Movies

Saving the Wild (2016/Docu/English and Assamese with English subtitles/25 mins). Dir. Rita Banerji. Winner of four awards, this film captures the challenges faced by the team of wildlife rehabilitators at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), operating in one of India’s prime wildlife habitats – Kaziranga, Assam. From Poachers' Paradise to Ecotourism Hotspot […]

No City for Women (2023/ English & Hindi with English subs/94 mins/). Dir. & Prod. Rangan Chakravarty. Gurgaon, India's Millennium City, promises many opportunities - but, for women, it also poses specific challenges. Through women's personal narratives, the film explores their experiences of living and working in Gurgaon and illuminates the gendered nature of urban […]

The Fifth edition of the Habitat International Film Festival (HIFF), an eagerly-awaited event, will be held between March 8-17 with Germany as the Focus Country. The ten-day HIFF opens with the screening of the German film Teacher's Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer) directed by Ilker Catak. The German offerings include six feature films, including Ingeborg Bachmann, Perfect […]

Smile Foundation is hosting the 10th edition of the annual Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFFCY) in partnership with the European Union (The delegation of the European Union in India). SIFFCY in its 10th year has put together a diverse list of films from India and abroad to be organized in a […]

DIFF On The Road - Himalayan Cultures. 12 Apr, 6:30 pm The Poplar Trees (Nepal, Maldives/ 2023/ Tibetan (Mustangi), with Eng subs/ 9 mins). Dir. Manoj Kumar Pant. Windhorse (Nepal/2023/ Nepali, English with Eng subs/ 10 mins). Dir. Sunil Gurung. Dhorpatan/ No Winter Holidays (Feature Documentary/Nepal/ Nepali/ 2023/ 79 mins). Dirs. Rajan Kathet & Sunir […]

Born to Sing (2001/English/45 mins). Dir. Shikha Jhingan. This film is a musical journey with four Mirasans, who sing life cycle ritual songs for their patrons in the Malwa region of Punjab. The film raises some important questions: What is the nature of their relationship with their land-owning patrons? What happens when Punjabi pop music […]

The Habitat Film Festival is back in its 16th edition, scheduled from May 3-12 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The festival hosts a handpicked selection of pan-Indian award-winning and critically acclaimed films from 2023-24, that showcase the dynamic and changing face of contemporary Indian Cinema. Date: May 3-12, 2024 Venue: India Habitat Centre

Dieci inverni (2009) Ten winters (2009) Directed by Valerio Mieli Venue: Italian Cultural Centre, ChanakyapuriThe film is subtitled in English. It’s the winter of 1999. A water bus is crossing the Venice lagoon. Camilla, a shy eighteen-year-old, who has recently arrived in the city from a country village to study Russian literature, notices a boy […]

I am Sirat (Canada) (87 min; 2023; English) Directed by Deepa Mehta and Sirat Taneja who will introduce the film Caught between duty and self-determination, Sirat Taneja is a transgender woman who must act as her mother’s son when at home in New Delhi but can be the woman she really is with her friends […]

Court (India) (116 min; 2014; with English subtitles) Director: Chaitanya Tamhane Multiple award winner including Golden Lotus Award for Best Feature Film, National Film Awards, India 2015; Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film & Venice Horizons Award for Best Film, Venice Film Festival 2014; Best Film Award – International Competition, Best Actor Award, […]

Global Wildlife Fair & Wildlife Trust of India in Association With Roundglass Sustain Present Exploring the Unexplored Four Short Films on India's wildlife, from the orans of Rajasthan, the mud flats of the Sundarbans, the high Himalaya and the beaches of Great Nicobar. Date & Time: May 19, 7:00 pm Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat […]

Summer Theatre Festival Organized by the National School of Drama, in Delhi and Ladakh NSD's 'Summer Theatre Festival' will be held in Delhi and Ladakh. The 'Summer Theatre Festival' organized by NSD will feature 37 performances of 9 plays. National School of Drama, an autonomous institution of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, which […]