General Notices

T&T-Indian Cine-Club Film Series

Posted Monday, April 13, 2015


The "T&T-Indian Cine-Club", a collaboration between the Film Programme at The University of the West Indies, The High Commission of India, and The Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation, will be launched on Monday, January 19, 2015 at 5.30pm followed by a screening of the Hindi blockbuster film, ‘Om Shanti Om’ (Farah Khan, 2007). The event will be held in the Studio in the Film Programme building at #12 Carmody Road, St. Augustine.

The T&T-Indian Cine-Club will screen films in Hindi and other Indian languages (with English subtitles) twice a month. The screening schedule is attached below, and includes popular and art cinema classics. Come and experience a variety of films from one of the oldest and the most prolific film industries of the world.

All screenings start at 6.30pm (except the first one on January 19) and are free and open to the public.

The films will be screened in the Studio in the Film Programme building at #12 Carmody Road, St. Augustine. The films will be introduced by film experts, including faculty from the UWI Film Programme. 

 

All queries regarding the series should be sent to Dr. Usha Iyer, usha.iyer@sta.uwi.edu

FILM SCREENING SCHEDULE:

Date

Name of the movie

19 Jan 2015 at 5.30 pm

Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007)

2 Feb 2015 at 6.30 pm

Pakeezah (“The Pure One,” Kamal Amrohi, (1972)

23 Feb 2015 at 6.30 pm

Shool (“Thorn,” E. Nivas, 1999)

2 Mar 2015 at  6.30 pm

Bhuvan Shome (Mrinal Sen, 1969)

16 Mar 2015 at 6.30 pm

Don (Chandra Barot, 1978)

13 Apr 2015 at 6.30 pm

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (“The Master, The Wife and the Slave,” Abrar Alvi, 1962)

27 Apr 2015 at 6.30 pm

Kannathil Muthamittal (“A Peck on the Cheek,” Mani Ratnam, 2002)