Kalabhumi Amphitheatre Wednesday 21 January, 2026 Performance • 18:00 | Live Music: My Favour...

Kalabhumi Amphitheatre Wednesday 21 January, 2026 Performance • 18:00 | Live Music: My Favourite Things plays bossa nova and a choice of jazz standards (Shakti, Valerie, Tommaso, Simon, Rolf, Raul) Screenings • 19:30 | Why/Чому (Ukraine-Spain, 2023, Dir. Natxo Leuza Fernandez, 22min, NR R) Why this war? Why are they shooting at us? Why are they destroying everything? Why am I afraid? Why do they want to kill us? Why such hatred? Why do they murder our children? Why do they humiliate us? Why do they take everything from us? Why do I have to run away? Why has someone decided to erase everything? Producer: Jokin Pascual Director/Writer: Natxo Leuza Fernandez • 19:52 | The First Film (India, 2024, Dir. Piyush Thakur, 24min, NR G) In a small town of 1960's India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film. Screened at more than 20 festivals, among which the Festival de Cortos de Bogotá, the Moscow International Film Festival and the Glasgow Short Film Festival. Awarded at 6 festivals, among which the Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival, the Sunderland Short Film Festival and the International Film Festival in Lahore. Producer: Piyush Thakur Director/Editor/Writer: Piyush Thakur Writer: Deepak Lohana Cinematography: Sonu Production Design: Anadi Athaley Music Composer: Pranil Desai Sound Design: Pradyumna Chaware Cast: Priyanka Beriya, Vasudev Nishad, Usha Athaley, Tony Chawda • 20:16 | Dear Beautiful Beloved (Austria, 2024, Dir. Juri Rechinsky, 93min, NR R) There is a war going on in Europe. Our neighbors are fleeing from death and destruction. This film will give a face to some of their stories. It asks: What is it like to escape a war? What will be lost forever? What cannot be taken from a person? Producers: Thomas Herberth, Florian Brüning Director/Writer: Juri Rechinsky Cinematographer: Serhiy Stetsenko Editing: Andrea Wagner • 21:48 | Amudha (India, 2025, Dir, Rosann Robinson, 11min, NR G) Amudha is a young girl, who sells balloons near the beach. She and her sister are orphans. After meeting a writer who hears her story, the writer refuses to marry as requested by her mother and instead chooses to adopt the poor girls and send them to school. Director: Rosann Robinson Script: S. Yuvasri Editor: Harini P Camera: Sruthi K.U Sound: Gugan E.V, Josh Krajit Cast: S. Yuvasri, Merline Joshi, Yatra Srinivassan, Yuvatri Priya, R. Raveena