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Films this month
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 Antigone (Greek/1961/93mins) Dir.Yorgos Javellas; Cast: Irene Pappas
Adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. King Creon decrees that Polynices, the traitor, is not to be buried, but his sister Antigone defies the order.
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
15th Fri 6:30pm FILM CLUB DISCUSSION group meets to discuss Nobody Knows (Japanese/2004/141mins) Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda. Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. The children all have different fathers and have never been to school. The very existence of three of them is hidden from the landlord. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. Engulfed by the cruel fate of abandonment, the four children do their best to survive in their own little world. Film scholar Shivani Mutneja will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion.
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.
Film schedules are subject to last minute changes.
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