FIN - The Last Word on Films
FIN is The official Filmclub the National Institute of Design runs. It was established many years ago and i happened to be a part of it along with 2 of my other batchmates. Apart from my college studies i actively take part in researching and screening the film. Below are some of my digitally made posters for the same.
Persepolis (2007)
Screened: August 27th, 2017
Based on Satrapi's graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. The film traces Satrapi's growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager in Iran.
IDIOTS AND ANGELS (2008) & OTHER SHORT FILMS by Bill Plympton
Screened: December 18th, 2014
A morally bankrupt man grows wings that make him do good deeds.
HOTARU NO HAKA (GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES) by Isao Takahata (1988)
Screened: January 16th, 2014
A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
EIDI: Independent Short by Pradipta Ray (followed by an interactive session with the director)
Screened: August 14th, 2014
CMA MACKA, BELI MACOR (BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT) by Emir Kusturica (1998)
Screened: December 23rd, 2014
Matko is a small time hustler, living by the river Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her. But none of the two care much for an arranged marriage: Zare is in love with Ida, Afrodita is waiting for the man of her dreams.
A Poster for a talk session by the french illustrator Francois Chalet on January 8th, 2015.
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN by Malik Bendjelloul (2012)
Screened: January 6th, 2015
Though he faded into obscurity in the U.S., an early '70s musician known as Rodriguez became a huge hit in South Africa and was widely rumored to have died. Two obsessed fans set out to learn the man's true fate.
BAGHDAD MESSI by Omar Kalifa (2012)
Screened: July 1st, 2014
Iraq, 2009. Little Hamoudi (10) is totally obsessed with football. Just as the rest of the world, he and his friends are eagerly looking forward to the Champions League finale FC Barcelona-Manchester United. The long awaited clash between Messi and Ronaldo. But then Hamoudi's television breaks down...
Poster for Hayao Miyazaki Movie Week.
KAZE TACHINU (THE WIND RISES) by Hayao Miyazaki (2013)
Screened: September 16th, 2014
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
MONONOKE HIME (PRINCESS MONONOKE) by Hayao Miyazaki (1997)
Screened: January 8th, 2014
A prince becomes involved in the struggle between a forest princess and the encroachment of mechanization.
TONARI NO TOTORO (MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO) by Hayao Miyazaki (1988)
Screened: January 7th, 2014
Two sisters encounter a mythical forest sprite and its woodland companions when they move to rural Japan.
Poster for Isao Takahata Movie Week
LA STRADA (THE ROAD) by Federico Fellini (1954)
Screened: January 21st, 2014
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
VERTIGO by Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
Screened: January 20th, 2015
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
SEN TO CHIHIIRO TO KAMIKAKUSHI (SPIRITED AWAY) by Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
Screened: January 9th, 2014
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters, and where humans are changed into beasts.
OMOHIDE PORO PORO (ONLY YESTERDAY) by Isao Takahata (1991)
Screened: January 15th, 2014
A 27-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
ANKHON DEKHI by Rajat Kapoor (2013)
Screened: February 5th, 2015
Ankhon Dekhi centers around Raje Bauji, played by Sanjay Mishra who, after a dramatic incident, decides that he will only believe what he sees with his eyes.
A Poster for Vaibhav Kumaresh's talk Session.
NAYAK by Satyajit Ray (1966)
Screened: January 28th, 2014
En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams and past experiences.
OM DAR BA DAR by Kamal Swaroop (1988)
Screened: June 24th, 2014
A carefully constructed nonsense about a teenage boy named Om in a small Indian village.
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS by Wes Anderson (2001)
Scrrened: June 19th, 2014
An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when their father announces he is terminally ill.
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN by Christopher Guest (1996)
Screened: February 27th, 2014
An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
AANDHI by Gulzar (1975)
Screened: January 23rd, 2014
A hotel manager rescues and marries a politician's daughter but their relationship begins to fail.
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