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IFFM in Dandenong
Dandenong welcomes the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne this August!
13 August, 15 August, 20 August
Masterclass with anurag kashyap on Censorship and other things
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Saturday 13th August, 3:00pm
Rendezvous With Simi Garewal: In Conversation with Rishi & Neetu Kapoor
Saturday 13th August, 3:30pm | Zinc at federation Square (Corner of Swanston & Flinders street)
IN CONVERSATION WITH RICHA CHADHA
BOLLYWOOD & BODY POSITIVITY
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Saturday 13th August, 5:00pm
Richa spoke candidly about her experience as an actress in Bollywood: reflecting on the pressures and expectations directed towards women in the industry.
Kapoor & Sons Q&A
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Saturday 13th August, 6:15pm
Watch your favourite film with Fawad Khan and Shakun batra
Relive the magic of one of 2016’s most entertaining films – Kapoor & Sons, while getting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to chat with director Shakun Batra and actor Fawad Khan.
Shakun Batra and Fawad Khan in attendance.
PANEL - Art & Reality: Cinema For Social Change
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Sunday 14th August, 11:00am
Cynthia Karena
Tim Watts MP
Gurmeet Sran
Roshan Bhandary
WILD WOMEN IN CINEMA
Round table hosted by Rajeev Masand
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Sunday 14th August, 12:30pm
Leena Yadav
Sara Haider
Sue Maslin
Jenni Tosi
Rajkahini Q&A
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Sunday 14th August, 6:00pm
Director Srijit Mukherjee’s period drama centres on a brothel during the partition of Bengal in 1947 in a visually aesthetic and complex political drama.
Join national award-winning director Srijit Mukherjee and actress Rituparna Sengupta for an engaging discussion about the film.
ANGREJ Q&A with Amrinder
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Monday 15th August, 7:30pm
Meet the Makers
After Moor
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Thursday 18th August, 6:45pm
World Premiere of "Moving Bodies Moving Boundaries"
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Friday 19th August, 7:00pm
Celebrating the beauty and similarities of Australia and India through the personal stories of families living with Down syndrome; Moving Bodies Moving Boundaries is stirring, inspiring and challenging.
Royal Children’s Hospital Fundraiser Screening
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Friday 19th August, 8:30pm
Come and watch the multiple award-winning THITHI, while also contributing to a good cause. All proceeds from this screening go to the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.
An astute social satire with endearing characters and an assured directorial touch, THITHI has been heralded as a milestone film in Kannada cinema.
EKk Albela (Marathi)
Introduced by Vidya Balan | AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Saturday 20th August, 8:45pm | HOYTS Melbourne Central
A prolific actor and director in mid-20th century India, Bhagwam Dada left behind a legacy of physical comedy and entertaining. Ekk Albela pays tribute to the rags-to-riches tale of the director.
Australian Premiere of MOHENJO DARO
Friday August 12, 6:15 PM | HOYTS Melbourne Central
*Program subject to change . Check back closer to the event date
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