The Art of Focaccia Making at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
When we think of Italy, the first things that come to mind are the delicious food and wine and the rich cultural heritage. This presentation will explore that intricate weave of science, know-how, history, tradition and innovation found in Italian cuisine. The second event at the KGAF is a lesson on how to make focaccia, […]
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The Science of Coffee at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
When we think of Italy, the first things that come to mind are the delicious food and wine and the rich cultural heritage. This presentation at KGAF will explore that intricate weave of science, know-how,history, tradition and innovation found in Italian cuisine. These elements so impeccably combine to create a common product, simple yet complex. […]
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Il fattore umano by Matteo Alemanno and Francesco Rossi
On the eve of the 1968 protests,a young man unable to accept the way the main power portrayed all its opponents, decided to become a photographer to put things in order. Taking a beautiful picture is an act of faith. Tano D’Amico started a new path which led him to the forefront during the social […]
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Gente dei bagni. A documentary by Francesca Scalisi, 2015 (59 min)
A small red-brick building stands out with a big neon light: BAGNI (baths). These are the last public baths in the city where everybody can take a shower. It’s a microcosm of people’s stories told during one of the most intimate moment of their routine: the personal hygiene. It’s a meeting place for people coming […]
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Altamente by Gianni De Blasi
Every year, from January 11th to 18th, the people of Novoli, a small village in Salento (Italy), celebrate Sant’Antonio Abate. There they build a pile of shoots, The Fòcara, that is lit up when liturgical and religious rituals are over, thus giving the start signal to a series of concerts, cultural and convivial meetings: it […]
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The Night of the Panthers: a crooked cop in a very crooked city
Piergiorgio Pulixi presents his latest novel, The Night of the Panthers at the Somaiya Centre for Lifelong Learning. Money, sex, and power, Inspector Biagio Mazzeo is the head of a special unit trained in the investigation of organized crime. He is a kind of father figure to these hard men and he often leads them […]
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The Elevator by Massimo Coglitore
The Elevator is set in the confined space of a New York building elevator where Jack Tramell – the host of a famous TV Quiz Show – is attacked and tortured psychologically by an apparently demented woman. The woman is cynical and scientific and has studied her revenge eticulously, including the time: a quiet evening […]
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Late Season by Danilo Caputo
Giovanni, Cesare and Carosina are each tormented by a different sound. The first can’t sleep because of noise coming from outside his home. The second dreams of a career in electronic music and records a variety of unusual sounds for his compositions. Carosina is haunted by her late father, who pesters her to wear a […]
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My name is Maya by Tommaso Agnese
In this emotional coming-of-age story, Niki and her sister Alice lose their mother in a car accident. Faced with separate foster care situations that will put them in different countries, the girls run away pursued by a caring social worker named Cecilia. Niki adopts the name Maya as the two siblings encounter a colourful cross-section […]
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Gabriele Carcano – Piano Recital in Mumbai
Gabriele Carcano, recipient of a 2010 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award, is a pianist equally at home in recital, as a soloist with orchestras, and as a chamber musician. He has been praised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung as a sculptor of sound and aesthete after his Munich debut at the Herkulessaal and is the winner of […]
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