A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
- Murtaza Ali
The Embassy of the United States of America in collaboration with Cinedarbaar is organizing a three day film event—‘Artificial Intelligence Film Festival’—from 17th – 19th September 2015 at the American Center Auditorium, 24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110001. The festival will show six films that celebrate robots and technology.
Please find below the Press Release and Schedule of the festival.
PRESS RELEASE
‘ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FILM FESTIVAL’
New Delhi, September 2015: American Centre (U.S Embassy) based in New Delhi, in collaboration
with Cinedarbaar will be organizing
a 3 days Artificial Intelligence
Festival celebrating Robots and
Technology on the 17th, 18th & 19th September, 2015 at the American Center Auditorium. The festival will show six science-fiction
films that brings stories of Robots &Technology which are followed by
interactive sessions & Robotic Workshops. Speakers are also invited to be a
part of discussion with the audience post the film screened such as Bijoy Philip who is a doctoral scholar
at the Department of Cinema Studies at J.N.U will speak on the History Of Fictional Robots In American
Cinema on the opening day of the festival. Anugyan Nag a film scholar will throw light on the Human Species & the futuristic world of
space and technology in the genre of Science Fiction and the Future as a technological utopia and
dystopia. On the last day of the
festival Abhija Ghosh
a PhD scholar in Cinema Studies at J.N.U will talk about the Dystopic
Imagination in Hollywood Science Fiction.
The Day The Earth Stood Still starring Michael
Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe will begin the festival. The film is
about the alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live
peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. The second day of the
festival will show films like A Space
Odessey starring Keir Dullea, Gary
Lockwood, William Sylvester will start which shows Humanity finds a
mysterious, obviously artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and,
with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. After that Star Wars starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher will start which tells a
story of Luke Skywalker who joins force with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a
wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying
battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil
Darth Vader. The Third day of the festival will show films like Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young which
tell about a blade runner who try to terminate four replicates who stole a ship
in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. After the Blade
Runner, Robocop starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, DanO'Herlihy will
start which shows about a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a
powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.The closing film of the festival
is the action & crime film called Chappie
starring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel,
Hugh Jackman which shows the crime which is patrolled by a mechanized
police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new
programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for
himself.
In Science
Fiction Genre, robots have played a primary role. They have reflected the
social, cultural issues and technology of their times. Throughout the cinematic
history these fictional robots have created a cult following.Robots in cinema
have existed in the forms of robots- a programmed devise performs mechanically
or automatically such asHal 900. Android- refers to
automation or artificial man that possesses human features and resembles human
beings such as Star Trek and Cyborg which refers to human whose body and
physiological processes are aided or controlled such as Robocop. Such diversity and interaction films and
science will be brought forth through this festival.
Quiz will be organized
based on the films screened for the audience to win exciting prizes sponsored
by the American Centre. Come and explore the dramas & science fictions and
take away the knowledge about the Robots and Technology by attending the
interactive sessions and workshops to win exciting prizes. The entry to the festival is free and is on first
come first served basis. Entry is open for general public but by
invitation only. To request an invitation, please e-mail to AmcenterND@state.gov or collect your passes from the American
Center library prior to the event. Please carry a valid and original
photo ID to enter the American Centre and an e-invite to attend the festival.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
6:00 p.m.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) (92 minutes )
Directed by: Robert Wise
Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Synopsis: An alien lands and tells
the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a
danger to other planets.
7:35 p.m-"History Of Fictional Robots In
American Cinema"- Interaction with Bijoy Philip.
QUIZ and Q & A with the
audience will follow
Friday, September 18th, 2015
3:00 p.m
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) (160 minutes)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Synopsis: Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously
artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent
computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.
5:40
p.m- "Human
Species and the futuristic world of space and technology in the genre of
Science Fiction"- Interaction with Anugyan Nag
QUIZ and Q & A with the
audience will follow
6:00 p.m.
STAR WARS (1977) (121 minutes)
Directed by: George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill,
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Synopsis: Luke Skywalker joins
forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the
universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting
to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
2:00 p.m.
BLADE
RUNNER (1982) (116 minutes)
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger
Hauer, Sean Young
Synopsis: A blade runner must
pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have
returned to Earth to find their creator.
4:00
p.m-"The
Future as a technological utopia and dystopia"- Interaction with Anugyan
Nag
QUIZ and Q & A with the
audience will follow
4:30 p.m.
ROBOCOP (1987)
(102 minutes)
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy
Allen, Dan O'Herlihy
Synopsis: In a dystopic and
crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a
powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
5:40 p.m- "Dystopic
Imagination in Hollywood Science Fiction": Interaction with Abhija Ghosh.
QUIZ and Q & A with the
audience will follow
6:30 p.m.
CHAPPIE (2015) (120 minutes)
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev
Patel, Hugh Jackman
Synopsis:
In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one
police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the
first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.
Readers, please feel free to share your opinion by leaving your comments in the comment box. As always your feedback is highly appreciated!
- Murtaza Ali
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