Governing Body

10.20 am   The Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy

                   Dr. Shashanka Bhide, Senior Research

                   Counselor,  NCAER

10.45 am   Industry: Not Doing Business in Recent Times

                   Dr. B.N. Goldar, Professor, Institute of Economic     

                   Growth

11.10 am  Agriculture : In Search of the Second Green

                 Revolution

                  Dr. Anil Sharma, Senior Fellow, NCAER

11.35 am  Tea Break

12.00 noon  Comments by Invited Experts

                    Dr. Sudipto Mundle, Member, National Statistical 

                    Commission and  Emeritus  Professor, NIPFP

                     Dr. Rana Hasan, Principal Economist, Asian 

                     Development Bank

12.30 pm     General Discussion

1.15 pm       Closing remarks by the Chair

                      Dr. Bimal Jalan

1.25 pm        Vote of Thanks