from 16 al 18 June, the Casa del Cinema in Rome, It will host the first edition of INDIA FILM FEST: 3 days of cinema, free admission, with about 30 hours of projections, to offer a look on India, told through film recently unpublished production in Italy, documentaries and classics of Indian cinema.
An interesting overview on cinema and Indian culture: da Bollywood, with its colors and its rousing music, to the increasingly mature contemporary look in terms of narrative and stylistic. India Film Fest is also an opportunity to know even more, the Indian film market and its great opportunities.
At the same time the projections, in the Open Air Theater in front of the Bar of the House of Cinema every afternoon you can follow Kundalini Yoga classes, as taught by Yogi Bhajan Indian master. The yoga room will be open from 17 all 21 the 16 e 17 June, and from 17 all 19 the last day.
Teachers of the Holistic Center Acrsd Victory propose sequences, exercises and meditations for those who like to approach easily to this noble discipline. The requested contribution is € 10 one-off for all lessons. Mantra, asanas (positions of the body) e Mudra (hand positions) invade with their ancient wisdom of the House of Cinema, bringing art and culture of Western wisdom and depth of India.
India Film Fest is an event that represents a set of Indian culture and cinema, not only Bollywood, for an audience that wants to be taken by the hand and accompanied on this "journey" in the fascinating Indian subcontinent.
India Film Fest joins the festival circuit Indies Space sponsored by CNA and Audiovisual Industry.
Thursday 16 June at 16:00 will open the festival the film "Travel to India " who will lead the audience to discover the Indian subcontinent, charming, colorful and intense, even with its contradictions.
The film will officially open the event at 18:30 It is the spectacular action film "Bang Bang”, absolute preview, invitations, introduced by the Italian distributor Angelo Bassi (Mediterranean Production), starring two famous Bollywood actors: Hrithik Roshan e Katrina Kaif (at 21:30 the same film will be replicated with free admission for the public).
Friday 17, The day will also be dedicated to one of the largest film markets in the world with the focus “Culture, cinema and audiovisual market in India and Asia ". At 11.00 Volonte in room, Speakers manufacturer, experts of the Indian market, Chinese, International authors and representatives of the institutions.
Also on Friday at 15:00 a classic of Indian cinema “Monsoon Wedding"The filmmaker Mira Nair, Golden Lion for Best Film at the 58th Venice Film Festival in Venice.
Following, at 15:30 in sala Kodak, the first film dedicated to "Finding Happiness Yoga - Experience Happiness" with the presentation of his Italian producer Marco Bessi.
Then, at 17:45, he film "Lunchbox”, presented the Week
International Critics at Cannes Film Festival 2013 winning the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award and then at the Toronto International Film Festival.
A woman who fights against social injustice will star in the film "Gulaab Gang" to be presented, at 18:00 in sala Kodak, the Indian producer Anubhav Sinha.
At 19:30, the Italo Spinelli director will introduce "Gangor", presented at the Rome Film Festival, winner of a silver ribbon, protest film on the status of women in India.
In Kodak room at 21:00 It will screen the documentary "Visitindia", introduced by the director Patrizia Santangeli, an insight into the Indian Sikh community Sabaudia.
The "Tezz" film, Hindi action thriller that proves now how strong the film in Mumbai, will close the projections of the day at 21:30.
Saturday 18 at 15:00 screening of the documentary "Bollywood – The greatest love story ever told”, presented at the Cannes Film Festival, films in Hindi language products in Mumbai, real "treat" for fans of the genre "Bollywood".
Following, the "focus" on the Indian director Deepa Mehta with two projections, all 17:00 the film "Water - Me Love", last of the trilogy of the elements after "Fire" and "Earth", premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and Oscar nominee for best foreign film, and at 21:30 "Midnight's Children" based on the novel of the famous Indian writer Salman Rushdie, who also participated in the script of the film, that will close the day and the event.
Following, at 18:00 The Indo-Italian production film "Nirakazhcha - The Road of Colors", experiment in film tourism to promote tourism and culture of both countries, in particular the Indian state of Kerala and Italy, which will be introduced by the actor starring Vincent Bocciarelli.
At 19:40 It will be screened on the second film dedicated to yoga, the docu-film "Yogananda - The Path of Happiness", on the life and message of Swami Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 – 1952), spokesman for the yogic tradition in the West and author of the bestselling book Autobiography of a Yogi; the film will be introduced by representatives of the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), the international organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda.
More info on the website www.indiafilmfest.it