[Reader-list] [Announcements] Three Day Film Festival by The Russian Centre of Science and Magic Lantern Foundation

[mitoo das]

Dear friends,

The Russian Centre of Science & Culture and Magic Lantern Foundation invite
you to a three-day film festival Celebrating 60 years of Indo-Russian
Friendship. A collection of Russian and Indian documentaries that explore
various dimensions of freedom, citizenship, gender and arts practices will
be screened from 26 to 28 November 2007 in New Delhi. In total nine
documentaries will be screened of which six are from Russia and three from
India.
Details of the event and films are provided below.
We hope to see you at the festival.
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Celebrating 60 years of Indo-Russian Friendship, 26th to 28th November 2007
Venue: Concert Hall, Russian Centre of Science & Culture; 24, Ferozshah
Road, New Delhi.
Time: 6 pm to 9 pm
No tickets required, seating on first come first serve basis.

FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

DAY 1: 26th November 2007

1. Zilim Grannies; by V. Yumagulova,
English (subtitles), 35 min
This film presents live history and the life of ordinary village women and
their use of songs as expressions.

2. Jashn-e-Azadi (How We celebrate Freedom), by Sanjay Kak,
Kashmiri/Urdu/English (English subtitles), 138 mins, 2007
Shot and edited between August 2004-2006 Jashn-e-Azadi engages us with the
idea of Azadi in Kashmir. In 2007, as India celebrates it's 60th 
anniversary
of Independence, this is also a conversation about Freedom in India.

DAY 2: 27th November 2007

1. Scribbles on Akka; by Madhusree Dutta
English (with subtitles), 60 minutes, 2000
The film is a celebration of rebellion, feminity and legacy down nine
hundred years and explores the multiple existence of the 12th century saint
poet, Mahadevi Akka through the work of contemporary artists and writers 
and
testimonies of ordinary folks who nurtured her image through centuries in
their folklores and oral literature.

2. Martha; by N. Guguyeva, A. Kogan,
English (subtitles), 39 minutes, Moscow
The film is a story of Martha, a 75 year-old sculptor in Moscow, her 
life as
woman and artist, and her creative work.

3. The Bastion; by Viktoria Fomina,
English (subtitles), 52 min, Moscow
A Medieval Russian St. Makary, founder of the Troitsky-Kalyazin Monastery,
submerged at beginning of the 20 century, appeared before a contemporary
carpenter Alexander Kapitonov. The film opens new pages in the history of
the Monastery

4. Ledin; by V.Petukhov & E. Korolenko,
English (subtitles), 44 min, St. Petersburg
The film is a beautiful life story of Russian documentary film-maker Yuriy
Ledin, who together with his wife and little daughter for a long time lived
and worked in Arctic regions among snow and white bears.

DAY 3: 28th November 2007

1. Moscow Forever; by O. Chernov,
English (subtitles), 90 min, Moscow
The film shows the great celebration of 850th Anniversary of the foundation
of Russian capital Moscow in 1997. The celebration has become significant
event in world cultural life.

2. Yaptik Hesse; by E. Bartenev,
English (subtitles), 30 minutes, St. Petersburg
The film shows everyday life and unique customs of the family Yaptik, which
belongs to Nenets people, who live in the far North of Russia.

3. Q2P; Paromita Vohra,
English (with subtitles), 53 minutes, 2006
Who is dreaming up the global city? Q2P peers through the dream of 
Mumbai as
a future Shanghai and finds... public toilets... not enough of them.
The toilet becomes a riddle with many answers and some of those answers are
questions - about gender, about class, about caste and most of all about
space, urban development and the twisted myth of the global metropolis.

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