FILM FEST : The Best of Dharamshala International Film Festival at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 3rd & 4th October 2016

Time : 6:30 pm onwards Add to Calendar 03/10/2016 18:30 04/10/2016 20:20 Asia/Kolkata FILM FEST : The Best of Dharamshala International Film Festival Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/09/film-fest-best-of-dharamshala.html C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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

Venue : C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : FILM FEST : The Best of Dharamshala International Film Festival

One of India’s most alternative, off beat and eclectic film festival held once a year in McLeod Ganj in Dharmshala, the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) was first started in 2012. Conceptualized by filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam of White Crane Films as a means of bringing quality contemporary, independent Indian and World Cinema to the culturally diverse location of Dharamshala. On 3rd and 4th October, we present a selection of the finest films presented at DIFF 2015

Schedule : 

3rd October : Kothanodi (The River of Fables; Assamese)
(115 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)
Directed by Bhaskar Hazarika who will introduce the film

Recipient of the Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese, National Film Awards, 2016

Kothadodi is an adaptation of four stories from the Assamese folktale compendium Buri Ai’r Xadhu (Grandma’s Tales). Set in pre-colonial India, the narrative concerns four mothers caught up in various acts of grisliness, irrationality and magic realism. Although anchored in the past, the film refers to present day crimes against women in Assam, including infanticide and witch hunting. Director Bhaskar Hazarika pushes the tales in dark, unorthodox directions, where magic is real, emotions are raw and horror is visceral

4th October : Chauthi Koot (The Fourth Direction; Punjabi)
(115 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Gurvinder Singh

Multiple award winner including the Un Certain Regard Award, Cannes Film Festival 2015; Golden Gateway of India for Best Film Award, Mumbai Film Festival 2015; Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Feature Film, Singapore International Film Festival 2015; Best Feature Film in Punjabi, National Film Awards 2016; among others

Set in Punjab in 1984, Chauthi Kootevokes the atmosphere or mahaul, of suspicion, fear and paranoia of the time. The film is based on the short stories of Waryam Singh Sandhu, and centres on two loosely connected incidents – two Hindu friends trying to catch a train to Amritsar and, some months earlier, a farmer who is told he has to kill the family dog, whose barking threatens to reveal the presence of Sikh militants in the area…

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