Film Archives - January 2010
| Courtesy: Embassy of Greece/Indo-Hellenic Friendship League |
| Date |
Time |
Film |
| 12th Tue |
7:00pm |
A Touch Of Spice (Greek/2003/108mins) Dir. Tassos Boulmetis
Story of a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor; they both require... A Touch of Spice. |
| 15th Fri |
7:00pm |
Honey And The Pigs (Greek/2005/90mins) Dir. Olga Malea
The film uses comedy to offer social commentary on the issue of pedophilia. |
| 22nd Fri |
7:00pm |
The Trojan Women (English/1971/105mins) Dir. Mihalis Kakogiannis; Cast: Katherine Hepburn & Vanessa Redgrave
The story of enslavement of the women of Troy after the fall of their city. |
| 25th Mon |
7:00pm |
Iphigenia (Greek/1977/127mins) Dir. Michael Cacoyannis. Cast: Irene Pappas.
The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Their leader, King Agamemnon, seeks to provide better food, but accidentally slays a sacred deer. His punishment from the gods, the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia |
| OTHER FILMS |
| Date |
Time |
Film |
| 2nd Sat |
7:00pm |
DOC FILM|Žižek! (English/2005/71mins) Dir. Astra Taylor. A feature documentary exploring the eccentric personality and esoteric work of the "wild man of theory", the eminent Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek |
| 4th Mon |
7:00pm |
DOC FILM|Pravasi Film Festival - A festival of feature, documentary and short films made by NRIs. Collab: Pravasi Today |
| 5th Tue |
7:00pm |
DOC FILM|Pravasi Film Festival continues Collab: Pravasi Today |
| 6th Wed |
7:00pm |
DOC FILM|Pravasi Film Festival continues Collab: Pravasi Today |
| 7th Thu |
7:00pm |
FILM CLUB SCREENING|Sherlock Holmes Dir. Guy Ritchie. (English/2009/139mins) In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, the film sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes sets out to battle as never before to bring down a nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country. Collab: Warner Bros. |
| 10th Sun |
7:00pm |
DOC FILM|Frontline Of Terror (English/2009/26mins) Dir. Rohit Gandhi. A rare glimpse of the fighting in Waziristan, a key battleground of the war on terror. |
| 14th Thu |
6:30pm |
DOC FILM|Public Service Broadcasting Trust continues with its series of monthly screenings. The Lijjat Sisterhood Dirs. Kadhambari Chintamani & Ajit Oomen & Ladies Special Dirs. Nidhi Tuli & Ashraf Abbas |
| 25th Mon |
6:30pm |
DOC FILM|Sublime Grace A film on the art of the Gupta period by Benoy K. Behl. Prod. Doordarshan |
| 27th Wed |
6:30pm |
FILM CLUB DISCUSSION group meets to discuss Nobody Knows (Japanese/2004/141mins) Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda.
A heart breaking story about four kids who were abandoned by their mother, struggle to survive on their own. Film scholar Shivani Mutneja will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion. |
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