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News & Screenings

March 25th, 2024
Guest: Gautam Valluri at Art Cinema OFF off in Ghent, Belgium. Program organised by LUCA School of Arts.
Buried in Light
France/India 2016, 8 min, no dialogue, Digital
Midnight Orange
France/India 2019, 11 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Durbaar
France/India 2019, 9 min, no dialogue, 16mm
ul-Umra
France/India 2022, 8 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Night Scene Charminar
France/India 2018-2022, 3 min, no dialogue, Digital
The Noble Mansion
France 2018-2022, 7 min, no dialogue, Digital

September 29th, 2023
Three Films by Gautam Valluri at The Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center. Program organised by Chicago Film Society.
ul-Umra
France/India 2022, 8 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Durbaar
France/India 2019, 9 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Midnight Orange
France/India 2019, 11 min, no dialogue, 16mm

June 24th, 2023
Screening Salon n° 4 organised by Christian and Max in Berlin.
ul-Umra
Gautam Valluri, France/India 2022, 8 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Durbaar
Gautam Valluri, France/India 2019, 9 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Midnight Orange
Gautam Valluri, France/India 2019, 11 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Mnemosyne Mother of Muses
Larry Gottheim, USA, 1986, 16 min, english, 16mm
Sorry, Hear us
Larry Gottheim, USA, 1986, 8 min, english, 16mm

June 23rd, 2023
Perceptual Poetics curated by Arindam Sen as part of his Echoes from South Asia program at Sinema Transtopia in Berlin.
18(+2) Blinks of an Eye
Anuradha Chandra, India 2002, 23 min, no dialogue, 16mm
ul-Umra
Gautam Valluri, France/India 2022, 8 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Durbaar
Gautam Valluri, France/India 2019, 9 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Midnight Orange
Gautam Valluri, France/India 2019, 11 min, no dialogue, 16mm
Night Scene Charminar
Gautam Valluri, France/India 2018-2022, 3 min, no dialogue, DCP
Buried in Light
Gautam Valluri, France/India 2016, 8 min, no dialogue, DCP

June 1st-11th, 2023
ul-Umra plays as part of Umbrales selection at FICUNAM, Mexico city, Mexico.
03.06.2023, 16.30 : Cineteca Nacional
06.06.2023, 15.30 : Sala José Revueltas

May 18th, 2023
ul-Umra plays as part of Braquage program at Lumière Collective, Montréal.

April 19th-24th, 2023
ul-Umra wins a special jury prize!

ul-Umra plays as part of the 36th European Media Arts Festival in Osnabrück, Germany.
22.04.2023, 20.30 : Lagerhalle

April 12th-26th, 2023
ul-Umra plays as part of Jaclyn Quaresma's Beyond the Last Mirage, Your Absence program at Images Festival, Toronto, Canada.
22.04.2023, 06.30 : Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

April 6th-8th, 2023
Durbaar plays as part of Artifact Small Format Film Festival in Calgary, Canada
06.04.23, 19.00 : Artifact Small Format Film Festival, Calgary, Canada

November 9th-13th, 2022
Durbaar screens as part of Emami Art Experimental Film Festival in Kolkata, India.

October 13th-16th, 2022
ul-Umra premiers on 16mm as part of the Festival des cinémas différents et expérimentaux de paris by Collective Jeune Cinéma accompanied by a live score by Kalle Jurvanen.
14.10.22, 18.00 : Le Grand Action, Paris, France

July 14th-21st, 2022
Night Scene Charminar premiers in competition at the EXiS Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea.
16.07.22, 15.30 : EXiS Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea

March 18th-19th, 2021
Circles premiers 6 years after its making as part of Xcentic's "Mars on Earth I. As Without so within." program at the CCCB in Barcelona.
18.03.21, 19.00 : Xcèntric, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain (online screening)

October 7th-18th, 2020
Durbaar premiers on 16mm as part of the Festival des cinémas différents et expérimentaux de paris by Collective Jeune Cinéma.

August 17th-23rd, 2020
Buried in Light streams online as part of Glasgow Short Film Festival's program "Urban Palimpsests 2"
21.08.20, 19.30 : Urban Palimpsests 2, GSFF2020 online

July 3rd-10th, 2020
Durbaar streams online for one week as part of Stefano Miraglia's program "To Love and to Repel (Interiors/ Exteriors)" at the Istanbul Experimental screening room online.
https://istanbulexperimental.com/movies/durbaar/

June 30th, 2020
Midnight Orange screens as part of "Re-Presenting India" program online screening with Scarborough Museums Trust, UK.

April 2nd-4th, 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19
Durbaar screens as part of Artifact Small Format Festival in Calgary, Canada
TBA

March 13th-15th, 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19
Durbaar premiers at Light Field Film Festival, San Francisco, USA
14.03.20, 19.00 : The Lab, San Francisco, USA
Midnight Orange screens also.
13.03.20, 21.00 : The Lab, San Francisco, USA

February 20th, 2020
The Museum of Departures screens as part of Utopian Landscapes program at Plymouth Arts Cinema
20.02.20, 18.00 : Plymouth Arts Cinema, Plymouth, UK

December 6th-12th, 2019
Midnight Orange screens as part of International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum
09.12.19, 12.00 : New-2, International Film Festival of Kerala, Trivandrum, India

November 23rd-29th, 2019
Midnight Orange screens as part of 1666 festival in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
23.11.19, 20.00 : 1666 Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
29.11.19, 20.00 : 1666 Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

November 6th-12th, 2019
Midnight Orange screens as part of India Week in Hamburg
07.11.19, 19.00 : Metropolis Kino, Hamburg, Germany

September 22nd, 2019
Midnight Orange screens as part of Film Forum's L'Abominable program in Los Angeles
22.09.19, 19.30: Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, USA

September 18th, 2019
Midnight Orange screens as part of the L'Abominable program in Milwaukee
18.09.19, 20.00: Microlights Cinema, Milwaukee, USA

July 24th-31st, 2019
Midnight Orange screens at EXiS Festival in Seoul, South Korea
26.07.19, 15.00: Korean Film Archive, Seoul, South Korea

May 29th-June 1st, 2019
Midnight Orange screens as part of carte blanche program curated by Stefano Miraglia as part of S8 Mostra de Cinema Periférico in Spain.
01.06.19, 10.30: Sala de Prensa Afundación, S8 Mostra de Cinema Periférico, A Coruña, Spain
29.05.19, 21.00: Cineclube de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

April 27th, 2019
Midnight Orange, in competition at the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, Germany.
27.04.19, 16.00: Here and Hereafter, Lagerhalle, Osnabrück

April 26th, 2019
Midnight Orange, screens at Cinéma L'Étoile in Paris as part of the L'Abominable monthly cycle of projections.

February 11th-15th, 2019
Midnight Orange, in Atelier 105 residency at Lightcone, Paris. New scan, colour grade and DCP in the works.

January 23rd-February 3rd, 2019
Midnight Orange, premiers at International Film Festival, Rotterdam
26.01.19, 20.30: The Skin is the Film, Kino 4, Rotterdam
27.01.19, 12.45: The Skin is the Film, Kino 4, Rotterdam

September 19th-22nd, 2018
Buried in Light, plays as part of Festival DOBRA, Brazil.
21.09.18, 19.00: Cinemateca do Museu do Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro

May 24th-27th, 2018
Buried in Light, plays as part of Fracto Berlin.
25.05.18, 19.00: ACUD Kino, Berlin

November 28th-December 3rd, 2017
Buried in Light, plays as part of the International Competition at Experimenta India.
30.11.17, 14.15: International Competition 2, Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan

November 27th, 2017
The Museum of Departures, featured on the Moving Image Catalogue, online.

November 13th-19th, 2017
Buried in Light, plays as part of the Hall Selects programme at L'Alternativa, Barcelona, Spain.
19.11.17, 21.15: Programme 2, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
14.11.17, 20.30: Programme 2, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

October 19th-24th, 2017
Buried in Light, plays as part of the Impatience programme at L'Âge d'Or Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium.
22.10.17, 19.00: Impatience Programme, Cinematek

October 4th-15th, 2017
Buried in Light, plays as part of the Experimenta programme at the BFI London Film Festival.
08.10.17, 15.15: Excavating Loss, NFT 3, BFI

June 21st-July 2nd, 2017
Buried in Light, plays as part of the Blackbox strand at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland.
29.06.17, 20.40: HumaNature, Filmhouse 3
02.07.17, 16.10: HumaNature, Filmhouse 3

June 6th-12th, 2017
Buried in Light, at Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany.
09.06.17, 19.30: Deframed – De/Materialized, Festivalzentrum Physikalisches Labor
11.06.17, 15.30: Deframed – De/Materialized, Festivalzentrum Physikalisches Labor

April 26th-30th, 2017
Buried in Light, at European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany.
29.04.17, 18.00: Staged States, Lagerhalle

April 20th-27th, 2017
Buried in Light, at Images Festival, Toronto, Canada.
24.04.17, 19.00: Multiplicity program, Innis Town Hall

January 21st, 2017
The Museum of Departures, in competition at Dresdner Schmalfilmtage, Dresden, Germany.
21.01.17, 21.00: Motorenhalle – Projektzentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst

December 18th, 2016
The Museum of Departures, at Berlin Experimental Film Festival, Berlin, Germany.
18.12.16, 17.00: Moviemento Cinema

December 16th, 2016
Buried in Light, at Paris 8 fait son cinéma, La Capella, Paris, France.

December 7th-11th, 2016
Buried in Light, premieres in competition at Alternative Film/Video Festival, Belgrade, Serbia.
10.12.16, 21.00: Velika Sala/ Main Theatre

December 1st-3rd, 2016
The Museum of Departures, at CÓDEC/Festival de Vídeo y Creaciones Sonoras, Mexico City, Mexico.
02.12.16, 16.00: Centro Cultural ALIAC

November 3rd-6th, 2016
The Museum of Departures, in competition at Aesthetica Film Festival, York, UK.
06.11.16, 19.45: 1331
04.11.16, 17.45: Yorkshire Museum
03.11.16, 19.15: 1331

June 6th, 2016
The Wanderer's Home Movies: An Interview with Basma Alsharif published in Projectorhead Eleven, New Delhi, India.

May 25th, 2016
Review of The Museum of Departures in Italian film journal L'emergere del possibile (In Italian).

April 14th-17th, 2016
The Museum of Departures, at Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, Scotland
17.04.16, 13.00: Screening Room
15.04.16, 10.35: Screening Room
14.04.16, 13.00: Screening Room

April 1st, 2016
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees: An investigation into the visual influences of sound in film, published in La Furia Umana (issue 27), Milan, Italy

October 3rd, 2015
The Museum of Departures, at 'New World Gazelle' (group show), 19.00, The Horse Hospital, London, UK

September 23rd, 2015
The Museum of Departures, in Program 1, 11.40 at Studio Session, ICA, London, UK