THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 11 TO 15 OCTOBER 2019
AS ON 25/09/2019
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE DAY-BY-DAY
FRIDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2019
4:00 pm Awadh Se Chand Warq An exhibition of photographs, artifacts, archival textiles, books and letters, celebrating the diversity of people, places and the material cultures of Lucknow
Curated and designed by ODDWORKS
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Life Trustee & Chairperson, IIC-International Research Division on Friday, 11 October 2019 at 4 pm
On view in Conference Room I, 11 am to 7 pm
(Collaboration: Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival)
5:00 pm Husn-e Karigari-e Awadh A showcase of the craft traditions of Awadh with live demonstrations by master artisans
Inauguration by Ms Laila Tyabji on Friday, 11 October 2019 at 5 pm
On view at the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
(Collaboration: Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival)
6:30 pm Inauguration of the Festival By Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
Magic in Movement Odissi presented by artists of the Rudrakshya Foundation, Bhubaneswar Choreography: Guru Bichitrananda Swain
Artists: Jagyandatta Pradhan; Dushasan Sahoo; Bichitra Behera; Santosh Ram; Surendra Pradhan; Samir Kumar Panigrahi; Sanjeev Kumar Jena; and Rasmi Ranjan Swain
8:00 pm Food Festival: Flavours of an Odia Bhoji Prepared by Chefs of Odisha Hotel, Bhubaneswar
8:00 pm Film Festival: Filmi Duniya Mein Awadh Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players/India)
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(129 min; 1977; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Satyajit Ray
With Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi
Recipient of the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, National Film Awards 1977; and Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor; Best Director; & Best Film – Critics Award, Filmfare Awards 1978
SATURDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2019
10:00 am Filmi Duniya Mein Awadh Chaudhvin Ka Chand (Full Moon/India) (169 min; 1960; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Mohammed Sadiq
With Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Minoo Mumtaz
th 11:30 am Contextualising Progressive, Indian Art from the 20 Century Re-visiting the pioneers of modern Indian art, beginning with F.N. Souza, M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, H.A. Gade, S.K. Bakre, K.H. Ara and others Curated by Vijay Kowshik & Gogi Saroj Pal
Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan on Saturday, 12 October 2019 at 11:30 am
On view at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, 11 am to 7 pm
The exhibition will remain on view until 25 October 2019
(Collaboration: Arts Glacerhi; and PAG)
1:15 pm Filmi Duniya Mein Awadh Pakeezah (Pure/India) (147 min; 1972; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Kamal Amrohi
With Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar
4:00 pm Soz Khwani Presented by Askari Naqvi from Mustafabad, Uttar Pradesh
Soz Khwani or Songs of Lament, is a rare poetic, musical, storytelling art which tells the story of a battle between evil and truth fought by the Prophet’s grandson Hussain with a
THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 11 TO 15 OCTOBER 2019
small band of 72 women, men and children against the rulers of the times in Karbala about 1400 years ago. Askari Naqvi, who grew up doing Soz Khwani is re-contextualising and presenting it outside their strictly religious setting
Venue: Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex
4:00 pm Filmi Duniya Mein Awadh Junoon (The Obsession/India) (141 min; 1979; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Shyam Benegal
With Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Jennifer Kendal
Recipient of the National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Hindi; Best Cinematography; & Best Audiography, National Film Awards, 1979; Filmfare Awards for Best Actor; Best Director; Best Dialogues; Best Editing; Best Cinematography; & Best Sound Recording, Filmfare Awards 1980
6:30 pm From Bossa Nova to Samba Concert by Sabor do Brasil
With Pradyumna Singh Manot (piano); Ahona Sen (vocals); Aditya Servaia (bass guitar); and Bihu Mukherjee (drums)
(Collaboration: Embassy of Brazil)
8:00 pm Food Festival: Flavours of Brazil Prepared by Chefs from the Embassy of Brazil
8:00 pm Filmi Duniya Mein Awadh Shakespeare Wallah (India) (120 min; 1965; dvd; English) Director: James Ivory
With Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey
Recipient of the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress, Berlin International Film Festival 1965
SUNDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2019
11:00 am Filmi Duniya Mein Awadh Umrao Jaan (India)
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(145 min; 1981; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Muzaffar Ali
With Rekha, Farooq Sheikh, Naseeruddin Shah
Recipient of the National Film Awards for Best Actress; Best Playback Female Singer; Best Music Direction; & Best Art Direction, National Film Awards 1981; Filmfare Awards for Best Director; Best Music Director; & Best Actress, Filmfare Awards 1982
1:00 pm Food Festival: Kannadiga Oota (lunch) Prepared by Shri Bhairu Caterers, Hubli and Swagat Restaurant, Delhi
2:30 pm Film Festival: Magic at the Movies - A Selection of World Cinema
Stray (New Zealand) (104 min; 2018; dvd; English) Director: Dustin Feneley
Recipient of the ADG Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film; Australian Director’s Guild Awards 2019; Festival Award for Best Director, Brooklyn Film Festival 2019; Best Cinematography and Grand Prize Awards, Golden Eye Festival 2018; Silver Saint George for Best Actor, Moscow International film Festival 2018
4:30 pm I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en otro idioma/Mexico) (103 min; 2017; dvd; English Subtitles) Director: Ernesto Contreras
Golden Award for Best Picture for Best Picture and Silver Ariel Awards for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the screen; Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best original score, and Best Actor, Ariel Awards Mexico 2018; Audience Award – World Cinema Dramatic and Winner Sundance Film Festival 2017; Audience Award for Best International Feature, Florida Film Festival 2017; Mayahuel Award for Best Actor; Press Award for Best Mexican Feature, Fiction, Guadalajara International Film Festival 2017 and many more
6:30 pm Panchavati A Yakshagana performance, an episode from The Ramayana Presented by Hanumagiri Meyla from Karnataka
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Himmela (background musicians) – Ravichandra Kannadikatte (bhagavatha); Chaithanya Krishna Padyana (chende); Shridhar Vitla (maddake); and Prasad (chakrathala)
Mummela (actors) – Jayaprakash Shetty (Ram); Akshay Bhat (Sita & Trishira); Divakara Rai (Lakshman); Jayaram Acharya (Rushi); Jagdabirama (Shurpanaki); Santosh Kumar (Maya Shurpanaki); Subraya Holla (Kharasur); and Rakshith Shetty (Dushan)
(Collaboration: Dept. of Kannada & Culture, Govt. of Karnataka) 8:00 pm Food Festival: “Esho bosho ahare” – A Bengali Repast Prepared by Chef Anumitra Ghosh Dastidar
8:00 pm Magic at the Movies The Sweet Requiem (Kyonyang Ngarmo/India/USA) (91 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles) Directors: Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam
Recipient of the Netpac Best Film Award, Kolkata International Film Festival 2018
MONDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2019
11:00 am Carga (Portugal) (113 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Bruno Gascon
Multiple award winner including CinEuphoria Awards for Best Supporting Actor-National Competition; Best Supporting Actress-National Competition; Top Ten Film-National Competition; & Best Make-Up-National Competition, CinEuphoria Awards 2018; Jury Prize for Best International Feature Film, ENFOQUE-International Film Festival of Puerto Rico 2019; Special Mention, Winchester Film Festival 2018; among others
2:00 pm My Own Good (Il bene mio/Italy) (94 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Pippo Mezzapesa
4:00 pm Screwdriver (Mafak/Palestine) (108 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Bassam Jarbawi
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Recipient of the International Competition Winner for Best Feature Film & Best Film, Bosphorous Film Festival 2019; and Youth Audience Award for Best Film, Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival 2018
5:00 pm Release of the IIC Quarterly: Autumn 2019 Edited by Omita Goyal, Chief Editor IIC
To be released by Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
Venue: Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
6:30 pm Shabd Leela Conceived, designed and scripted by Ila Arun Directed by K.K. Raina Presented by Surnai Theatre and Folk Arts Foundation Visuals: Arnab Chaudhary Lights & sets: Salim Akhtar
With Ila Arun; Rajeshwari Sachdev; Varun badola; K.K. Raina; Abhishek Pandey; Gaurav Amlani; Mayank Pandey; Navneet Raina; and Avinash Kumar
An dramastised rendition of Dr. Dharamvir Bharti’s powerful and romantic words in ‘Andha Yug’, ‘Kanupriya’ and the love letters written to his wife in ‘Ek Sahityik ke Prem Patra’
8:00 pm Food Festival: Awadhi Bawarchikhana Prepared by Naimat Khana, Lucknow
8:00 pm Magic at the Movies The Pigeon Thieves (Güvercin Hirsizlari/Turkey) (82 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Osman Nail Doğan
Recipient of the Golden Boll in National Feature Film Awards for Best Film Editing & Best Promising Actor, Adana Film Festival 2018; Best Editing, National Competition & Best Film, National Competition, Ankara International Film Festival 2019; Meetings on the Bridge Award for Work in Progress, Istanbul International Film Festival 2018
TUESDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2019
11:00 am Magic at the Movies All About Me (Der Junge muss an die frische luft/ Germany)
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(100 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Caroline Link
Multiple award winner including Bavarian Film Award for Best Direction, Bavarian Film Award 2019; Audience Award for Highest Grossing Film of the Year; film Award in Bronze for Outstanding Feature Film; & Film Award in Gold for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, German Film Awards 2019; Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor, Seattle International Film Festival 2019; among others
2:00 pm Cold War (Zimna Wajna/Poland) (89 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles) Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
Multiple award winner including Best Director, Cannes Film Festival 2018; European Editor; European Actress, European screenwriter; and European Film, European Film Award 2018; ALFS Award for Foreign Language Film of the Year and Technical Achievement of the Year; London Critics Circle Film Awards 2019; Best Editing, Best Sound, Feature Film; Golden Kangaroo for Best Film, Polish Film Festival 2019; among others
4:00 pm Custody (Jusqu’à la Garde/France) (93 min; 2018; Bluray; English subtitles) Director: Xavier Legrand
Multiple award winner including César for Best Film; Best Actress; Best Original Screenplay; & Best Editing, César Awards, France 2019; Audience Award for European Film; & TVE Otra Mirada Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2017; Critics Award for Best Foreign Film, São Paulo International Film Festival 2017; Luigi De Laurentiis Award; & Silver Lion for Best Director, Venice Film Festival 2017; among others
6:30 pm Carnatic Vocal Recital By T.M. Krishna
Accompanists: Akkarai Subhalakshmi on violin; and B. Sivaraman on mridangam
8:00 pm Food Festival: An Italian Cena Prepared by
8:00 pm Magic at the Movies Can’t Say Goodbye (No sé decir adios/Spain) (96 min; 2017; dvd; English subtitles)
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Director: Lino Escalera
Recipient of the Goya for Best Lead Actress, Goya Awards 2018; Silver Biznaga – Special Jury Award; awards for Best Actress; Best Supporting Actor & Best Screenplay, Málaga Spanish Film Festival 2017; Best Actress Award & Best Cinematography Award, Toulouse Cinespaña 2017; among others
Traditional snacks and finger food from Awadh, and tea/coffee, shall be served on payment basis in the Lounge verandah from 11 am to 7 pm
Dinners on payment, tables to be reserved in advance
Admission to all the cultural programmes is free of charge For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening
Venues:
Cultural performances - Fountain Lawns
Film screenings - C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium Cuisine - Rose Garden
India International Centre 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003 Telephone: 24619431www.iicdelhi.nic.in