Upcoming Screenings
Land Gold Women (2009)
Director: Avantika Hari
Running time: 103 mins
Awards: India's National Award, Purple Orchid Award, Royal Reel Award.
Primary Lang: English
Secondary Language: Urdu
Subtitles: English
Countries of Production/Filming: UK
Summary: A man can justify an act of murder if he is protecting any of three things, the saying goes: land, gold, and women (zan, zar, zameen in Urdu).
Set in modern Birmingham, Land Gold Women revolves
Set in modern Birmingham, Land Gold Women revolves around a small British Asian family caught between their traditional past and the tumultuous, faction-driven present. Nazir Ali Khan, a soft-spoken, 45-year-old professor of History at a University in Birmingham, emigrated from India in the 1980s. He made Birmingham his home with his conservative wife Rizwana and their two children, Saira, 17 and Asif, 14. He indulges their interests in all things English and Western but now finds himself increasingly
nostalgic about his roots.
With the threat of an illicit relationship looming over his head and the prospect of getting cut off from the rest of his family, Nazir finds himself at the brink of a terrible decision to make: Should he save face? Or save his daughter?
Cast:
Narinder Samra
Neelam Parmar
Chris Villiers
Hassani Shapi
Terry Pearson
Laila Vakil
Previous Screenings
22/11/2013
Where the Heart is (2012)
Director: Rohan Sabharwal
Running time: 50 mins
Awards: Premiere
Primary Lang: English
Subtitles: English
Countries of Production/Filming: India/Israel
Summary: Indian filmmaker, Rohan Sabharwal, has embarked on a fascinating journey to document the last days of the microscopic Jewish Community in Kerala, India. With only 9 surviving members living in 'Jew Town' and 37 in the rest of Kerala.
23/11/2013
The Last Waltz (1978)
Director: Martin Scorcese
Running time: 117 mins
Awards: KCFCC (Won Best Documentary)
Primary Lang: English
Subtitles: None
Countries of Production/Filming: USA
Summary: Thanksgiving, 1976, San Francisco's Winterland: the Band performs its last concert after 16 years on the road. Scorsese's camera explores the interactions onstage in the making of music.
24/11/2013
Festen (1998)
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Running time: 105 mins
Awards: Festival de Cannes (Jury Prize)
Primary Lang: Danish
Other Languages: German English
Subtitles: English
Countries of Production/Filming: Denmark
Summary: The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they?