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Iranian film
This Sunday (January 6), Konangal Film Society will screen the Iranian film Wind Will Carry Us by Abbas Kiarostami.
A busy video producer/engineer Behzad from Tehran is sent to a remote Iranian village to capture an obscure burial ceremony.
But the ‘subject’ of his film, Mrs. Malek, is ill, not dead, forcing the man and his production crew to slow down, linger in the village, and mingle with the local families. Along the way, the engineer encounters a radically different lifestyle than his own, with different priorities. In doing so, his perspective on the natural world is changed.
Many major characters in the film, including Mrs. Malek, Youssef, and all three members of Behzad’s crew are never seen. Most of the sequences unfold in semi-darkness.
Abbas Kiarostami has written and directed 41 movies since the early 1970s.
Born in Tehran in 1940, Kiarostami worked as a commercial artist and children’s book illustrator until he was invited to lead the department of cinema at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults. Probably why many of his projects feature children.
The film, made in 1999, has a run time of 113 minutes, and is in Persian with English sub-titles. The screening will start at 5.45 p.m. at Ashwin Hospital Auditorium, Ganapathy. For details, call 94430-39630.
Painting workshop
Kasthuri Sreenivasan Trust will organise the Barbara Sreenivasan Memorial Painting Workshop from January 12 to 16 on its premises on Avanashi Road. Two renowned artists from Kumbakonam will demonstrate and guide students in painting with oil and water colours, and making clay models and paper craft. Students from colleges, those in Classes VIII to XII, and those aged 18 and above, can participate. A maximum of four students from a school or college are permitted, and will be admitted only through their respective education institutions.
The workshop is conducted free of cost. All the participants will be awarded merit and participation certificates on the conclusion of the workshop.
The total number of participants in restricted to 120. Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. For schools and colleges, the last date for registration is January 9. The other participants should register in person on January 10. For details, contact 0422-2574110.
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