Screenings in either UDC auditorium (seats 600) with full-feature screen and quality projection, in the adjacent Little Theater (seats 100) or Building 41/A03  (seats 120).
Film Festival Schedule
   
Friday,
September 7
UDC Auditorium, Bldg. 46
7:00 - 7:45pm
Reception
 
8:00 - 10:40pm
DC Feature Film:
Sankofa

Sankofa (USA/1993, 125 mins.), Haile Gerima. in association with the Ethiopian Millennium in Washington DC. Producer and cast members attending

 
 
8:00 - 9:30pm
Punching at the Sun
Punching at the Sun
(USA/2006/ 90 mins.) Little Theater
   
Saturday,
September 8
UDC Auditorium, Bldg. 46
2:00 - 4:30pm

Spotlight on DC Filmmakers:

She She She She’s A Bombshell
(USA/2005/8 mins.),

The Rebel
(USA/2006/20 mins.),

The Quest of the Spectacular
(USA/2005/32 mins.),
In the Quest of the Spectacular
The Way I See It (USA/2005/20 mins.);
An Impression: Dischord Records
(USA/15 mins.)
All directors attending

 
4:00 - 6:30pm

Indian Documentaries:

India Untouched

(India/2007/110mins.),Stalin K.  
With invited speakers and Q&A session.

 
6:00 - 8:00pm

Emerging Indian and Indian Diaspora Filmmakers:

Off Duty
Off Duty
(USA/2007/70 mins.), Vijay Mathew.  
Director and star attending

   
8:15 - 11:00pm
Rang de Basanti (India/2006/157 mins.)
   
 
Little Theater
2:00 - 4:00pm

Indian Documentaries:

Aamkarr: The Turtle People
(India/2003/75 mins.)
presented by The Asia Society,
with Q&A.

 
4:00 - 6:00pm

Indian Documentaries:

Arranging Love

(Aust/2006/30 mins),

Tales From the Margins

(India/2006/24 mins.),

Video Game

(India/2005/30 mins.),
Scrum in the Mud

(USA/2005/3 mins.)

   
6:00 - 8:15pm

Emerging Indian and Indian Diaspora Filmmakers: Indian Shorts

Monsoon

(USA/2006, 30 mins.),

The Naming Ceremony
(India/2007/15 mins.),
Kaash

(India/ 2006/18 mins.),
Holly-Bolly
(UK/2004/12 mins.),
Where is there room?

(UK/2004/12 mins.),

8:30 - 11:00pm

Indian Feature Film:

 Sati
Aparna Sen (India/1989/140 mins.)

   
Sunday, September 9: Family Day

UDC Auditorium, Bldg. 46, and Amphitheater

1:00 - 6:00pm

Family Day Activities: FREE

Dance (Auditorium),
Dance Workshops (Amphitheater)
Film Screenings (Little Theater)
Crafts and Craft workshops (outside booths)
Food and Arts Vendors

   
Indian Feature Films
UDC Auditorium, Bldg. 46
6:30 - 8:00pm

Little Box of Sweets

(UK/2006/90 mins.)

   
8:00 - 10:45pm Kandukonden, Kandukonden (I Have Found It), Rajiv Menon

(India/2000/150 mins.)
.
   
Indian Feature Films
Little Theater
1:00 - 3:00pm Teen Kanya1 & 3


(India/1961/ 2hrs.)  Satyajit Ray
3:00 - 4:30pm

Heda Hoda, Children’s Film

(India/2004/83 mins.)

5:00 - 7:00pm

36 Chowrenghee Lane

(India/1981/122 mins.)

Aparna Sen

8:00 - 10:30pm Titli,
Titlti

(India/2002/146 mins.) Rituparno Ghosh
   
Monday,
September 10
9:30 - noon

DC/Delhi Videoconference: High School Debate, Water is the New Gold,” DC Public School, Luke Moore Academy"
FREE: Limited Seating, RSVP tocolin2e@dcdebate.org

2:30 - 6:00pm

Film Screening:

Running Dry
(USA/2005/55 mins.). The film focuses on the problems being caused as a result of dwindling global water supplies.
UDC, Building 41/A-03
Interactive  Panel on Urban Water Issues: 3:30-6:00 pm What can we learn from Delhi? 
UDC –Building 41/A-03
FREE: Limited Seating, RSVP to colin2e@dcdebate.org

7:00 - 9:30pm

Film Screening

SheWrite

(India/2005/55mins.);


Building Bridges (USA/2006/14 mins.)
Hosted by UDC writer in residence, Marita Golden. Directors attending.
UDC, Building 41/A-03

7:00 - 9:30pm

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

(India/2002/126 mins.)

Aparna Sen
UDC Auditorium, Building 46

   
Tuesday,
September 11
UDC Auditorium, Bldg. 46
5:30 - 8:00pm The Making of the Mahatma

(India/1996/145 mins.) Shyam Benegal
8:00 - 10:30pm Herbert

(India/2006)
Suman Mukhopadhyay,

Q&A with director and executive producer.
   
Wednesday,
September 12
UDC Auditorium, Bldg. 46
4:30 - 6:30pm

Academic Panel: Gandhi (2007) – Relevance and Popularity in association with The Gandhi Memorial Center, Washington DC.
Includes Gandhi at the Bat (2006/ 11 mins.), To Remember (8 mins.),
Speakers: Carrie Trybulic (Gandhi Memorial Center), Dr. Bobby Austin (University of the District of Columbia), Dr. Anustup Basu, University of Illinois. FREE: Please RSVP to: govaffairs@udc.edu

6:30 - 7:30pm Reception
7:30 - 10:00pm Hasina
Hasina
(India/2004/18 mins.) Girish Kasaravelli
   
Friday,
September 14

Maison Française, French Embassy

7:00 - 9:00pm

L’Intouchable

(France/2006/80 mins.), Benoît Jacquot.

Contact: Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, by email please at devans-pritchard@udc.edu
DC Arts & Hummanities