Dhobi Ghat

Interesting film directed by Kiran Rao, with Aamir Khan. Dhobi Ghat, today at River to River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erIzry9cHpI&feature=share

River2River 2011

Quest'anno, dal 2 al'8 dicembre,  Bharat sarà al River to River Florence Indian Film Festival.
Un'occasione unica e imperdibile di immergersi per qualche giorno nel mondo indiano, cinematografico e non.

Come ogni anno, particolare attenzione sarà volta ai film non solo made in Bollywood e ai corti, ai dibattiti e alla danza. Quest'anno infatti vi sarà la danzatrice Maya Devi Mudra con il suo gruppo di danza Rajasthani + Dj set.
Inoltre, in occasione del 150ario della nascita, un focus interamente dedicato al  famoso poeta, drammaturgo, premio Nobel, Rabindranath Tagore.
Il tutto condito da speziatissimi menu indiani all'Odeon Bistrot!
Il festival si svolgerà presso il

Cinema Odeon
Piazza Strozzi, 1
50123 Florence

Ok, vi scrivo direttamente il programma per intero e....Vi aspetto lì! Se non ci sarete, al ritorno ci sarà un resoconto -:)

Friday 2

8.00 pm - Opening Film
Chaplin, Anindo Bandopadhyay
bengali - italian and english subt., 138', col. & b/w, 35 mm, India, 2011
Inspired by the life of Charlie Chaplin, the film brings the audience in a magic atmosphere, showing the odyssey of a man amidst starvation and struggle in the pursuit of achieving fame by showcasing his talent.
After the film, Q&A with actor Rudranil Ghosh.

saturday 3

11.30 am - Talk - free entrance Back to basics. Ascetics and everyday life in India.
Speakers: Filippo Carli and Folco Terzani.

2.30 pm Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray
english - italian subt., 53', b/n, digibeta, India, 1961
A lyrical and moving portrait shot by Satyajit Ray about the life and work of the celebrated poet, writer and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.



3.30 pm Ghare Baire (The Home and the World), Satyajit Ray
bengali - italian and english subt., 138', col., digibeta, India, 1984
Based upon the novel Ghare Baire by Tagore, the film deals with two extremely modern topics: the emancipation of women and dangers of fervent nationalism. The film was in competition for the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 1984. It features Victor Banerjee and Soumitra Chatterjee.


6.30 pm Himself He cooks, Valerie Berteau and Philippe Witjes
no dialogues, 64', col., digibeta, Belgium, 2011
The Sikh temple of Amristar is everyday crowded with dozens of thousands of prayers, going there for the rituals. For them, hundreds of volunteers prepare the food for every meal, in a huge choreography, articulate on the rhythm of the preparation, in a never ending circle.
After the screening, Q&A with the directors Valerie Berteau and Philippe Witjes.

9.00 pm Bol (Speak), Shoaib Mansoor
urdu and hindi - italian and english subt., 150', col., 35 mm, Pakistan, 2011
In Pakistan a father with five daughters and a hermaphrodite son deals with the everyday struggle of earning a living. But poverty is not the biggest problem as violence, intolerance and bigotry are the main issues of the struggle of the young women of the family.
After the screening, Q&A with the actress Zaib Rehman.

sunday 4

11.30 am - Talk - free entrance
Rabindranath Tagore between innovation and tradition.
Coordination: Maria Grazia Beverini del Santo.
Speakers: Sauro Albisani, Franca Bacchiega and Fabrizia Baldissera.

2.30 pm Khudito Pashan (Hungry Stones), Tapan Sinha
bengali - italian and english subt., 108', b/n, digibeta, India, 1960
From a Tagore story, it talks about a tax collector who moves into a haunted mansion in a small town and falls in love with a beautiful ghost.



5.00 pm Adda: Calcutta, Kolkata, Surjo Deb
bengali, english and hindi - italian and english subt., 52', col., dvcam, India, 2011
Quirky and intimate portrait of Calcutta and its people, who love to talk about everything. The conversations or addas never stop: in the street corners, cafes, markets and living rooms.



6.00 pm - Short Films 1, 44'
Malal, Nayla Al Khaja
english - italian subt., 15', col., dvd, India, 2010
Poshak (Facade), Iram Parveen Bilal
urdu and english - italian and english subt., 11', col., hdcam, Usa, 2010
Prakriti, T. Surendra
marathi - italian and english subt., 11', col., digibeta, India, 2010
The way it's played, Shripriya Mahesh
english - italian subt., 7', col., digibeta, Usa, 2011
Can experiences change our life? It happens to four different women: the first one meets a stranger during her honeymoon, the second tries to figure out the meaning of her dream, the third decides to follow her Dhamma and the last one discovers that real friendship is not playing a social role.

7.00 pm Nataraja, Filippo Carli
no dialogues, 25', col., blue ray, Italy, 2011
Images of daily actions, almost like rituals, painting a fresco of colours and spirituality, bringing on the big screen the dance and the gesture that go with everyday life in some villages, in the constant effort of keeping the connection with the spiritual world of nature.
After the screening, Q&A with the director Filippo Carli.

9.00 pm Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya Akhtar
hindi and english - italian and english subt., 156', col., 35 mm, India-Spain, 2011
A hit at the Indian box office, with a cast of young Bollywood stars, this is a crazy and fun road movie. A trip to Spain of three friends that will change their lives forever.

monday 5

6.00 pm FTII and Whistling Woods Student Films, 61'
Airawat, Renu Savant
hindi - italian and english subt., 11', col., dv, India, 2011
Stranger on a train, Brayden Yoder
hindi - italian and english subt., 9'30'', col., dv, India, 2011
Flying high, Sharofat Ahirwar
hindi - italian and english subt.,, 10'45'', col., dv, India, 2011
Now playing, Ankita Sharma
hindi - italian and english subt., 10', col., dv, India, 2011
Sanudra, Federico Del Monte
hindi - italian and english subt., 8'46'', col., dvd, India, 2011
Gulmohar, Arati Kadav
hindi - italian and english subt., 10'45'', col., dvd, India, 2011

7.00 pm Dreaming Taj Mahal, Nirmal Chander
urdu and hindi - italian and english subt., 51', col., dvcam, India, 2010
Haidar, a taxi Pakistani driver, dreams of going to India to see the Taj Mahal. Unfortunately the long-standing relationship of hostility between India and Pakistan, make Haidar's quest for a visa look almost impossible.



9.00 pm Elektra, Shyamaprasad
malayalam - italian and english subt., 123', col., 35 mm, India, 2010
Inspired from the ancient Greek myth, Elektra is a psycho-sensual drama heavily charged with primal energy. A rueful journey into the bruised familial bonds of an aristocratic household in Central Kerala, the film explores the texture of desire and loss.

tuesday 6

5.30 pm Videokaaran, Kavalmaniyam Jagannathan
hindi and tamil - italian and english subt., 73', col., dvd, India, 2010
A documentary on the very complex cinema-fan relationship in India. It is about people, who while living on the edge in their day to day existence, find a bond with moving images, words and stories. They consume cinema differently and also edit out films according to audience tastes.

7.00 pm Next Year in Bombay, Jonas Pariente and Mathias Mangim
english and marathi - italian and english subt., 55', col., minidv, France, 2010
Sharon and Sharona are the last two educators of the Jewish community Bene Israel settled in India two thousand years ago. They have to decide to stay in India and be Jewish or fly to Israel in order to provide their children a better Jewish life.


9.00 pm Snow, Rohan Fernando
english and tamil - italian and english subt., 90', col., blue ray, Canada, 2011
After having lost her entire family in the Asian tsunami, Parvati, leaves her small village in Sri Lanka and immigrates to Canada, into a family of distant relatives. She begins working in a hotel as a chambermaid where she meets a host of people who will have life-changing effects on her.

wednesday 7

6.30 pm Short Films 2, 54'
Esha, Reza Dahya
english - italian subt., 14', col., digibeta, Canada, 2011
How to lie to You Wife, Shankey Srinivasan
english - italian subt., 6', col., dv, Usa, 2011
Prakata Het Yad, Milind Dhaimade
gibberish, 20', col., digibeta, India, 2011
The Return Address, Abi Varghese
english - italian subt., 14', col., digibeta, Usa, 2010
How much we accept to lie in our lives? The two protagonists of Esha do it to have a Western name, a man in order to hide an afternoon affair to his wife, a whole family to seem free spirited and unconventional and the young assistant of a photographer to play cupid.
After the screenings, Q&A with the director Milind Dhaimade.

7.30 pm La table aux chiens, Cédric Martinelli and Julien Touati
no dialogues, 40', col., digibeta, France-India, 2010
The hard training to become a kathakhali dancer is narrated without a word, but with images as much powerful and effective. The effort and the hard work the boys have to deal with reveal what is hidden behind those brilliant and colourful performances.


9.00 pm Gandu (Asshole), Q
bengali - italian and english subt., 86', col. & b/n, hdcam, India, 2010
Gandu is twenty year old. He hates his life and his mother, and raps out the hate, anger, dirt and filth of his existence. He and his rikshawpuller friend enter a psychedelic world filled with violence, drugs and pornography. Reality, fiction, dreams and hallucination all blend together to create a film to experience more than to understand.
After the screening, Q&A with the director Q.

thursday 8

11.30 am - Winner of the 2010 River to River Audience Award
I am, Onir
hindi - italian and english subt., 110', col., hdcam, India, 2010
In an insensitive, unfriendly world, individual identity is often trampled over. Four different stories. Four poignant, moving stories.




2.30 pm Teen Kanya (Three Daughters), Satyajit Ray
bengali - italian and english subt., 168', b/n, digibeta, India, 1961
Satyajit Ray adapted three short stories (The Postmaster, Monihara, and Samapti) by Tagore as a tribute to the author in his birth centenary in 1961. Female characters are in focus and the director beautifully portrays their lives and emotions.


5.30 pm Arranged Happiness, Daniela Dar-Creutz
english and kashmiri - italian and english subt., 90', col. & b/n, digibeta, India-Germany-Usa, 2010
The documentary follows all the passages that a whole Indian family has to face for the wedding of one of the daughters: from the choice of the husband to the ceremony itself. The thing the parents still don't know is that the director, their guest, is in a relationship with their only son.
After the screening, Q&A with the director Daniela Dar-Creutz.

7.30 pm Animation films
Anifest India 2011, no dialogues, 40', col., dvd, India, 2011
The most interesting works of AnifestIndia 2011, in collaboration with The Animation Society of India.

8.30 pm River to River Bitebay Audience Award and screening of the winners of the Advantge India Competition.

9.00 pm Closing Film
Dhobi Ghat, Kiran Rao
hindi and english - italian and english subt., 95', col., 35 mm, India, 2010
The movie, starring actor-producer Aamir Khan, is about the intertwining relationships of four people and explore the city of Mumbai through their individual perspectives. In her directorial debut, Kiran Rao offers an emotional experience of a city, mixing both personal and universal themes.

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