Saturday, May 26, 2012, 9.00 pm, Theatre 2, Tribeca Cinemas.
Delhi in a Day Directed by Prashant Nair
India 2011. 1 hr 28 mins. Hindi, English (with English subtitles)
Cast: Lillete Dubey, Lee Williams, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Victor Banerjee, Anjali Patil
When the money of an idealistic British traveler disappears in a nouveau-riche South Delhihome, the staff of the household are given twenty-four hours to replace it or face the consequences.
Prashant Nair was born in Chandigarh, India to diplomat parents and spent his childhood attending international schools in Sudan, Switzerland, Zambia, Syria, Austria before attending university in the US and majoring in engineering. After a twelve-year career that saw him create and run Paris-based social media consultancy Avedya, Prashant turned to his childhood passion: films. After a series of intensive courses, he made his first short film, "Max & Helena" which was an official selection at 30+ international film festivals and garnered numerous awards and nominations. His first feature film "Delhi In A Day" has been on the festival circuit for the last 6 months and will release theatrically in India on July 15th, 2012. His second feature film "Umrika" was just selected for the Sundance Screenwriter's Lab 2012. A French citizen, he currently lives between Berlin, Prague and Mumbai.
With
Bombay Snow by Chinmay Directed by: Chinmay Dalvi
Cast: Ajay Ambekar, Rajkumar Tangade, Amruta Mapuskar, Chandrakant Dadekar
India. 2011. 5 minutes. Marathi
Tanaji, 9 comes to Mumbai from his remote village in Central Maharashtra to visit his father, Atmaram, a labourer who lives in the red light district of the city. Through an episode where Tanaji interacts with a prostitute he understands and deciphers the estranged relationship of his parents in his own simplistic way. 'Bombay Snow' is a comment on the outward glitz and glow of a city that struggles within to define its morality. Chinmay Dalvi , born & brought up in Mumbai, was drawn to the art of narrative storytelling , some times in his teens. Currently he is pursuing his B. E. in Instrumentation engineering. He wants to explore the social reality around him through the camera as a director.
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Dilli Dreams by Etienne Sievers Directed by: Etienne Sievers
Cast: Ram Bihari, Mohammed Faizal
2012. 9 minutes. Hindi (with English subtitles)
An aging man working as a mazdoor (laborer) in the crowded bazaars of urban Old Delhi remembers his childhood in the countryside and the incidents there that changed his life.
Born in Berlin in 1987, Etienne Sievers grew up in India, Germany and Portugal. After deliberations about becoming a professional jazz musician, he chose to channel his passions into film. He graduated from university in Berlin with a degree in film studies. In 2013 he will have completed his MA in film making in the UK. He has briefly worked for a primetime television series in Germany and made corporate films in India. He is currently working on several fiction short films about the people of Delhi and is researching for his first feature film about a German adventurer in Africa.
Prashant Nair was born in Chandigarh, India to diplomat parents and spent his childhood attending international schools in Sudan, Switzerland, Zambia, Syria, Austria before attending university in the US and majoring in engineering. After a twelve-year career that saw him create and run Paris-based social media consultancy Avedya, Prashant turned to his childhood passion: films. After a series of intensive courses, he made his first short film, "Max & Helena" which was an official selection at 30+ international film festivals and garnered numerous awards and nominations. His first feature film "Delhi In A Day" has been on the festival circuit for the last 6 months and will release theatrically in India on July 15th, 2012. His second feature film "Umrika" was just selected for the Sundance Screenwriter's Lab 2012. A French citizen, he currently lives between Berlin, Prague and Mumbai. 
Born in Berlin in 1987, Etienne Sievers grew up in India, Germany and Portugal. After deliberations about becoming a professional jazz musician, he chose to channel his passions into film. He graduated from university in Berlin with a degree in film studies. In 2013 he will have completed his MA in film making in the UK. He has briefly worked for a primetime television series in Germany and made corporate films in India. He is currently working on several fiction short films about the people of Delhi and is researching for his first feature film about a German adventurer in Africa.