WEDNESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2017

 

10:30 am A  Cinematic Journey Through Cities: A Festival of Films

 

                            Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin/Germany)

                            (128 min; 1987; dvd; English subtitles)

                            Director: Wim Wenders

 

                           Multiple award winner including Best Director Award, Cannes Film Festival 1987;
                           European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor & Best 
                          Director, European Film Awards 1988; Audience Award for Best Foreign Film & Critics
                           Award for Best Foreign Film, SESC Film Festival, Brazil 1991;
                           Audience Award for Best Feature Film, São Paulo International
                          Film Festival 1988; among others

 

                           Set in Berlin

 

1:30 pm             The Last Metro (Le dernier métro/France)

                          (131 min; 1980; dvd; English subtitles)

                           Director: François Truffaut

 

                          Multiple award winner including Cèsar Awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress,
                          Best Director, Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation;    Best Music, Best
                          Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editing & Best Sound, Cèsar Awards 1981; BSFC
                          Award for Best Foreign    Language Film, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1981;
                         David for Best    Foreign Actress, David di Donatello Awards 1981; among others

 

                        Set in Nazi occupied Paris

 

4:00 pm          Mahanagar (The Big City/India)

                       (122 min; 1963; dvd; b/w; English subtitles)

                       Director: Satyajit Ray

 

                       Recipient of the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director, Berlin International Film
                      Festival 1964; and All India Certificate of Merit for
                      Third Best Feature Film, 11th National Film Awards 1963

 

                       Set in Calcutta

 

6:30 pm          Folk  Dance and Music from Cambodia

                       Presented by the Cambodian Artist Troupe

                       Led by Sok Sidony, Chief of Bureau, International Cultural Cooperation and
                        ASEAN Affairs Department, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts

 

                       Artists: Sao Min, Dem Samedy, Ros Dararith, Som Sophearom, Lam Virak, Van Dara,
                       Khiev Chandara, Ken Leakhena, and Pok Panharoth

 

                      (Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations)