In the Sky of Cinema – 3: Re-visiting new wave

KATHA CENTRE FOR FILM STUDIES

In collaboration with

Alliance Francaise de Bombay and National Film Archives India, Pune
presents

In the Sky of Cinema – 3
Re-visiting new wave
Festival Dates: 25th June to 29th June (2007)
Venue: Alliance Francaise, Mumbai

We're looking forward to having you with us!

Mumbai: Film Festivals Galore - II

Katha Centre for Film Studies in collaboration with Alliance Francaise presents:

‘Everytime we say Goodbye,’ a three day film festival showcasing three directors and three countries.

THURSDAY, 22nd March ...

Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien
Country: Taiwan
Three films from the acclaimed Taiwanese Director, Hou Hsiao Hsien
Film : Good Men, Good Women ( Haonan Haonu)
Year: 1995
Language: Mandarin/Cantonese/Japanese/Taiwanese
Country: Japan/Taiwan
Runtime: 108 minutes
Timings: 10.30 a.m to 1 p.m.

Film : Goodbye South, Goodbye (Nanguo zaijan, nangu)
Year: 1996
Language: Mandarin/Hokkien
Country: Taiwan
Runtime: 124 minutes
Timings: 1.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m.

Film : Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang)
Year: 1996
Language: Mandarin/Taiwanese
Country: France/Taiwan
Runtime: 139 minutes
Timings: 4.15 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.

FRIDAY, 23rd March ...

Director: Satyajit Ray
Country : India
Satyajit Ray’s ‘Appu Trilogy.’

Life of a Bengali family and their son Apu, as he moves from childhood in a rural village, through his youth in Benares where the family later moves, to manhood and marriage in Calcutta.

Film : Pather Panchali ( Song of the Road)
Year: 1955
Language: Bengali
Runtime:115 minutes.
Timings: 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

Film : Aparajito (The Unvanquished)
Year: 1956
Language: Bengali
Runtime:110 minutes.
Timings: 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.

Film : Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)
Year: 1959
Language: Bengali
Runtime:105 minutes.
Timings: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

MONDAY,26th March ...

Director: Bella Tarr
Country: Hungary
Film: Satantango
Year:1994
Lanuguage: Hungarian
Runtime: 450 minutes

A 7 and a half hour masterpiece. Filmed in Hungary from 1991 to 1994, the work examines a village as a microcosm of a country's political leanings.

Timings: 10.30 a.m. onwards.

We're looking forward to having you with us.

Mumbai: Film Festivals Galore

Greetings from the Katha Centre for Film Studies!

We have two events coming up, this week:

On Monday, the 12th of March, 2007, Katha Centre for Film Studies in collaboration with Bhavan's Cultural Centre, Andheri will be screening "Beijing Bicycle" by Wang Xiaoshuai.

Year: 2001

Country: France/ Taiwan/China

Language: Mandarin

Runtime: 113 minutes

The screening will be held at 11 a.m. at the S.P. Jain Auditorium, Bhavan's College Campus, Andheri West.

On Thursday, 15th March, 2007, Katha Centre for Film Studies in collaboration with Alliance Francaise and SNDT Women's University has organised a special screening of "Bronx Barbes" by French Director Elaine de Latour, who is visiting Mumbai especially for MAMI. You will be able to meet the director, who will introduce and discuss the film before and after the screening.

Year: 2000

Country: France

Language: French/Nushi

Runtime:110 minutes

Venue: SNDT Committee Room, English Department, SNDT Women's University, Churchgate, Mumbai . Timings: 3.30 p.m. onwards.

Please do come and get your friends along!

PS: Check this space for the 3-day Film Festival coming up on 22nd March.

The Kala Ghoda Festival!

Greetings from the Katha Centre for Film Studies!

Its amazing to see such a good line up of films at the Kala Ghoda festival and I hope all you film buffs are making the most of it!

On Friday, February 9th, 2007, its 'Cinema Satsang-IV' at Alliance Francaise auditorium, Churchgate. The film to be screened is : FITZCARRALDO by Werner Herzog

Year: 1982

Country: Peru/West Germany

Language: English/German

Runtime: 158 minutes

And Excerpts from 'BURDEN OF DREAMS' by Les Blank which is a documentary on the chaotic production of 'Fitzcarraldo.'

Year: 1982

Country: USA

Language: Spanish/English/German

The films will be screened and discussed by Devdutt Trivedi. The screening is free of cost. It will begin at 2.00 p.m. and discussions end at 5.30 p.m.

Many of you got to watch the prologue of 'Visions of Europe' by the Hungarian director, Bella Tarr, at the last Cinema Satsang. After 'Cinema Satsang –IV' we can all proceed to Gallery Beyond and watch screened as a part of the Kalaghoda festival at 6.30 p.m.

Do come - and bring your friends along!

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Deepti D'Cunha,

Research Associate: Katha Centre for Film Studies

B84, Sumeru, MHADA, SVP Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai 400 053

Tel: (91-22) 2631-3198 / 26341871 Cell: 9820522468