Chief Guest: Shri Suresh Neotia

Film Festival

Framed by Women: A Festival of Films by Women Directors

For the first time, the IIC Experience will include a festival of narrative fiction films by women directors. The film festival will present 24 Indian and International features starting with the work of veteran women directors such as Agnes Varda, Vera Chytilova, Marta Meszaros, to acclaimed features by younger contemporary directors. Some of the films to be presented include Little Vilma (Hungary); Return to Hansala (Spain); The Reluctant Fundamentalist; Tomorrow will be Better (Poland); Midnight's Children; The Way Home (South Korea); Alice's House (Brazil); Firaaq (India); Dhobi Ghat (India) and What's Going On (Lebanon); among others

Rondalla Ensemble

Concert by Celso Espejo Rondalla - Elaine Juliet E. Cajucom (banduria); Marie Fides D. Topacio (banduria); Mariefrance V. Ballester (octavina); Jimuel Dave T. Dagta (guitar); and Wes Antonio C. Lipana

Songs

Presented by Lara Marie Moscardon Maigue, soprano; songwriter and recording artist

Traditional Folk Dance

Presented by Cherry Ylanan Villanueva & John Luigi B. Millamina, members of The Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group

Traditional Samba presented by Pedro Miranda, well-known singer from Brazil

By Sanjay Subrahmanyan

Accompanists: S. Varadarajan (violin); and Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)

Chief Guest: Professor M.G.K. Menon

Presented by Turán Folkloric Group - Maksat Medeubek; Yerzhigit Aliyev; Serik Nurmoldaev; Abzal Arykbaev (throat singing); and Baurzhan Bekmuhanbetov

Chief Guest: H.E. Mr. Doulat Kuanyshev & Shri L.K. Joshi

A Kuchipudi repertoire with special choreography based on great personalities in dance, music and literature

Presented by Jaikishore Mosalikanti

With Padmavani Mosalikanti; Shobha Korambil; Divyasena Haribabu; Srisandhya Raju; and Aswathy Krishna

Accompanists: S. Aadith Narayan (nattuvangam); M. Kuldeep Pai (vocal); B.P. Haribabu (mridangam); and T. Bhavani Prasad (veena)

By Ustad Iftikhar Husain Khan, son and disciple of Ustad Nissar Husain Khan of the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana

Accompanists: Akhtar Hussain Khan (tabla); Ghulam Ali (sarangi); and Vinay Misra (harmonium)

Chief Guest: Dr. Kavita A. Sharma

Concert of western classical and Korean traditional music

Presented by artists of the Union City Philharmonic Orchestra - Yedeun Park (oboe); Jahye Kim (piano); Heonyoung An (daeguem); Inseon Cho (ahjang); and Han Kyu Park (piano & composer)

With contemporary dance by Shincha Hong

Stage director: Jisun Nam, President, Ahjung Cultural Foundation

Presented by Interplay with Sonia Saigal (vocals); Harmeet Manseta (piano); Kenneth Rebello (bass guitar); and Adrian d'Souza (percussion)

Chief Guest: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee