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18.12. - 21.12.2024 | B-CAF Bridging Culture and Arts Foundation, Kolkata TENT Biennale 2024

TENT Biennale 2024 includes 70 films and videos specially curated for the festival from India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, as well as from Germany, Sweden, Poland, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, S. Korea, Japan, USA, Argentina and New Zealand.

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On Cables and Cumulus

An artistic installation by Katja Davar at the staircase of Goethe-Institut Kolkata. In the main stairwell, a seventeen metre long textile work digitally collaged from Davar’s pencil drawings of clouds, cascades through the building.

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Friday Film

Friday Films are the monthly screenings of German films at the Goethe-Institut Kolkata. One film is screened every third Friday of the Month from 6.30 pm in the audirtorium. All films are in German language with English subtitles.

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