Events
SACF Excellence in Cinema Award: Shyam Benegal
From 2012-06-09 to 2012-06-11
Director and screenwriter Shyam Benegal is today considered the
father of the &New Wave& in Indian cinema. With a career spanning 50
years, his documentaries as well as his features are the work of a
highly accomplished and deeply humanitarian filmmaker, unflinching in
his critique of sexual and social inequality. The South Asian Cinema
Foundation, in partnership with the Nehru Centre, will present him
with the SACF Excellen....
SACF Raising the Curtain on Niranjan Pal
From 2011-06-06 to 2011-08-20
SACF Honours Forgotten Indian Cinema Legend Niranjan Pal SACF is
to launch its final events by inaugurating an exhibition, releasing a
book and screening a documentary on the life and works of Indian
scenarist, screenwriter and filmmaker Niranjan Pal. As part of a
year-long Indo-British Film Heritage project, SACF has been organising
major ....
Excellence in Cinema Award to Gulzar
From 2011-08-01 to 2011-08-31
SACF Press Release
From 2011-06-06 to 2011-08-14
South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF), London celebrates the work of
a forgotten legend of Indian cinema, Niranjan Pal (1889-1959) so far
ignored both in India and the west. Pal was the prime mover in the
making of classic silent films like LIGHT OF ASIA, SHIRAZ AND A THROW
OF DICE. SACF's Heritage Lottery Funded film herit....
Lifting the Curtain- Niranjan Pal and Raj Kapoor
From 2012-01-26 to 2012-01-31
The South Asian Cinema Foundation launch their book on the life and
works of pioneer, Indian scenarist, screenwriter and filmmaker
Niranjan Pal who paved the way for giants such as Raj Kapoor. Includes
previews from the BFI Southbank's Kapoor season.
