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Film historian Ashish Rajadhyaksha discusses his book “John Ghatak Tarkovsky: Citizens, Filmmakers, Hackers”. Set around the 2015 protests by Film And Television Institute Of India (FTII) students, the book is an investigation of how “low-resolution moving images” that came out…
A historical overview of India’s coercive Family Planning program and its effect on women. With “Looking back; looking ahead,” we explore how filmmakers depict their present experiences, challenges, and the urgency driving their art. Schedule: Saturday, October 21 …
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…
Presenting the G5A season 2023-24 property calendar!
Queer theorist David M Halperin argues that queerness is “whatever is at odds with the normal, the legitimate, the dominant”. It is more than an orientation of desire. It is an orientation of being.Queer cinema, then, is about giving voice…
Cinema House | Shyam Benegal Retrospective Cinema House, G5A presents a Retrospective with Shyam Benegal. Known and regarded as the pioneer of parallel or ‘middle’ cinema, Shyam Benegal is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post the 1970s. …
Headstrong, feisty street dancer Rani works hard to take care of her daughter while reclusive weaver Shahdab discovers a new world in his friendship with an Israeli tourist. Exploring the love and hate dimensions in the ancient city of Varanasi,…
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…
In one of the world’s most populated cities, two brothers — Nadeem and Saud — devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that…
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…
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…
