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2003

 

Event Bank 2002

January
The beatles a Tribute
Film Screenings : 10th: A Hard Day's Night
                           11th: Help!
                           12th: Yellow Submarine
                           13th: Magical Mystery Tour, Help!
                           14th: Imagine

 

Camus: The Myth of the Outsider -

screening of a documentary film on Camus, readings in English and in French.
Discussion with literary critics - Narayan Mukherjee and Supriya Chowdhury With Alliance Francaise

 

Genocide:
Film Screenings : Lynchburg story; Sweden, sex and the disappearing doctors,
                       The Biko inquest [dir. Albert Finney]
                        M [dir. Fritz Lang]
                        Shadows and Fog [dir. Woody Allen]
                        Hidden Holocaust [dir. Albert Finney]
                        The First Convoy [dir. Albert Finney];
                         Drancy [dir. Albert Finney]
                         Shoah [dir. Claude Lanzmann]
                         The Eye of Vichy [dir. Claude Chabrol]
                         Assignment Rwanda, Frontline Cambodia [BBC serials]
                         Blueprints for genocide [dir. Claude Chabrol]
                         Night and Fog [dir. Alain Resnais]
                         Genghis Cohn [dir. Elijah Moshinsky]
                         Tango of Slaves [dir. Ilan Ziv]
                         Lacombe Lucien [dir. Louis Malle]

February
Conserving Heritage - A talk and slide show on 'Collecting and Caring for Heritage: Indian Art on Paper, Mica, Ivory, Cloth, Wood and Photographic Media'. By Christine Mackay Head Paper Conservator, National Museum and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff Michael Wheeler Senior Conservator of Paper, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

the history of the book - a seminar in association with jadavpur

 

March
Exhibition Visual Worlds of Modern Bengal: selections from the documentation archive of the CSSSC in association with the Center for Study in Social Sciences, Calcutta
Part I-painting, prints, commercial art
Part II : photographs

 

April

Julius Ceasar

Film Screening for the students of classVIII Birla High School

Pradeep: A Photographic Travel Exhibition
an exhibition of photographs - by the late photo-journalist Pradeep Bhatia organised by The Little Magazine and Pradeep Bhatia Memorial Trust in association with the Seagull Foundation for the Arts

 

Cultural Evening for Peace
Exhibition of photographs of late photojournalist, Pradeep Bhatia. In association with The Little Magazine and the Pradeep Bhatia Memorial Trust

9 FILMS:
Film Screenings : Peking Opera Blues,
                        Dim Sum,
                        King of Masks,
                        Naked Youth,
                        All About my Mother,
                        The Double Life of Veronique,
                        Frida,
                        Run Lola Run, and
                        A Question of Silence

Nothing Official Documentary film on genocide in Gujarat. By Soumtitra Dastidar arranged by the Roop Kala Kendra (Anita Agnihotri) with an introduction form Mahasweta Debi.

ANIMATION WORKSHOP
Conducted by Mahendra Kumar, With the Teachers Centre

June
Film Screenings :
HEY RAM!!! GENOCIDE IN THE LAND OF GANDHI: Gopal Menon
                           NOTHING OFFICIAL Soumitra dastidar
                           RAM KE NAAM Anand patwardhan
                           PITU PUTR DHARAMYUDH Anand patwardhan
                           DEBATE WORKSHOP Priyanjali Sen
                           GABBEH


Book release on occasion of 20 years of Seagull Books MONTAGE. LIFE. POLITICS. CINEMA by Mrinal Sen

Films By Mrinal Sen :
Baishey Shraban,
                                   Matira Manisa,
                                   Bhuvan Shome,
                                   Calcutta 71,
                                   Padatik,
                                   Oka Uri Katha,
                                   Ek din pratidin,
                                   Aakaler Sandhane, and
                                   Kharij


July
ARANYAK:
book release Writers/translators seminar

Films By Mrinal Sen :
Khandahar,
                                   Ek din achanak,
                                   Maha prithibi, and
                                   Antareen


GIRGITI
A play by Sukchar Pancham Repertory Theatre. Moloy Mitra

DEBATE WORKSHOP
for Schools Conducted By Priyanjali Sen

Film screening: HEY RAM!! GENOCIDE IN THE LAND OF GANDHI
for Forum For Peoples Initiative.

MORAL SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS.
Workshop by anjum katyal and uma ahmad. Seeds of peace module

August
RABINDRA SANGEET IN EAST BENGAL AND THE MOFFUSIL AREAS IN THE 30'S AND 40'S
Amit Chaudhuri in conversation with Bijoya Chaudhuri and Surama Ghatak

RELEASE OF A CANNIBAL TIME : ANTIFASCIST STQ ISSUE Film Screening: MEN IN THE TREE At Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta

MEN IN THE TREE
A film exploring hindu fundamentalism and the RSS by Lalit Vacchani.

INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC APPPRECIATION COURSE
With Sangeet Ashram

SPELLBOUND: HITCHCOCK AND MUSIC Film Screening with a short talk by Sudeshna Banerjee.

DREAMLAND JAPAN

a festival of animated manga films
Film Screenings: Akira
                       Wicked city
                       Ninja Scroll
                       Lensman
                       Goku Midnight eye I &II
                       Devilman I & II
                       Ghost in a shell

                         

September
INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC COURSE
With Sangeet Ashram : Vijay Kitchlu

DREAMLAND JAPAN

a festival of animated manga films
Film Screenings: Urotsukidoji I- legend of the overfiend
                       Urotsukidoji II- legend of the demon womb
                       Demon city
                       Wings of Honneamise


BODYSATTVA

full day symposium on the body. Japan India Writers Caravan. Coordinated by Abhijit Gupta, Paromita Chakravarty. Participants: Chapal Bhaduri, Somnath Bandyopadhyay, Nabarun Bhattacharya, Shantanu Bose, Paula Sengupta, Japanese writers.

WRITERS PERFORMANCE
Rieko Matsurra / Eiji Oguma and Masahiko Shimada/ Tanmoy Bose. Japan India Writers Caravan Seagull bookstore With The Japan Foundation

COVER TO COVER:
the seagull editing and publishing course.

November
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP
with Bondhu-animation illustration /storytelling

ELAN/ Firenza Guidi
Lecture Demonstration at Max Mueller Bhavan

wwWOYZECK A performance workshop by Firenza Guidi, atSovabazar 36 At the Sovabazar Rajbari, supported by British Council, Kolkata

The Tower of Industrial Life: The Video Art of Alfred Guzzetti. Screening of video art and interactive discussion with filmmaker

Jyotsna Datta: The Prima Donna of Jatra.
Screening of video documentary by Asit Basu, by Natya Shodh Sansthan.

December
That Takes Ovaries – Bold Women and their Courageous Acts. A story sharing session with Konkona Sen Sharma as the anchor. In collaboration with Swayam and Thoughtshop foundation.

Film Screenings : Women & Violence (prod. AIBD, 60 mins),
                           BOL- 8 one-min films on Domestic Violence in Bengali,
                           Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (Dir: Wayne Wang, 88 mins)

Workshop Child Labour Through the Eyes of Children : a week long photography workshop supported by the Save the Children Fund (UK) for 11-17 years children aimed at creating awareness about children in hazardous occupations using photography as a means of focusing on the issue. Conducted by Mahendra Kumar and Sukanya Ghosh

Some Woody Allen:
Screening of Sleeper (dir. Woody Allen, 88 mins),
                   Love and Death (dir: Woody Allen, 85 mins),
                   Zelig (dir: Woody Allen, 80 mins),
                   Shadows and Fog (dir: Woody Allen),
                   Manhattan Murder Mystery (dir: Woody Allen), and
                   Deconstructing Harry (dir: Woody Allen)


Two Films: Screening of The Brotherhood, 1993,The Saffron Warrior, 2002 with an interactive session with Ruchira Gupta who has worked on both these films.

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