Swiss films screening at the European Film Festival

Swiss-Indian film maker Kamal Musale’s short films Three Soldiers (1989) and Raclette Curry (2000) to be screened at the Taj Enlighten Film Society’s European Film Festival in Mumbai. [dated May 2011]

Mumbai is to witness its 1st European Film Festival, curated by Taj Enlighten Film Society brought to you by Brooke Bond Taj Mahal and supported by the Consulate General of Switzerland in Mumbai. This festival attempts to relocate the myth-like status of European cinema

The Swiss film package has as its backbone, a retrospective of the Swiss master, Daniel Schmid who was also a colleague of the legendary German film maker Rainer Fassbinder. The contemporary curations include films that view Switzerland as the ‘other’ within the discourse of the European ‘self.’ According to Mr. Werner Nievergelt, Consul General of Switzerland in Mumbai, “The Swiss film package will consist of important Swiss films, emphasizing their strong documentary aesthetic.”

Swiss-Indian film maker Kamal Musale’s short films Three Soldiers (1989) and Raclette Curry (2000) to be screened at the Taj Enlighten Film Society’s European Film Festival at NCPA, Mumbai.

Included is a workshop by the significant Swiss-Indian film maker Kamal Musale at the World College-School of Media Studies, emphasizing the importance of documentary film practice even in conventional, narrative cinema and the importance of filming over script construction.

The festival is presented by Brooke Bond Taj Mahal, Consulate General of Switzerland in Mumbai and Swiss Indian Film Bridge.

For film screening schedule click here. For further information on screening contact Enlighten Film Society at 022 - 42141414

‘Recollections’, an exhibition by Srishti Rana Menon

Indian textile artist and designer, Srishti Rana Menon, currently on a residency in Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts will exhibit her work at the Department of Textile Design. [dated May 2011]

Indian textile artist and designer, Srishti Rana Menon, currently on a residency in Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts will exhibit her work at the Department of Textile Design at the University.

The Department of Textile Design at the Lucerne School of Art and Design invites you to an exhibition
by Srishti Ran Menon 
Textile Works: 'Recollections'
at 12 noon, on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Sentimatt 1, 3rd Floor, Textil Design Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

The exhibition can be viewed from 9 - 15 June 2011.

'Recollections' is an exhibition of work by Textile Artist and Designer, Srishti Rana Menon. This exhibition showcases personal memories of people in the artist's life. She uses old family photographs, antique and found textiles, and techniques like screen and digital printing, hand embroidery, stitching, pleating, applique to create the textures of these one-off portrait pieces.