[Reader-list] The Wager on Cinema: Screening 5-Placebo

[The Sarai Programme]

The Sarai Programme invites you for the screening of Abhay Kumar's
'Placebo' on Thursday, 11th August, 2016, 6.00pm.

The screening will be held at 29 Rajpur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi, 110054

Synopsis, 'Placebo' dir. Abhay Kumar, 96 mins
Pressure reaches breaking point at India's toughest medical school ; a film
maker goes undercover in this prestigious institution to follow the
ambitious doctors of tomorrow, wrestling with lifelong dreams, pain and
healing - as the school's administration stands accused of turning a blind
eye to an unfolding tragedy

Abhay Kumar is a filmmaker, TED fellow and teacher from India. In 2011,
Abhay's hybrid short animation film “Just that Sort of Day” became the
first Indian animation film to compete at the Tribeca Film Festival, went
onto win best film at Busan, New York Indian Film Festival, Regensburg, 200
screenings at the Centre Pompidou Museum, Paris and picked up a National
Award in India. In 2014, Abhay's hybrid feature documentary ‘Placebo”
premiered at IDFA, winning a jury nomination award for best debut. In 2016,
Abhay was selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus as part of the Berlin
International Film Festival

Rahul Roy is a filmmaker whose films have travelled across the globe to
various documentary film festivals and have won several prestigious awards.

Ravi Vasudevan is Professor at CSDS and co-founder of The Sarai Programme

Tea will be served at 5.30pm

The trailer of the film can be found at the following link
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrdLPrZzjh8>

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