Events: Expanding the frame & Indian cinema

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- From January 19th to February 24th, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Expanding the frame film series, showcasing the work of filmmakers that "(break) the boundaries of film and video". Its highlights: "An evening with Kenneth Anger" on January 26th and specially the "Hyperfootage" series, running February 22 to the 24th, that will screen works by and have the presence of Peter Tscherkassky, Frédérique Devaux, and Matthias Müller and Christoph Girardet.

- In three evenings at Cornerhouse in Manchester, UK, the programme Cinema of Prayoga: Indian Experimental Film and Video 1913 – 2006 . The first evening, Unseen India (7 January) will center on depictions of modern Indian life and identity; the second, Indian Video Art: Between Myth and History, focuses on the recent rise of Indian video art since the early nineties; the last evening, The Secret History of Indian Cinema (23 January), centers on films by the "father of indian cinema", D.G. Phalke, and some works form the late 60s and 70s.

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