a twoday film carnival world movie festival was held at siri fort from november 16 to 17 the festival was organised by navrasa duende an arts and entertainment venture the lineup for the inaugural screening featured acclaimed classics of the world cinema including apocalypse now directed by francis ford coppolas tokyo story directed by yasujiro ozus the marriage of maria braun directed by rainer werner fassbinders charulata directed by satyajit ray the passion of joan of arc directed by carl theodor dreyer and pulp fiction directed by quentin tarantino the festival included a collection of movies that are considered to be milestones of world cinema across six landmark movements and events the golden age of silent films of the 1920s the poetic realism of the 30s the italian neorealism as well as the french new wave of the 50s and the 60s the selection also featured revered contemporary classics as well as independent filmmaking achievements from india and hollywood that embellish the cinematic landscape of the late twentieth and the twentyfirst century through navrasa duende world movie festivals we aim to reflect the evolution that cinematic art has witnessed in 100 years since 1920 as such we have focused on narrative technique and craft genres technical innovation historical geopolitical and social contents as well as context among other things said dinesh b singh festival director we also considered factors such as a films popularity and timelessness quotient while making the selection the objective is to initiate a larger indian audience in world cinema and introduce film aficionados to the immense value that lies beyond hollywood and bollywood