(106 min; 2016; English)

Director: Vishaal Nityanand

With Tom Alter, Michael Dieter, Allegra Dunn, Astri Ghosh

A film about dementia and elderly care, and revolves around the lives of three patients. The film evocatively portrays the psychological and emotional journey of Emma whose mother is progressively degenerating, with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, after the death of her husband. 
 

Sitar Recital

By Dr. Renuka Gambhir from Hissar, disciple of Pt. Harvinder Kumar

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Shweta Dubey from Gurugram, disciple of Late Vidushi Savita Devi and Pt. Bholanath Mishra

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Rabindra Sangeet 
Presented by Rabigeetika: Jayati Ghosh & Group

7.30pm - 8.15pm
 

Dhaaki Drummers from Bengal
 

8.15pm - 9 pm
 

Purulia Chhau  

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

A Drop of Sunshine (India)
(40 min; 2011; English)
A film by Aparna Sanyal

Screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

Through the powerful story of young Reshma Valiappan, the film takes a contrarian stance on schizophrenia. Positing that the only treatment method is one where the ‘patient’ is an equal partner in the healing process, it crafts a new vocabulary to address the stigmatized mental illness

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Megha Mohan Das from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt. S. Kanaka

Accompanists: Guru Kanaka Srinivasan (nattuvangam); Sudha Raghuraman (vocal); Chandrashekhar (mridangam) & G. Raghuraman (flute)

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Kanakshree Bhatt from Mumbai, disciple of Guru Smt. Kalpana Zokarkar
 

Radhey-Shyam
Screening of a film Shree Radha produced by Dr. Uma Sharma

Followed by
Radhey-Shyam
In Kathak and Brij-Raas by Uma Sharma and group
Music: Late Pt. Jwala Prasad

Choreographed by Dr. Uma Sharma, the programme is based on the poetry of Saint-Poets – Swami Haridas, Surdas, Meera, Jaydev and will include some poems from the Raskhan, Vidyapati etc.

(Collaboration: Uma Sharma School of Dance and Music – Bharatiya Sangeet Sadan)
 

Mohiniattam Recital

By Divya Warrier from Mumbai, disciple of Guru Dr. Neena Prasad and recipient of the Sanskriti-Madhobi Chatterji Memorial Fellowship 

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Veena Kumar, disciple of Guru Justin McCarthy and recipient of the Sanskriti-Madhobi Chatterji Memorial Fellowship 

(Collaboration: Sanskriti Foundation)
 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Arvind Virmani, Member, Niti Aayog and Founder Chairman, EGROW Foundation

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Speakers: Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog; Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, Member, EAC-PM; Dr. Surjit Bhalla, former ED, IMF; Shri Ajay Shankar, former Secretary, DIPP; Prof. B.N. Goldar, Institute of Economic Growth; Prof. Amitabh Kundu, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Charan Singh, CEO, EGROW Foundation

The Conference is based on the upcoming book co-authored by Dr. Virmani which focuses on India’s growth model which has sustained nearly 5000 years

(Collaboration: EGROW Foundation)

Presented by Ved Prakash and party from Jind, Haryana

Ved Prakash Alipuriya is a well-known folk singer and musician from Jind region of Haryana. He is accompanied by artists on traditional folk instruments – matka,dholak,harmonium and manjiras.

Ragini is a popular folk form of Haryana with multiple performers gathering together to sing and dance. A rigorous and lively performance, full of colour and rhythm, tone and expressions, the songs are sung in the local dialect. The Ragini performance is divided into three parts- a slow verse; followed by a hyped-up chorus and bridge; and closing with a slow chorus. Raginis are performed on special occasions to mark the cycle of birth and death, harvest, weddings, etc. 

(Collaboration: North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India)

Screening Details

At 11 am   

HEARTS AND BONES (Australia)
(111 min; 2019; English)
Director: Ben Lawrence

Multiple award winner including the awards for Best Narrative Feature & Best Actor, Fargo Film Festival 2020; ADG Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film, Australian Directors Guild Awards 2020; Awgie Award for Feature Film – Original, Australian Writers’ Guild 2020; among others

Daniel Fisher (Hugo Weaving) is an acclaimed war photographer. His work means he leaves his long-term partner, Josie Avril (Haley McElhinney), a ballet teacher, for long stretches. In the past she had been pregnant but lost that baby. When Daniel returns from his latest assignment, Josie drops the news that she is with child again, although he’s less than enamoured with the idea. Daniel is preparing for an upcoming exhibition of his work when he’s approached by Sebastian Aman (Andrew Luri), a South Sudanese refugee. Sebastian wants Fisher to photograph members of a community choir – all survivors of war. Daniel isn’t interested, but then matters take a turn. As Fisher gets to know Sebastian and his pregnant wife, Anishka Ahmed (Bolude Watson), he can see how drawn Sebastian is to owning a patch of land he can call his own. But he’s also hiding a dark secret.

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At 1:30 pm
HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Lazzaro felice/Italy) 
(128 min; 2018; Italian with English subtitles)
Director: Alice Rohrwacher

Multiple award winning film including Best Screenplay Award, Cannes Film Festival 2018; Spirit for Freedom Award for Best Feature, Jerusalem Film Festival 2018; Gold Hugo Award for Best Feature, Chicago International Film Festival, 2018; Winner ICS Cannes Award for Best Director, International Cinephile Society Cannes Award 2018; among others

The story of Lazzaro, a peasant still shy of 20 and so good he appears stupid, and Tancredi, a young man of the same age but spoilt by his own imagination, is the story of a friendship. It’s a friendship that begins genuinely amid a flurry of secret schemes and lies. Full of light and youthful enthusiasm, it’s the first friendship Lazzaro has ever had. And it subsequently survives the passing of time and the disruptive consequences of a Big Swindle to bring the one, Lazzaro, to a huge, empty city in search of the other, Tancredi.
 

At 4 pm  

THE CATHEDRAL (USA)
(88 min; 2021; English)
Director: Ricky D’Ambrose

Recipient of the HFPA Special Prize, Venice Film Festival 2021; and John Cassavetes Award, Film Independent Spirit Award 2023 

An only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.

An unseen narrator unfolds the constellation of familial relationships of Jesse Damrosh, born in 1987, chronicling the dissolution of his parents’ marriage and the feuds, money concerns, and deaths that define a typical middle-class American existence. Yet in this impressionistic account of one life, what penetrates the most are not events but incidents. The beautiful yet quotidian moments of the shoulder-padded jacket of an aunt, the certain print of a rug, an ad for Kodak film, or the light in a room one afternoon from years before.

At 6.30 pm  

 FOOTPRINTS ON WATER (UK)
(108 min; 2023; English)
Director: Nathalia Syam

Recipient of the Best Actor Award & Best Director Award, UK Asian Film Festival 2023; Best Debut Film & Best Actor Award, Indo-German Film Week 2023; and Special Jury Award for Best Debut Film & Best Actor Award, Ottawa Indian Film Festival 2023

The director, Nathalia Syam and the lead actor, Adil Hussain will be present to introduce the film and lead a discussion after

Away from the glitz and glam of Birmingham resides an illegal immigrant community who are always in hiding, leaving no proof of their existence, not even their footprints.

Raghu, an illegal immigrant in Birmingham - UK, believes that he has finally struck gold as his daughter, Meera, is all set to marry a wealthy groom, a legal resident in the UK.

Raghu was a small-scale business owner in India who fled to the UK with his wife and daughter after being mired in a financial scam. The life that awaited them in the UK was far from perfect – they were dumped into shared accommodation, they did not have legit visas, and they were all expected to work for a meagre wage. Raghu regrets this move, but he is left with no choice but to stay on in the UK, make enough money to pay off his debts, and return home with dignity.