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Insights
Cinema has always found new ways to meet its audience. In Assam, that meeting can happen beside a river, under an open sky, with a wooden boat carrying a…
Our initiative to digitize Assamese film reviews from regional newspapers is an effort to preserve a valuable part of Assam’s cultural memory. For decades,…
At a Gauhati Cine Club screening, attention usually settles on the screen. On one memorable evening, however, the audience began by looking at something placed…
The history of Gauhati Cine Club can be read through the films it chose to screen. A comparison between 1972 and 2022 brings two important moments into focus:…
In the 1980s, a film discussion did not require a video call, a streaming platform, or even a reliable long-distance telephone line. For Gauhati Cine Club, a…
Assamese cinema has always carried music in its bloodstream. Songs have travelled from theatre stages, village courtyards, radio programmes, and devotional…
At Gauhati Cine Club, a film screening does not end when the lights come up. The conversation may continue in the foyer, in a later review, or through memories…
An outdoor film screening can turn a courtyard, school ground, community space, or riverside venue into a shared cinema. In Assam, where power availability,…
Our Annual Film Walk: Tracing Locations from Assamese Cinema in Guwahati invites audiences to experience the city as more than a backdrop. Streets, riverbanks,…
A screenplay rarely develops in isolation. Before a story reaches a producer, director, or audience, it is tested through conversation: at screenings, in…
