F for Fake (USA)
(90 min; 1977; English)
Director: Orson Welles
Written by Orson Welles, Oja Kodar

Orson Welles’s final completed film is a ground breaking blend of fact and fiction that dazzles audiences to this day. He began with footage shot by François Reichenbach for a documentary on professional art forger Elmyr de Hory, a Hungarian-born, Ibiza-based master of Picasso, Modigliani and Matisse replicas.

Welles soon discovered, however, that Hory’s would-be biographer, American ex-patriot Clifford Irving, was himself the forger responsible for the notorious fake Howard Hughes diaries. Welles incorporated new footage, with major contributions from his then-companion, Oja Kodar, into a dizzying, delightful “film essay.”

SUMMER SONATA: A FESTIVAL OF OPERA, BALLET AND CONCERT FILMS
Dedicated to the Memory of Dr. R.P. Jain

Curated by Sunit Tandon and Samaresh Chatterji

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
(104 min; 1994; dvd)

Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Kirov Orchestra
Conductor: Victor Fedotov

With Larissa Lezhnina (Masha/The Princess), Victor Baranov (Nutcracker/The Prince); Piotr Russanov (Drosselmeyer) 

One of the most loved ballets of all time, with a ravishing score, performed by the company for which it was written. This version uses the adaptation of the Petipa choreography and libretto devised by Vasily I. Vainonen.

Introduced by Sunit Tandon

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Hindustani Classical Recital

By Ustad Jainul Abedin from Kolkata, disciple of Ustad Latafat Hussain Khan, Pt. Vijay Kichlu and Pt. Sunil Bose

Accompanied by Bibhash Sanghai (tabla) and Dr. Vinay Mishra (harmonium)

(Collaboration: Sanskriti Foundation)

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Hindustani Flute Recital
By Sameer Rao from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Pandit Veerabhadriah Hiremath and Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia

Accompanied by Adarsh Shenoy on tabla

AT 19:00
Kathak Recital
By Rachana Yadava from Gurugram, disciple of Guru Aditi Mangaldas and Pt. Jaikishan Maharaj

Accompanists: Mahaveer Gangani (pakhawaj); Samiullah Khan (vocals & harmonium); Mohd. Ayyub (sarangi); Kiran Kumar (flute); and Yogesh Gangani (tabla)
 

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
 

Eye of the Canary (El ojo del canario/Cuba)
(120 min; 2010; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Fernando Pérez Valdés

Recipient of the Award for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography, Ibero-American Film Festival, Spain 2010; Second Audience Award for Best Film, Lima Film Festival, Peru 2010; Silver Ariel for Best Ibero-American Film, Ariel Awards, Mexico 2011; and ACE Award for Best Director, Association of Entertainment Writers of New York, 2013

Film on Cuba’s national hero, José Martí. Focusing on the childhood and adolescence of Cuba’s nineteenth-century hero, the film covers the period he lived in Cuba before being sent into exile for political sedition at the age of seventeen.  

(Collaboration: Embassy of Cuba)

PHYSICAL / HYBRID PROGRAMME

Preserving the Last Frontier – Antarctica

Chair: Amb. Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC, and former Foreign Secretary of India

Lead Talk on Keeping pace in contemporary Antarctic science under the changing geopolitical scenario: Dr. Rasik Ravindra, Polar scientist, former Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa 

Panelists: Dr. Thamban Meloth, Scientist G, Group Director, Polar Sciences, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa on Antarctica and Climate Change; Ms Sulagna Chattopadhyay, Editor-in-Chief, Geography and You, New Delhi on Future of Antarctica in a Changing World; Prof Sanjay Chaturvedi, Professor and Chairperson, Dept. of International Relations, South Asian University on Antarctic Geopolitics, Legal Status; and Prof. Anindya Sinha, Professor and Head, Academics, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru on Coping with Climate Change: Demographic history, population structure and conversation biology of penguins in Antarctica  

The panel discussion will focus on the scientific, political, environmental, and judicial issues involved in protecting Antarctica.

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Haiku: An Anthology of 1000 Haiku poems in Hindi

By M. Jamshed

Launch of the book followed by a discussion

Chief Guest: Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Hon’ble Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of India

Discussants: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC; Mr Sreenivasa Rao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi; Ms Kamna Prasad, author and founder, Jashn-e-Bahar; Ms Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor, The Indian Express; Ms Marya Shakil, Senior Political Editor, CNN-News 18; Mr. Koji Sato, Director General, The Japan Foundation; and Shri M. Jamshed, author of the book

POSTPONE

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

With sopranos and baritones, accompanied by violin, clarinet and piano
Presented by The Lyric Ensemble of Delhi

Artists: Aastha Mohapatra; Ankur Dang; Ashwati Parameshwar; Meera Arora; and Toshan Nongbet (vocalists)

With Ana Belén Ojeda Rojas (clarinet); Apratim Bayak (violin)
 

POSTPONE

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

FILMS ON ARTISTS
 

Koodiyattam: The Rich Ancient Dying Art (India)
(180 min; 2001; with English subtitles)
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

The film will be introduced by Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Documentary film on Koodiyattam, a performance art that draws on the plays of Sanskrit dramatists of antiquity that is believed to have followed an unbroken tradition for more than 1,000 years in the state of Kerala. The renowned filmmaker, Adoor Gopalakrishnan was invited to direct this documentary for preparing the candidature file for UNESCO’s international distinction, “Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. The film was shot at the 16th century temple theatre at Kitangur, the oldest of the surviving kuttampalam, a theatre within a temple compound where koodiyattam is traditionally presented.