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Dear Friends, Greetings from the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre! Its spring time and we have many colorful events for you till End of April. Kindly go through the following events and we look forward to your gracious presence. Connect with us through You can also keep yourselves updated about the forthcoming events by subscribing to our monthly e-Newsletter, at hicc.delhi@gmail.com. Visit us at www.delhi.balassiintezet.hu. Tibor Kovács Director and Cultural Counsellor and the HICC Team CALENDAR OF EVENTS Details of our upcoming events can be seen below by clicking on the date in the table. Dates Type of programme Venue Event till April 17 Photo Exhibition IGNCA LIFE AND WORKS OF SIR AUREL STEIN - curated by Dr. Ágnes Kelecsényi (Hungary) April 14 - May 8, Opening: April 14, Tues, 6 pm Photo Exhibition HICC GLIMPSES OF HUNGARIAN WILDLIFE - Photos by József Mesterházi (Hungary) April 15, Wed, 5 pm EU Film Festival HICC AMBASSADOR TO BERN - 76 min (Hungary) April 16, Thurs, 6 pm Fábri Film Club HICC FREEDOM FLIGHT - Feature film directed by Péter Fazekas, 53 min (Hungary) April 16, Thurs, 7 pm EU Film Festival HICC SOOF - 96 min (Netherland) April 17, Fri, 6 pm Literary Evening HICC THE DAY OF HUNGARIAN POETRY - Lecture on János Arany by Dr. Margit Köves (Hungary) April 18, Sat, 5 pm EU Film Festival HICC IDA - 82 min (Poland) April 20, Mon, 5 pm EU Film Festival HICC THE AGE OF CANNIBALS - 93 min (Germany) April 20, Mon, 6:45 pm EU Film Festival HICC THE CANDIDATE - 106 min (Slovakia) April 24, Fri, 6 pm Commemorative Day HICC ALEXANDER CSOMA DE KŐRÖS - Celebrating 231st birth anniversary (Indo - Hungarian) Programmes till End April, 2015 Photo Exhibition at IGNCA │ till April 17 Fascinated by the Orient - Life and works of Sir Aurel Stein collection of the Hungarian Academy of Science, curated by Dr. Ágnes Kelecsényi Sir Marc Aurel Stein was a prominent Hungarian archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. Devoted his life in understanding the great civilization. Stein was a meticulous record-keeper and took notebooks and field diaries to record all aspects of his expeditions. And his record keeping has been invaluable for the study of the sites he explored and the excavated artifacts. He was also a professor at various Indian universities. An extraordinary man, who advanced human knowledge on many fronts and pursued dramatic adventure with scientific purpose. (On view from 10 am to 4 pm)  Photo Exhibition at HICC │ 14 April - 8 May Inauguration on │ April 14, Tuesday, 6 pm GLIMPSES OF HUNGARIAN WILDLIFE  Photos by József Mesterházi An amazing display of native birds and animals from the Bakony Mountains and Lake Balaton regions of Hungary, by a passionate photo artist and forester from Hungary, József Mesterházi. He captures the rare moments of animal and forest life in its own habitat, as well as the changes and the eternal secrets of nature. József Mesterházi had a number of exhibitions in Hungary and his photographs have been published as illustrations in children's books. His mission is to get children acquainted with forests at a young age and to make them responsible citizens who will love and protect nature. (On view from 10 am to 4 pm, weekdays only) European Film Festival at HICC │ April 15, Thursday, 5 pm AMBASSADOR TO BERN (A berni követ)   Feature film, directed by Attila Szász (2014), colour, 76 min A fictional account of the 1958 attack against the Hungarian Embassy in Bern, the film is based on a true story about the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Uprising, a spontaneous nationwide revolt that was eventually crushed by Soviet forces, the political thriller chronicles the events of Aug 16, 1958, when two armed Hungarian defectors break into the Hungarian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland, and take the ambassador hostage. The film shows that the emotional and political fallout from a war often has long-lasting effects. A tense, twist-filled drama plays out behind the closed doors of the Embassy, and the international relations soon begin to boil: Hungary's government demands immediate action, Swiss policemen surround the building and Hungarian immigrants demonstrate on the street. European Film Festival at HICC │ April 15 - 20 20th EU FILM FESTIVAL - 2015 Contemporary European Films The EU Film Festival in India is a yearly initiative that presents a selection of contemporary European films to the Indian film lovers in major cities: Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Jodhpur. The festival includes a bouquet of films from 20 countries, that give reflections of the cultural streams of Europe and stories that describe the European life in socio-economic and cultural environments. April 15, Wed, 5 pm Hungary - The Ambassador To Bern (76 min) April 16, Thurs, 7 pm Netherland - Soof (96 min) April 18, Sat, 5 pm Poland - Ida (82 min) April 20, Mon, 5 pm Germany - The Age of Cannibals  (93 min) April 20, Mon, 6:45 pm Slovakia - The Candidate (106 min) Fábri Film Club at HICC │ April 16, Thursday, 6 pm  FREEDOM FLIGHT - Feature film Directed by Péter Fazekas (2012), colour, 53 min Freedom Flight deals with a theme that is a highlighted subject of Hungarian cinema nowadays. In 1956, three Hungarian young men tried to hijack the Budapest-Szolnok domestic flight in Hungary in order to flee to the West and start a new free life there. Literary Evening at HICC │ April 17, Friday, 6 pm THE DAY OF HUNGARIAN POETRY Lecture on János Arany by Dr. Margit Köves János Arany (1817-1882) left one of the most lasting corpus of work in Hungarian literature as an essayist, critic and translator of drama. His poetry and epics reflect the unattainability of balance between the ideal world and reality. The variety of Arany's work and his engagement with aesthetics, tradition and poetic language explain why his work is selected on the Day of Hungarian Poetry. Arany's work will be recited in Hungarian, Hindi and English during the course of the evening. Commemorative Day at HICC │ April 24, Friday, 6 pm CSOMA DE KŐRÖS COMMEMORATIVE DAY Distribution of the Alexander Csoma de Kőrös Prizes of Hungarology This year we commemorate the 231st birth anniversary of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös, the great Hungarian scholar, Orientalist, Philologist and founder of Tibetology. Dr. Vijya Sati, Associate Professor (Hindu College) of Hindi will give a brief introduction on the life and works of Csoma in Hindi language, followed by the distribution of the Hungarology Prizes.   Please keep checking our website for exact timings. You may subscribe to our monthly e-Newsletter by sending your details on hicc.delhi@gmail.com. For regular updates, kindly get in touch with us at Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre reserves the right to change the programs and the dates. Add: 1-A Janpath, New Delhi - 110 011 (near Hotel Claridges) Tel: 011-2301-4497, -4992 Email: hicc.delhi@gmail.com; Website: www.delhi.balassiintezet.hu