RIFF on TOUR @ 2° Bengal International Short Film Festival 2017
Schedule: 6:20 pm -Parla che ti sento (Talk as I can feel) YEAR- 2016DIRECTOR– IDRIA NIOSIDURATION– 12’54”CAST– Riccardo Ballerini, Federico D’AndreaSYNOPSIS– A good-looking man, evidently in a state of inebriation. An apparently deaf boy, an over-the-top guy, an insolent and impudent guy. A meeting? Maybe a crash, a casual one will put the man in a […]
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FILM: Welcome Mr. President – Comedy/ Drama | 2013
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian WELCOME MR. PRESIDENT Director: Riccardo Milani Year: 2013 | Duration: 100 min Cast: Claudio Bisio, Kasia Smutniak, Giuseppe Fiorello In Italian with subtitles in English In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name: Giuseppe Garibaldi. He is a simple man, loves fishing, friends and has […]
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IN CONVERSATION: Prof. Osumund Rahman, Harminder Sahni & Pankaj Vermani: Online Fashion – Consumer behavior and preferences
Critical conversations on Design – Online Fashion: Consumer behavior and preferences Speakers– Prof. Osumund Rahman – Associate Professor – Ryerson University, Canada; Harminder Sahni – Founder and Managing Director – Wazir Advisors; Pankaj Vermani – Founder and CEO, Clovia. Free entry upon presentation of a valid photo ID.
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FILM: Perfect Strangers – Comedy/ Drama | 2016
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian PERFECT STRANGERS Director: PAOLO GENOVESE Year: 2016 | Duration: 97 min Cast: Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini In Italian with subtitles in English Seven long-time friends get together for a dinner. When they decide to share with each other the content of every text message, email and phone […]
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FILM: The Mafia kills only in Summer – Comedy | 2013
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian THE MAFIA KILLS ONLY IN SUMMER Director: Pierfrancesco Diliberto Year: 2013 | Duration: 90 min Cast: Cristiana Capotondi, Pierfrancesco Diliberto, Ginevra Antona In Italian with subtitles in English Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking […]
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DELHI: Book Release of “Letters to Namdeo Dhasal” by S. Chandramohan
S. Chandramohan is an English poet based in India. His poems reflect the socio-political struggles of the marginalized, the working class and the nomadic outcasts of the world who are victimized and then forgotten as nations clash and wage relentless wars. His work has been profiled in New Asia Writing, Mascara Literary Review and About […]
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FILM: Blame Freud – Comedy |2013
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian BLAME FREUD Director: Paolo Genovese Year: 2013 | Duration: 120 min Cast: Marco Giallini, Vittoria Puccini, Anna Foglietta In Italian with subtitles in English Francesco Taramelli is a psychoanalyst who is dealing with three patients going through various hurdles in their love lives: Marta is chasing a deaf-mute man […]
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FILM: The Great Beauty – Drama – 2013
Cinema at the Institute: Rettrospettiva Paolo Sorrentino THE GREAT BEAUTY Director: Paolo Sorrentino Year: 2013 | Duration: 142 min Cast: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli In Italian with subtitles in English Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his […]
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DHARAMSALA: Italian Wave – a selection of video-art curated by FRANCESCA FINI
Francesca Fini is an interdisciplinary artist mainly focused on new media, experimental cinema and performance art. She lives and works in Rome. The focus of her work is always the body and its own narrative power, but inserted in a sort of exuberant “multimedia pot” where live videoart pieces are mixed with generative audio, lo-fi […]
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FILM: The Consequences of Love – Drama | 2003
Cinema at the Institute: Rettrospettiva Paolo Sorrentino THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE Director: Paolo Sorrentino Year: 2003 | Duration: 100 min Cast: Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani, Adirano Giannini In Italian with subtitles in English Titta di Girolamo has spent eight years living alone, not working. His only vices are cigarettes and hanging around in bars, he seems […]
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