Events
Cine Club Talk : Much Ado about Knotting | 23rd Nov 2016
Born into a society obsessed with marriages, a young girl, a not-so-young man and an NRI couple are compelled by tradition to look for matches via classifieds, matchmaking bureaus and websites. Confronted with innumerable criteria that determine who is acceptable and who isn't, they question themselves and their choices. As they introspect, the mêlée of the matchmaking industry continues.
Read More »Ciné Club : Les Souvenirs | 22nd November 2016 – 10am
Romain, 23, is the watchman of a small Paris hotel. He does not know it yet but he is about to become a novelist... Madeleine is six decades older than him. She is his grandmother. Surprisingly enough, the age gap does not mean a thing for them: they mesh like magic. It looks as if they were born the same day.
Read More »Ciné Club : Mauvais Sang | 17th November 2016 – 6:30pm
In Paris of the not-too-distant future, a mysterious new disease named STBO is killing young people who make love without emotional involvement. A serum has been developed, but it is locked away in an office block, out of the reach of those who need it most. An American woman blackmails two aging crooks, Marc and Hans, into stealing the STBO serum.
Read More »Ciné Club : A Peine J’Ouvre Les Yeux | 15th November 2016 – 10am
Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, 18 years old, has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she doesn't have the same idea. She sings in a political rock band, has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the wishes of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers all too well.
Read More »Cine Club Talk: FEMMES VITRIOLÉES, LA VIE D’APRES | 10th November 2016 – 6:30pm
The story begins the day after, when the physical pain slowly recedes and is replaced by an immense void. The acid hasn't just erased their faces; it has also taken away their lives. And that is probably what their attackers wanted. Today, four to five women in India have acid thrown on their faces every week. Because they said 'no' to a man or refused to comply with a marriage proposal.
Read More »Ciné Club : Fatima | 8th November 2016 – 10am
Fatima lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-year old Souad, a teenager in revolt, and 18-year old Nesrine, who is starting medical school. Fatima speaks French poorly and is constantly frustrated by her daily interactions with her daughters. Her pride and joy, they are also a source of worry.
Read More »Ciné Club : Agent trouble | 3rd November 2016 – 6:30pm
Amanda Weber is a museum employee. Her nephew, Victorien, who feels that wild animals should not be kept in zoos, has been murdered, and she seeks to find out why and how. She knows that Victorien was witness to a mysterious government project where 50 tourists were killed by an unknown poison gas, and the bus they were travelling in was found at the bottom of a lake.
Read More »Ciné Club : Le Tableau | 25th October 2016 – 10am
For mysterious reasons, a Painter has left a work incomplete - causing conflict between the Toupins (Allduns), who are entirely painted, the Pafinis (Halfies), who lack a few colors, and the Reufs (Sketchies), who are only sketches. Toupins occupy the chateau, Pafinis are out in the gardens, and Reufs are treated as outcasts and hunted by the Toupins. Three friends, one of each class, go on a quest to find the artist so he can finish the piece and hopefully unite the people.
Read More »Music : The Azamgarh Festival 2016
Village Hariharpur in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh has a century’s old heritage of traditional Purab ang gayeki of the Banaras Gharana of Thumri, Dadra, Kajri and Jhoola. Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development has brought 25 Artists from Hariharpur who will present this virasat of Sangeet to Delhi audiences in a two day exposition of their Art.
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