Film Screening as part of Sunday in the Country at Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 23rd & 24th March 2012

Time : 7:00 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Place : Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
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Event Details : Film Screening as part of Sunday in the Country.

Seven young filmmakers from Germany and other parts of Europe meet with seven filmmakers from India and two prolific members of  the European Film Academy and a film ‘guru’ at a special venue in the countryside. A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY- EXTENDED in India will offer the filmmakers the opportunity to interact closely with each other and established film professionals  who have immense experience in the European, Indian and international film industries. 
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This will be the first time A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY– EXTENDED will be realised outside Europe. 
Based on a tradition of cultural exchange between the German, European and Indian film industries, it aims to further the understanding, possibilities of networking and co-operation between European and Indian filmmakers. A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY was initiated in 1995 by the EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY (Berlin) and THE OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE (run by the SOROS Foundation, New York).
Films by both the European and Indian gurus and participants will be screened.
For further information please contact 011 23471100 or visit www.goethe.de/newdelhi
For further information on the European Film Academy please visit www.europeanfilmacademy.org

Schedule : 

23 March (Library, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan)

SUNDAYS (DIMANCHES) 

by Valéry Rosier (Belgium, 16 min, fiction) 

EFA Short Film Nominee Vila do Conde

KATALIN VARGA (Romania, UK, Hungary - 2009), 82 min 

written and directed by Peter Strickland 

European Discovery 2009 

Silver Bear 2009 

In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. Hitchhiking with two men, she was brutally raped in the woods. Although she has kept silent about what happened, she has not forgotten, and her son Órban serves as a living reminder. When her village discovers her secret, Katalin's husband rejects her. With nothing to lose, she is free to seek revenge on the perpetrators. As she puts human faces to horrible acts, she is forced to consider that morality might not be as black and white as she had imagined.

With an introduction by Jakub Duszynski, Polish distributor.

24 March (Open Air, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan)

Award winning short films nominated for the European Film Awards 2011:

THE WHOLLY FAMILY 

by Terry Gilliam (Italy, 20 min, fiction) 

Best Short Film European Film Academy 2011 

EFA Short Film Nominee Drama

A crowded street in Naples city center, plenty of shops selling presepi. A wealthy American couple and Jake, their 10 year-old child, try to push their way through the crowd. While husband and wife argue which street to take, the boy is unwillingly separated from them and taken on a dreamlike journey between reality and imagination throughout the most hidden places and symbols of Naples.

INCIDENT BY A BANK (HÄNDELSE VID BANK) 

by Ruben Östlund (Sweden, 12 min, fiction) 

EFA Short Film Nominee Cork

A detailed and humorous real-time account of a failed bank robbery, an observation of how people react to the unexpected. Shot in a single take and with over 96 people meticulously choreographed, the film recreates an actual event that took place in 2006.

DERBY 

by Paul Negoescu (Romania, 15 min, fiction) 

EFA Short Film Nominee Bristol 

Mircea has a 15-year-old daughter whose boyfriend is invited to dine with the family. He arrives earlier and they go to her bedroom. While watching TV, Mircea can hear his daughter moaning from her room. The dinner starts and Mircea finds out that the boyfriend supports a different football team.

JESSI 

by Mariejosephin Schneider (Germany, 31 min, fiction) 

EFA Short Film Nominee Angers

11-year-old Jessi lives with a foster family, her mother is in prison. Her longing for identity takes her back to the village she grew up in. Here she discovers that her search will have to continue beyond the confines of her old life.

I LUPI (THE WOLVES) 

by Alberto De Michele (Italy/the Netherlands, 17 min, documentary) 

EFA Short Film Nominee Rotterdam 

I LUPI (The Wolves) are a group of 40- to 70-year-old thieves from the north of Italy. The only time they steal is when there’s a dense fog that makes everything invisible, including them. They rob houses, banks, jewellers, trucks – anything they can profit from. The video I LUPI was made in collaboration with the Wolves themselves and the artist’s father.

SUNDAYS (DIMANCHES) 

by Valéry Rosier (Belgium, 16 min, fiction) 

EFA Short Film Nominee Vila do Conde

Sundays or how Mankind faces the passage of time. That free time we are trying to fill at all costs. That same time we look at passing by, with laughter or boredom.

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