The Stilwell Road
(11:00 am) 

An exhibition of photographs 

 

By Findlay Kember who traveled the length of the Stilwell Road from Ledo in Assam to northern Myanmar and to Kunming in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan

 

Inauguration by   

 

On view in the Annexe Art Gallery and Lecture Room II

 

11:00 am People, Places and A War: A Festival of Films

The Blue Max (UK)

(156 min; 1966; dvd; English)

Director: John Guillermin

 

Recipient of the BAFTA Award 1967 for Best British Art Direction

 

2:00 pm Passchendaele (Canada)

(114 min; 2008; dvd; English)

Director: Paul Gross

 

Multiple award winner including CSC Award for Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature, Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards 2009; DGC Craft Award for Production Design – Feature & DGC Team Award for Feature Film, Directors Guild of Canada 2009; Genie for Best Motion Picture, Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design, Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Overall Sound, Best Achievement in Sound Editing & Golden Reel Award, Genie Awards 2009; and Audience Award, Sudbury Cinéfest 2008; among others

 

5:00 pm Jaisalmer Yellow 

An exhibition of paintings by twenty-five leading artists from eight SAARC countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

 

Works by Abdul Shokoor Khasrawe and Dr. Yousof Asefi from Afghanistan;  Abdus Shakoor Shah and Murtaja Baseer from Bangladesh; Tshewang Tenzin from Bhutan; Akhilesh;  Anjana Mehra;  Anupam Sud; Bandeep Singh; Gopi Gajwani; Jatin Das; Manish Pushkale; Manisha Gera Baswani; S. Harshavardhana; Shamshad Husain; and Yogendra Tripathi from India; Ragini Upadhyay from Nepal; Afzal Hasab Shaafiu (Afu) from Maldives; Ali Raza; Roohi Shafiq Ahmed; Saba Khan; and Waseem Ahmed from Pakistan; Anoma Wijewardene; Anup Vega; and Jagath Ravindra from Sri Lanka

 

Conceptualised and curated by Sanjeev Bhargava

 

Inauguration by Shri Satish Mehta, Director- General, ICCR 

 

On view in the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex

 

The exhibition will remain on view until 26 October 2014

 

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations; and Seher)

 

6:30 pm Koto Recital 

Concert by Noriko Matsuzaka and Tomoya Nakai from Japan

 

The artists will present a concert ranging from classical to contemporary 

 

(Collaboration: The Japan Foundation)

 

8:00 pm People, Places and A War: A Festival of Films

Forty Thousand Horsemen (Australia)

(100 min; 1941; dvd; b/w; English)

Director: Charles Chauvel

(FOOD FESTIVAL FOR IIC MEMBERS ONLY)

8:00 pm Food Festival: Japanese Cuisine - Seasonality and Variety 

Prepared by Kuuraku Restaurant