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Cinema House | Irrfan (1967-2020): A Retrospective | Weekend Pass

Cinema House | Irrfan (1967-2020): A Retrospective | Weekend Pass

Irrfan (1967-2020): A Retrospective Irrfan : the actor whose face penned a million stories! January’s Cinema House is a celebration and exploration of the actor’s malleable artistry –charted through three chapters: films of his early years, films that re-defined the…

Insides And Outsides

Insides And Outsides

In an increasingly hostile environment of escalating violence, discrimination, and disenfranchisement, Arbab explores what it is like being a part of a minority group in India. The film ebbs and flows between him looking outside in his surroundings, where a…

Chardi Kala - An Ode to Resilience

Chardi Kala – An Ode to Resilience

How does one respond when the truth is blurred by misconstrued narratives?   What can one articulate when facts have lost all their meaning?   How can one have a dialogue amidst denialism and whataboutery?   ‘Chardi Kala’ explores some…

Yugantar Film Collective

Yugantar Film Collective

Yugantar Film Collective founded by Abha Bhaiya, Deepa Dhanraj, Meera Rao, and Navroze Contractor in 1980, Yugantar made four pioneering films. Working collaboratively with existing or ensuing women’s groups Yugantar forged novel filmmaking practices, and political vocabularies that still resonate…

Film screening | Shoebox

Film screening | Shoebox

Allahabad is in the throes of change as a new era sets in with the city being renamed. Looking at development in the eye, an ailing Madhav Chatterjee battles to keep his decrepit single screen theatre alive. His daughter Mampu…

Film screening | Fire in the Mountains

Film screening | Fire in the Mountains

Film screening | Fire in the Mountains A mother toils to save money to build a road in a Himalayan village to take her wheelchair-bound son for physiotherapy but her husband who believes that a shamanic ritual (Jagar) is the…

Film Screening | Sheer Qorma

Film Screening | Sheer Qorma

Sheer Qorma, the Frameline Film Festival winner for Best Short Film, has been hailed as a stellar effort in expanding the space for queer representation in Indian cinema. The screening will be followed by a conversation with director Faraz Arif…

Film Screening | Garm Hava

Film Screening | Garm Hava

A classic of Indian cinema, Garm Hava deals with the Partition with great sensitivity and discernment, and is perhaps one of the best movies ever made post-partition. Join us for a screening of the movie, followed by a talk with…

Lords of Lockdown by Mihir Fadnavis

Lords of Lockdown by Mihir Fadnavis

With trains shut and no work coming, the migrant workers were stranded. Ruben’s NGO Khana Chahiye battled the challenges the pandemic threw up to help the needy. A wide and thrilling chronicle of how India lived and breathed during the…

Chhello Show (The Last Film Show)

Chhello Show (The Last Film Show)

India’s official submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Chhello Show is an enchanting, bitter-sweet reminiscence on the magic of movies. The final screening for Week One, it will be followed by a talk with Sid Roy…

FOR SAMA | MAMI Year Round Programme X G5A Film Society

FOR SAMA | MAMI Year Round Programme X G5A Film Society

POSTPONEMENT ALERT: Due to the rising concerns in light of the Corona Virus (COVID 19) becoming a global pandemic, the organisers have decided to postpone the screening to a later date, in the interest of public health & safety. Stay…

Kalavaahini at G5A

Kalavaahini at G5A

A day long programme at the G5A Black Box, beginning with a screening of The Unseen Sequence, followed by a Q&A with Sumantra Ghosal and Malavika Sarukkai. A Lecture Demonstration of The Expanding Canvas by Malavika Sarukkai, followed by Q & A.…