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Monday - Thursday, May 8 - 11, 6.00pm 8.00pm, Open Space
Open Space in collaboration with the Portuguese Cultural Centre Delhi invites you to a 4 day film festival of Portuguese feature films. The films cover a range of themes from political exile, Portugal's rich medieval history, journeys to the enchanted city of Coimbra, to an exploration of the state of complete loss and human breakdown.
Word and Utopia, Monday, May 8, 6.00pm 8.00pm
Palavra e Utopia 2000 (Dir: Manoel de Oliveira)
Who Are You?, Tuesday, May 9, 6.00pm 8.00pm
Quem És Tu? 2001 (Dir: João Botelho)
Rending, Wednesday, May 10, 6.00pm 8.00pm
Rasganço 2001 (Dir: Raquel Freire)
I Am Going Home, Thursday, May 11, 6.00pm 8.00pm
Vou para Casa 2001 (Dir: Manoel de Oliveira)
For detailed synopses click: Detailed film synopses
Entry free on a first come first served basis only.
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Thursday, May 11, 2.00pm 4.00pm, at Open Space
The Open Space theatre reading and discussion group focused on modern Indian drama meets on May 4 & 11 to read and discuss Girish Karnad's play Nagamandala. The 2 hours for the meet are divided into an hour each for reading and commentary.
The group meets on 3 consecutive Thursdays every month and the meetings are open to all. |
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BOOK TASTING |
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Friday, May 12, 6.00pm 8.00pm, Open Space
& Friday, May 25, 6.00pm 8.00pm, Open Space
Open Space invites readers to its monthly Book Tasting to read, exchange and discuss books that have touched them, changed them, validated or helped crystalise their thoughts. The books brought to the evening can range from fiction to non-fiction, children's books, poetry etc.
Book Tasting is like a wine-tasting. Unlike a book club, it gives people a chance to get a taste of what a book is about by listening to an extract from it. In one evening, readers would be introduced to about 8 different books, whetting their appetite for more.
Each participant who brings along a book makes a brief introduction to the book and its context, and then reads out a few passages that best illustrate the book's qualities and why it has touched him/her.
Each reading will be followed by a short interaction.
Book Tastings are held once a month and are open to all. The sessions will be moderated by well-known columnist Gauri Dange.
Books tasted at the last meet include: Anton Chekov's short story titled, A work of art, A long way down , a novel by Nick Hornby, To Judge Faolain, dead long enough: a summons by Linda McCarriston from Language of a life , Genius , a Penguin collection of short stories by Frank O' Conner and Talk to my hand by Lynne Truss
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PRESENTATION |
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Monday, May 22, 6.00pm 8.00pm, Open Space
Open Space in collaboration with the Tathapi Trust, Pune, invites you to a presentation titled, Towards Equality: Working with Men on Issues of Masculinities, Sexuality and Violence against Women' by Anand Pawar of Tathapi Trust. The presentation is based on the recently launched pilot project by Tathapi Trust which aims to undertake and assess the effectiveness of various community-based interventions to work with men, youth and women on the issues of masculinities, sexuality and violence against women. The Trust intends to develop community based interventions and strategies to work with men (15-35 years) on these issues while seeking to develop an approach to engage men more creatively and positively with their personal and emotional lives by creating spaces for men to re-formulate relationships towards those based on gender equality, healthier lifestyles and expressions of sexuality.
The presentation will be followed by a discussion.
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FILM |
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Friday, May 26, 6.00pm - 8.00pm, Open Space
Open Space invites you to a screening of the documentary film, titled, The Story of a Municipality' (Dir: Swati Dandekar)
Duration: 41 mins, Kannada with English subtitles Produced by Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS), Bangalore
The film located in Karwar, gives a view of the working of its City Municipal Council (CMC) from within, at a time of crisis. It examines operational governance issues such as access to information, relationships within the CMC as well as those with the State, revenue generation, and the ability to engage with the complex processes of creating and maintaining public infrastructure.
CBPS has been studying urban local self governance for some years. The film is an attempt to examine the disparities between what is envisioned as decentralised governance and what is actually practiced.
The screening will be followed by a discussion.
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