PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

At 2.30 pm Workshop
Conducted by Prof. Balazs Varga, Associate Professor of Film Studies at ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

At 6.30 pm    Father (Apa/Hungary)
(88 min; 1966; dvd; Hungarian with English subtitles)
Director: István Szabó

Recipient of the Special Prize of the Jury, Locarno International Film Festival 1967; Grand Prix, Moscow International Film Festival 1967; Golden Moon Award for Best Screenplay, Faro Island Film Festival 1966; and CEC Award, Valladolid International Film Festival 1968

After his father is killed in World War II, a young Hungarian boy named Tako concocts a fantasy image of the parent he never really knew.

Essentially a coming of age story told in two parts, the first half of this film is set in 1949 and deals with young Tako (Daniel Erdely) as a schoolboy whose father (Miklos Gabor), a doctor, died at the end of WW2.  Being too young to really remember his father, the boy invents and imagines stories about him, so he becomes a kind of mythological figure in his mind.  The second half of the film takes place in 1956 just before the Hungarian uprising, Tako (Andras Balint) is now a university student and a man who still struggles with the memories of his father and sets out to discover the man he really was.

A well-made story, quite moving but never over-sentimental that excels particularly in the various imagined heroic flashback scenes of the father, with Miklos Gabor doing a fine job in that role.  Hungarian film legend Andras Balint plays the older Tako brilliantly as a young man searching for the truth about his past.  

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-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 protocols
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
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PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

At 2.30 pm    Workshop
Conducted by Prof. Balazs Varga, Associate Professor of Film Studies at ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

At 6.30 pm    Hanussen (Hungary)
(140 min; 1988; dvd; Hungarian with English subtitles)
Director: Istaván Szabó

Recipient of the Golden Camera Award for Best International Actor, Golden Camera Awards, Germany 1991

Hanussen centres on an Austrian soldier who becomes a clairvoyant after he is shot in the head during World War I.  He is able to read minds and predict the future.  Before long, he has foreseen Hitler and the Nazis' rise to power, and he soon finds himself in danger.

Szabo's third film in a row starring Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, following Mephisto and Colonel Redl, it once again follows the life of a man who rises to fame and power, only to be thwarted by the regime.  It spans from the end of WWI, where Klaus Schneider who would later become known by his stage name Erik Jan Hanussen is injured in combat and sent to an infirmary where he hones his skills as a hypnotist and mind reader, and follows his career as a clairvoyant all the way to his fateful prediction of the Reichstag fire in February 1933.
 

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-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 protocols
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
-    There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit

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István Szabó, one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian filmmakers, and Martin Scorsese will be honoured with the first Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held from 20th to 28th November 2021.

To mark this occasion, the IIC Film Club in collaboration with Liszt Institute-Hungarian Cultural Centre Delhi; and University of Delhi is organising an István Szabó Retrospective: Central European Present and Past in Film. The retrospective includes a workshop to be conducted by Prof. Balazs Varga, Associate Professor of Film Studies at ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and a screening of four seminal films.

 István Szabó Retrospective: Central European Present and Past in Film
Workshop and screenings will be held on 8, 9, 12 and 15 November 2021 at the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre

At 2.30 pm    Workshop
Conducted by Prof. Balazs Varga, Associate Professor of Film Studies at ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

At 6.30 pm    Budapest Tales (Budapesti mesék/Hungarian)
(90 min; 1977; dvd; Hungarian with English subtitles)
Director: István Szabó

A group of people find a broken down tram while trying to go to the city. The people band together and try to get the tram back on the train tracks and head towards the city. Along this journey the passengers encounter many people who join them on the tram.

In this allegorical film, most of the characters speak in capital letters about Life, Love and the Need to Keep Calm while hitching a ride on the tram of Adversity. The tram is a central element in the story along with a few other symbols, including a trapped fish and a caged bird, that are fellow travellers accompanying the human passengers as they Press On.

KINDLY PLEASE MAKE A NOTE

-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 protocols
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
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Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Meelu Verma from Delhi, disciple of Guru Savita Devi, Pt. Mohinder Sarin, Pt. Ram Narayan Mani Tripathi and Smt. Nargis Warsi

Accompanists: Ustad Kamal Ahmed (sarangi); Ustad Badloo Khan (harmonium); and Ustad Akhtar Khan (tabla)

At 19:00
 

Sitar Recital

By Dhruv Bedi from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee

Accompanied by Saptak Sharma on the tabla

Kindly please make a note
-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the C.D.Deshmukh  Auditorium.
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
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(60 min; 2019; dvd; Hindi/English)
Director: Nirmal Chander
Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

Recipient of the award for Best Indian Feature, All Living Things Environmental Film Festival 2019; Best Documentary Award, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala 2019; and Official Indian entry to the Oscar Awards 2019

For over five decades, 83 year old Vidyadutt Sharma has nurtured Moti Bagh, his 5 acre farm in a small Himalayan village. Around him are 7000 ghost villages – a chilling testimony to large scale migration by locals in search of employment. Chronicling the changing landscape in verses of resistance, Vidyadutt Sharma and Ram Singh, his Nepali farmhand, plough the fields and keep themselves alive, hoping to return Moti Bagh to its old glory

(Collaboration: Public Service Broadcasting Trust)

Kindly please make a note
-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium.
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
-    There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit

We request audiences to kindly abide by the above regulations

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(53 min; 2019; dvd; Tamil/English)
Director: Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

Multiple award winner and India’s Official Entry to the Oscar Awards, recipient of the Best Long Documentary Award, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala 2019; Satyajit Ray Golden Award for Best Documentary, and Mrinal Sen Golden Award for Best Direction in Documentary, South Asia Film Festival; Human Rights Prize, Fine Arts Film Festival, USA; among others

Janani's Juliet follows the journey of Pondicherry-based theatre group, Indianostrum, as they navigate through caste and class obstacles, and understand how these impact women’s freedom and love. They adapt Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to their story and what emerges is a critical reflection and commentary on the contemporary world, where love struggles to survive

Kindly please make a note
-    Physical programmes will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium.
-    Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
-    Audiences are requested to arrive at the venues, at least 30 minutes prior to the programmes in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
-    There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit

We request audiences to kindly abide by the above regulations

Screening of films from Germany; Hungary; and Spain

At 11:00 am    Relativity (Mein Ende. Dein Anfang/Germany)
(111 mins; 2019; blu ray; German with English Subtitles)
Director: Mariko Minoguchi

Recipient of German Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay,  Best Feature Film Debut, German Film Critics Association Awards 2020; and Jury Prize for  Best Film, Riviera International Film Festival 2020

At 2:00 pm   The Innocence (La inocencia/Spain)
(92 min; 2019; blu ray; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Lucia Alemany

Multiple award winner including Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gaudí Awards 2020; Consentino Award for Best Director, and FICAL Awards for Best First Film & Best Actress, Almeria International Short Film Festival 2019; Awards for Best Actress and Best Director, Toulouse Cinespaña 2020; among others

 At 4:00 pm   Whiskey Bandit (A viszkis/Hungary)
(126 min; 2017; dvd; Hungarian with English subtitles)
Director: Nimród Antal

Recipient of the Award for Best Editor and Best Sound, Hungarian Film Week 2018

 For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. 
 

Screening of films from Germany; Hungary; and Spain

At 11:00 am    Budapest Noir (Hungary)
(95 mins; 2017; dvd; Hungarian with English Subtitles)
Director: Éva Gárdos

Recipient of the Best Mask Award, Hungarian Film Week 2018; and Award for Best Original Score -  Independent Film (Foreign Language) Film, Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2017

At 2:00 pm    A Thief’s Daughter (La hija de un ladrón/Spain)
(102 min; 2019; Blu ray; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Belén Funes

Multiple award winner including Gaudí Awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay & Best Non-Catalan Language Film, Gaudí Awards 2020; Goya for Best New Director, Goya Awards 2020; Best Actress Award, Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2019; among others

At 8:30 pm    Transit (Tranzit/Germany)
(101 mins; 2018; blu ray; German/French with English Subtitles)
Director: Christian Petzold

Multiple award winner including Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay, Bavarian Film Awards 2019; Dublin Film Critics Award, Dublin International Film Festival 2019; NBR Award for Top Five Foreign Language Films, National Board of Review, USA 2019; among others

 For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. 

FILM FESTIVAL 

To celebrate the centenary year of Satyajit Ray, legendary filmmaker, writer, illustrator and music composer, a festival of classic black and white feature films; films from the Calcutta Trilogy; period pieces; a children’s film; and Ray’s all-time favourite film 

   
At 11:00 am    Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress/India)
(136 min; 1974; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddharth Chatterjee

Recipient of the Golden Lotus Award for Best Direction; Regional Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali; & Silver Lotus Award for Best Screenplay, National Film Awards, India 1975

At 1:30 pm  Jana Aranya (The Middleman/India)
(131 min; 1976; b/w; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Pradip Mukherjee, Satya Banerjee, Deepanker De

Recipient of the Golden Lotus Award for Best Direction, National Film Awards, India 1976

At 4:00 pm    Ghare Baire (The Home and the World/India)
(140 min; 1985; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Swatilekha Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Jennifer Kendal, Soumitra Chatterjee

Recipient of the NBR Award for Top Foreign Films, National Board of Review, USA 1985; Regional Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali, Best Supporting Actor & Best Costume Design, National Film Awards, India 1985; and BFJA Award for Best Actor, Bengal Film Journalists’ Awards 1986

At 8:30 pm    Shatranj ke Khilari (The Chess Players/India)
(129 min; 1977; dvd; Hindi/Urdu/English & with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Richard Attenborough

Recipient of the Regional Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, National Film Awards, India 1978; Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor; Best Director; and Best Film – Critics, Filmfare Awards 1978

Re-scheduling of the film “Shatranj Ke Khilari” (The Chess Players)

Due to technical reasons, the film “Shatranj Ke Khilari” could not be screened as scheduled on 24 October 2021 at 8.30pm.

Kindly please make a note, we have now re-scheduled a screening of the film Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players) directed by Satyajit Ray on Tuesday, 26 October 2021 at 8.30 pm in the Centre’s C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium.

Inconvenience caused is regretted

 For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. 

FILM FESTIVAL 

To celebrate the centenary year of Satyajit Ray, legendary filmmaker, writer, illustrator and music composer, a festival of classic black and white feature films; films from the Calcutta Trilogy; period pieces; a children’s film; and Ray’s all-time favourite film 

At 1:30 pm  Mahanagar (The Big City/India)
(131 min; 1963; b/w; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Madhabi Mukherjee, Anil Chatterjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Jaya Bhaduri

Recipient of the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Indian Film, Berlin International Film Festival 1964; BJFA Awards for Best Indian Film & Best Dialogue, Bengal Film Journalists’ Awards, 1964; and Certificate of Merit, 3rd Best Feature Film in Bengali, National Film Awards, India 1964

At 4:00 pm    Charulata (The Lonely Wife/India)
(117 min; 1964; b/w; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Sailen Mukherjee

Multiple award winner including OCIC Award & Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director, Berlin International Film Festival 1965; President’s Gold Medal for Best Feature Film, National Film Awards, India 1965; BFJA Awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Music Director, Best Actor & Best Indian Film, Bengal Film Journalists’ Awards 1965

At 8:30 pm    Aranyer din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest/India)
(115 min; 1970; b/w; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Subhendu Chatterjee, Shamit Bhanja

 For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening.