Films

PERSISTENCE RESISTANCE

‘The festival is an ode to the persistent vision of films, closely guarded by an ever-changing relationship between the film and the viewer. It’s an effort to engage with aesthetics and politics of the documentary form and explore art of filmmaking.’

PERSISTENCE Resistance 2009, a festival of contemporary political films, is being organised by the Magic Lantern Foundation and India International Centre. In its second edition, the festival focuses especially on South Asia by bringing films and directors to explore together the simultaneous nature of the composite and the fragmented cultures of the subcontinent. Films will be screened in auditoriums, outdoors, in simulated video parlours, at a multi-hub video library, and as installations. Entire bodies of work of a few filmmakers will be available for chronological viewing. The festival will be held at the India International Centre from April 17 to 19.