Get ready to immerse yourself in the magic of cinema as the Jagran Film Festival arrives in Gurugram on September 1st! Lights, camera, action! Gurugram, a city of innovation and dreams, is all set to host the iconic Jagran Film Festival at the spectacular Apparel House, Epicentre. Join us for a cinematic journey that celebrates […]
Italian Film Screening - The Ladies Get Their Say (2009) Directed by Alessandro Genovesi The film is subtitled in English.A bittersweet comedy about the world of women. Two eras, two ways of being a woman. The Sixties: a cards game just to be together. Every Thursday afternoon, four friends chat about loves and betrayals, theorising […]
Noi (2021/Assamese/92 mins). Dir. Reema Borah. The story of an old fisherman Bisnu, who sets off on an uncertain journey to find the home of an unknown man whose dead body was entangled in his fishing net and was washed ashore. Bisnu’s travels open up a different world for him, a world he had no […]
A series of restored classics showcasing contributions by women in Indian cinema. Meera (1945/Hindi dubbed/136 mins). Dir. Ellis R Dungan. Meera, a zealous devotee of Lord Krishna, considers him to be her husband. She gets married to Rana Bhojraj but follows her own way of living which is not acceptable to her husband and the […]
Italian Film Screening TUESDAYS AT ISTITUTO The Postman (1994) Directed by Michael Radford The film is subtitled in English. The year is about 1953 on the southern Italian island of Cala di Sotto. The great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda has been exiled to the island from his homeland for political reasons, and he takes a […]
Children’s Day Month. Kabuliwala (1957/Bengali with English subs116 mins). Dir. Tapan Sinha. Continuing our series of screenings of classic films in original 35mm format. Rahmat, a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini. Collab. National Museum of Indian Cinema and NFDC-National Film […]
Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977/Hindi/129 mins). Dir. Satyajit Ray. During the British annexation of Avadh, best friends Mirza Ali and Mir Ali ignore the situation of the country and abandon their families in their obsession for the game of chess. Date & Time: 24 Nov, 7:00 pm Venue: Gulmohar
Il Capitale Umano (2013)The Human Capital (2013) Directed by Paolo Virzì During a cold winter night, a cyclist is hit by a SUV and then abandoned to agonize in the frozen snow. The mysterious episode, on which the police will investigate, connects the events of the members of two families: the petty-bourgeois family of Ossola […]
4th Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival 2023. Curation: Aanchal Kapur and Reena Mohan. Dreams and Desires. Collab. Kriti Film Club and Jagori. The festival marks the South Asian Women’s Day. Screenings followed by QnA with the filmmakers. Date & Time: 30 Nov.- 4 Dec. 2023 (7 pm onwards) Venue: Gulmohar Indio Habitat Centre Lodhi Road, […]
Shreds (2022/ Polish with Eng subs/100 mins). Dir. Beata Dzianowicz. The Pateroks are a loving, multi-generational family. Their lives are peaceful and humorous. Suddenly a crack appears in this harmonious reality: Grandpa Gerard begins to act strangely, breaking social conventions and norms. It turns out that these are the first symptoms of Alzheimer's. Gerard's worsening […]
Japanese Classics Samurai Series Seven Samurai (1954/Japanese with Eng subs/207 mins). Dir. Akira Kurosawa. A village in the mountains is robbed every year of its wheat crop harvest by a group of plundering bandits who hide out in a mountain fortress. Realising that there is no way to prevent this other than fight for themselves, […]
Movie Screening TUESDAYS AT ISTITUTO Tuesday, January 16th at 6:00 pm "La Nostra Vita" (2010)"Our Life" (2010) Directed by Daniele Luchetti The film is subtitled in English. Claudio works on a site in the suburbs of Rome. He is madly in love with his wife who is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic […]
