The Music Room Jalsaghar
Bengal, 1930s. Biswambhar Roy is the last in a long line of wealthy patriarchs. His time has passed, and all he has left are two loyal servants, a horse, an elephant, and a crumbling palace. But even as his family fortune dwindles, Roy refuses to give up the lavish evenings he hosts in his music room. One day, while smoking a hookah on the terrace, he hears celebratory music: his neighbour is celebrating his son’s coming-of-age ceremony. Roy recalls the ceremonial celebration for his own son…
Photos
What's On
Dahomey Dahomey
Mati Diop
Monday, 10. 03. 2025 / 19:00 / Small Hall
In her beguiling work of speculative documentary the young French-Senegalese filmmaker charts the repatriation of stolen artefacts to Benin, interrogating colonial legacies, ancestry and the weight of history.
Solitude Einvera
Ninna Pálmadóttir
Tuesday, 11. 03. 2025 / 15:00 / Main Hall
The debut of an Icelandic director, this is a warm but never sentimental story about the solace that unexpected friendship can bring.