Film Festival

Friday, 6th October

Saturday, 7th October

Smiles of a Summer Night
(Sommarnattens Leende; Sweden)
(108 min; 1955; b/w; English sub-titles)
   Director: Ingmar Bergman

Recipient of Bodil for Best European Film, Bodil Awards 1957; Award for Best Poetic Humour, Cannes Film Festival

Scenes from a Marriage
(Scener ur ett äkentenskap; Sweden)
(167 min; 1973; English sub-titles)
Director: Ingmar Bergman

Recipient of David for Best Foreign Actress, David di Donatello Awards 1973; Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globes 1975; NSFC Awards for Best Actress, Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 1975; and NYFCC Award for Best Actress and Best Screenplay, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1974

Saturday, 7th October

Saturday, 7th October

Autumn Sonata
(Höstsonaten; France/Sweden)
(99 min; 1978; dvd; English sub-titles)
Director: Ingmar Bergman

Multi-award winner including Bodil for Best European Film, Bodil Awards 1979; David for Best Foreign Actress, David di Donatello Awards 1979; Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globes 1979; and NYFCC Award for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1978

Tokyo Story
(Tokyo Monogatari; Japan)
(136 min; 1953; 35 mm; b/w; English sub-titles)
Director: Yasujiro Ozu

Winner of Mainichi Film Concours for Best Supporting Actress 1954

Sunday, 8th October

Sunday, 8th October

Equinox Flower
(Higanbana; Japan)
(118 min; 1958; 16 mm; English subtitles)
Director: Yasujiro Ozu

Recipient of the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress, Blue Ribbon Awards 1959; Mainichi Film Concours for Best Sound Recording, Mainichi Film Concours 1959

Late Autumn
(Akibiyori; Japan)
(128 min; 1960; 16 mm; English sub-titles)
Director: Yasujiro Ozu

Winner of the Award for Best Cinematography; Best Film and Best Supporting Actor, Asia-Pacific Film Festival 1961

Sunday, 8th October

Monday, 9th October

The Young and the Passionate
(I Vitelloni; Italy)
(101 min; 1953; dvd; b/w; English sub-titles)
 Director: Federico Fellini

Recipient of Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival 1953; Silver Ribbon for Best Direction; Best Producer; and Best Supporting Actor, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1954

Night’s of Cabiria
(Le Notti di Cabiria; Italy)
(110 min; 1957; dvd; b/w; English sub-titles)
Director: Federico Fellini

Multi-award winner including Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards 1958; Best Actress Award & OCIC Award, Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival 1957; David for Best Production, David di Donatello Awards 1957; Silver Ribbon for Best Actress, Best Director, Best Producer, Best Supporting Actress, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1958

Monday, 9th October

The Road
(La Strada; Italy)
(98 min; 1954; dvd; b/w; English sub-titles)
Director: Federico Fellini

Multi-award winner including Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards 1954; Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival 1954; NYFCC Award for Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1956; Silver Ribbon for Best Director and Best Producer, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1955

Manthan
(The Churning; India)
(134 min; 1976; 35 mm; English sub-titles)
Director: Shyam Benegal

Recipient of the Award for Best Hindi Film of the Year and Best Screenplay, National Film Awards 1977; and Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer-Female, Filmfare Awards 1978

Tuesday, 10th October

Meet the Film Director

Shri Shyam Benegal in conversation with Ms Shohini Ghosh.

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Bhumika
(The Role; India)
(142 min; 1977; 35 mm; English sub-titles)
Director: Shyam Benegal
                       
Recipient of the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Actress and Best Screenplay, National Film Awards 1978; and Filmfare Award for Best Film, Filmfare Awards 1977

Tuesday, 10th October

Tuesday, 10th October

Junoon
(The Obsession; India)
(141 min; 1978; dvd; English sub-titles)
Director: Shyam Benegal

Recipient of the award for Best Hindi Film, Best Sound & Best Photography, National Film Awards 1979; and Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress, Filmfare Awards 1979

The Children of Heaven
(Bacheha – E – Aseman; Iran)
(89 min; 1997; dvd; English sub-titles)
  Director: Majid Majidi

Multi-award winner including Crystal Simorgh for Best Film, Fajr Film Festival 1997; FIPRESCI Prize – Special Distinction, Grand Prix des Amériques, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury; and Public Prize, Montreal World Film Festival 1997; Lucas – Children’s Section, Lucas International Festival of Films for Children and Young People 1997          

Tuesday, 10th October

Wednesday, 11th October

The Colour of Paradise
(Rang – e Khoda; Iran)
(90 min; 1999; dvd; English sub-titles)
Director: Majid Majidi

Multi-award winner including Best Actor and Lino Brocka Award, Cinemanila International Film Festival 2000; Grand Prix des Amériques, Montreal World Film Festival 1999; SDFCS Award for Best Foreign Language Film, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2000

Baran
(Iran)
(94 min; 2001; dvd; English sub-titles)
  Director: Majid Majidi

Multi-award winner including Crystal Simorgh for Best Film; and International Competition – Best Director, Fajr Film Festival 2001; Best Director and Best Screenplay, Gijon International Film Festival 2001; Grand Prix des Amériques; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention, Montreal World Film Festival 2001

Wednesday, 11th October

Wednesday, 11th October

Merry-Go-Round
(Körhinta; Hungary)
(90 min; 1956; 35 mm; b/w; English sub-titles)
Director: Zoltán Fábri                
                       
Winner of the `Budapest Twelve’ Award 1968

Hungarians
(Magyarok; Hungary)
(107 min; 1978; 35 mm; English sub-titles)
Director: Zoltán Fábri

Winner of the Golden Peacock, International Film Festival of India, New Delhi 1979; and Grand Prix at Salamanca 1980

Wednesday, 11th October

Thursday, 12th October

Requiem
(Hungary)
(103 min; 1981; 35 mm; English sub-titles)
Director: Zoltán Fábri
                       
Recipient of the Silver Bear for Outstanding Individual Performance, Berlin International Film Festival 1982

Central Station
(Central do Brasil; Brazil)
(113 min; 1998; dvd; English sub-titles)
Director: Walter Salles

Recipient of BAFTA Film Award for Best Film not in an English Language, BAFTA Awards 1999; Golden Berlin Bear for Best Direction; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress, Berlin International Film Festival 1998; Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globes 1999; Audience Award & Youth Jury Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival 1998

Thursday, 12th October

Thursday, 12th October

Behind the Sun
(Abril Despedaçado; Brazil)
(105 min; 2001;dvd;  English sub-titles)
Director: Walter Salles

Recipient of Little Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2002; Best Director and House of the Americas Award, Havana Film Festival 2002

The Motorcycle Diaries
(Diarios de Motocicleta)
(128 min; 2004; dvd; b/w & colour; English sub-titles)
Director: Walter Salles

Multi-award winner including Oscar for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song, Academy Awards 2005; Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music and BAFTA Film Award for Best Film not in an English Language, BAFTA Awards 2005; François Chalais Award; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Technical Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival 2004; ALFS Award for Foreign Language Film of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards 2005