Language: French (with English subtitles)

Duration: 1 hr 48 min

Director: Gabriel Le Boumin

Screenplay: Gabriel le Boumin & Valérie Ranson-Enguiale

César Award Nominations: Best Actor (Lambert Wilson), Production Design, Costume Design

Cast: Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Carré, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Mouchette, Sophie Quinton, Tim Hudson, Pierre Hancisse, Gilles Cohen

Rating: PG-13

The film looks at the life of one of the 20th century's most important leaders, French President Charles de Gaulle (Lambert Wilson). The screenplay covers only the briefest of periods- albeit an important one- namely from April to June 1940. This was the time when the french government was considering negotiating an armistice with Nazi Germany but General de Gaulle refused to capitulate and sought help of England to come to his country's aid.

The film also examines de Gaulle's loving relationship with his family. He is the father of three childten, and the youngest has a severe mental disability. He is a devout Catholic and along with the unwavering love and support from his wife Yvonne (Isabelle Carré), he faces all manners of adversity.

• In collaboration with Alliance Francaise d'Islamabad

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A lifetime opportunity for adventure and nature lovers!

Nanga Parbat (8126m) is the second highest mountain peak of Pakistan and the 9th. highest in the world. Its base camp is one the most beautiful and most accessible base camps of any 8000-meter peak in the world. Fairy Meadows- named by German mountaineers- is an alpine pasture at an elevation of 3300 feet from sea level and offers excellent views of Nanga Parbat and other high peaks.
On this 5 days adventure trip planned in collaboration with Sustainable Tourism Foundation, we will take you to the Fairy Meadows side of Nanga Parbat. This area offers excellent trekking opportunities with lush green meadows, pine covered slopes and superb views of Nanga Parbat and other high peaks. On this trail, porters will carry the heavy luggage while you hike carrying your day pack to the Fairy Meadows camping site (an easy to moderate hike of about 3 hrs.).
Day 1: Departure from Islamabad at 05:00 a.m. for Chilas. Travel on Karakorum Highway in air conditioned transport and cover distance in about 11 to 12 hrs. with break for lunch and refreshments. Overnight stay at hotel in Chilas.
Day 2: Early Breakfast at hotel. Leave for Roikot Bridge (about 1 ½ hrs. drive). Roikot to Jhel on 4x4 jeeps (1 ½ hrs. jeep ride). Trek from Jhel to Fairy Meadows (3 to 4 hrs.). Those who are not interested in trekking can hire a pony to reach Fairy Meadows in about 3 hrs. Overnight stay in wooden huts/tents at Fairy Meadows.
Day 3: One day trekking excursion to explore Bial Camp and Nanga Parbat base camp (8 to 9 hrs. both ways) Those who are not interested to go on a long hike can stay back at Fairy Meadows and explore area around camping site and enjoy nature walk, photography and spend time at leisure. Overnight stay in wooden huts/tents at Fairy Meadows. Dinner around Bonfire.
Day 4: Breakfast at camping site. Enjoy morning hours to do photography, explore area towards Fantori or relax in the beautiful mountain environment. After lunch trek back to Jhel (easy downhill trekking of about 2 ½ hrs.). Jhel to Raikot bridge travel by 4x4 jeeps in 1 ½ hrs. Raikot to Chilas by van in another 1 ½ hrs.). Overnight stay at hotel in Chilas.
Day 5: Early morning departure for Islamabad. Travel on KKH via Dasu, Besham, Thakot, Mansehra and Abbottabad. Enroute stop for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. Reach Islamabad at around 9:00 p.m.

Its summer time- bring along your family & friends and join us on an early morning ride around Shakarparian to take in the fresh environment!

Shakarparian ( also known as Shakarparian Hills) is also a national park area. It has a great importance in the history of Pakistan. There is a small monument to mark the spot where President Ayub Khan stood with other members and decided that this will be new capital of Pakistan. At a height of 609 meters, the terraced gardens offer pleasant and sweeping vistas of Margalla and Murree hills, Rawal Lake, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.Those returning during the ride please inform the coordinators. It is an easy ride and it’s on the road so all kinds of bicycle can join.

Looking forward to an active participation!

Language: English

Director: Woody Allen

Screenplay: Woody Allen

Academy Award Nominations: Best Film, Director (Woody Allen), Production Design & Editing

Academy Award Wins: Supporting Actor (Michael Caine), Supporting Actress (Dianne Wiest), Screenplay (Woody Allen)

Cast: Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Max von Sydow, Dianne Wiest, Sam Waterston, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Carrie Fisher

There is a profoundly old-fashioned, almost moral message behind the film and its themes of love, fidelity, hope, and the fragility of happiness which underpin the drama at the centre.

This is Woody Allen's most successful film - a dramatic comedy, influenced by Anton Chekov, with a sharp and witty script enhanced by superb performances. The plot follows the overlapping stories of three sisters as they drift in and out of each other's lives with increadingly disastrous consequenses. The youngest (Barbara Hershey) lives with her spiritual guru (Max von Sydow), a witty intellectual recluse bitterly disillusioned with modern life. The middle sister (Dianne Wiest) is a frantically neurotic girl-about-town chasing after money and success. The eldest (Mia Farrow) is an apparently stable actress married to a wealthy accountant ( Michael Caine) and reigning over a warm nuclear family. Her previous husband (Woody Allen) is a hypochondriac, and now romantically involved with the neurotic sister.

The film slowly progresses and exposes the layers of illusion which are lifted off to display the emotional fragility, betrayal, and tragedy underneath.

• In collaboration with Alliance Francaise d'Islamabad

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5th-10th July

6 days /5 night

Hunza Valley one of the most picturesque and culturally rich region of Gilgit Baltistan. Situated in the norther region of Pakistan it is approximately a two hour drive from Gilgit city on the Karakoram Highway.
At an elevation of 2500 meters it is situated on the north/west of Hunza River and spread over 7900 square kilometers, it hosts a number of famous peaks of more than 6000 meter in height: Ultar, Rakaposhi, Diran, Golden Peak and Ladyfinger.
Itinerary
Day 1: Islamabad to Gilgit by morning flight.
Gilgit to Karimabad (Hunza). Sort stay at Rakaposhi View Point. Arrival at Hunza. Sightseeing and photography.

Overnight stay at selected hotel at Hunza.
Day 2: Full day to explore Hunza. Visit Duikar, Altit Fort, Baltit Fort and Ganaish. Overnight stay at Hunza.
Day 3: Full day trip to Upper Hunza. Visit Attabad Lake, Gulmit, Passu, Borit Lake and Khunjrab Pass. Return to Passu for night stay.
Day 4 Full day free to go for short hiking trip along Passu glacier or do local exploration around Passu
Day 5: Return travel to Gilgit. Enjoy scenic drive on KKH. Lunch en route at Rakaposhi View Point. Night stay at hotel at Gilgit
Day 6: Morning flight to Islamabad. End of tour....

Language: French (with English subtitles)

Director: François Truffaut

Screenplay: François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman & Jean-Claude Grumberg

César Awards: Best Film, Actor (Gérard Depardieu), Actress (Catherine Deneuve), Director (François Truffaut), Screenplay, Production Design, Cinematography, Music, Editing, Sound

Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Heinz Bennent, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudpin, Maurice Risch, Richard Bohringer

Endearing and uplifting film shuns politics, it simply entertains and brings back sharp memories of Hollywood films about World War II, which were shot on sound stages inside studios.

Truffaut's film is set during the German occupation of Paris and the screenplay revolves around a theatre troupe rehearsing a play. An actor (Gérard Depardieu), who secretly works for the Resistance, is cast as the leading man in a new play being put up at a famous theatre. His leading lady (Catherine Deneuve) is not only the owner of the theatre but also the star actress. Her husband (Heinz Bennent), the theatre's director and a German jew, has escaped Nazi Germany and is now secretly hiding in the basement of the theatre from where he gives notes on the production to his wife who is the only person who knows he is there. The colourful characters surrounding the two actors are a flamboyant director (Jean Poiret), the young ingénue (Sabine Haudpin) who will do anything to get a part in the play, the stage manager (Maurice Risch), a temperamental costume designer (Andrea Férréol) and a powerful, extremely nasty pro-Nazi critic (John-Louis Richard).

The film not only deals with anti-semitism but is also a plea for tolerance as we witness the romantic intrigues, suspenseful moments with the Gestapo and a flourishing love triangle between the actress and the two men - her leading man on stage and her husband residing below the stage.

• In collaboration with Alliance Francaise d'Islamabad

Check out Islamabad at night- its quite magical!

Its summer time and cycling at night gives a whole new perspective to the city, so step out and become part of the scene- a night ride experience not to be missed!

For those of you interested in 'Comparative Cultures' coupled with a bit of adventure, this is an opportunity for you to check out what the Capital has to offer!

Language: English

Director: James Ivory

Screenplay: Ruth Prawar Jhabvala, based on the book by Kazuo Ishiguro

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve, James Fox, Peter Vaughn, Ben Chaplin, Patrick Godfrey, Lena Heady, Michel Lonsdale, Hugh Grant

Ruth Prawar Jhabvala's exquisite adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's book becomes a sumptuously produced film by the Merchant-Ivory team with the story taking on the form of a road trip and becoming a memory piece as a butler tries to amend his past by seeking someone he admired a long time back.

A rigid butler (Anthony Hopkins) and a housekeeper (Emma Thompson) circle each other with deeply repressed feelings while in the employ of Lord Darlington (James Fox) at his huge estate. The screenplay covers in great detail the fascinating heirarchy and workings of staff at a huge estate. The formal relationship between the butler and the maid is the crux of the story. Hopkins' sad eyes convey vast depths of sadness as he rigidly goes about his job working for a Nazi sympathiser without letting politics cloud his propensity to serve his master. Thompson, with a sharp tongue and a no-nonsense manner, falls in love with the butler but she holds back her feelings because he too fails to reciprocate. Twenty years on after she had left her job and having gotten married, he seeks her out to try and get her to return to Darlington Hall now owned by a rich American (Christopher Reeve).

Quietly introspective film harbours an emotionally wrenching core at its center about repressed emotions, misplaced politics and sticking to a regimental way of life without thinking about life's consequences.

• In collaboration with Alliance Francaise d'Islamabad

MARK YOUR CALENDARS…JOIN US FOR THE ASG END OF YEAR: 2024-2025 CELEBRATIONS!

A TRULY MEMORABLE EVENING!

· DANCE PERFORMANCE

· IN CONCERT: ROCKLITE-THE BAND

· SUMPTUOUS DINNER, PRIZES AND MORE!

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A multimedia presentation featuring film clips and archival photographs of one of Pakistan’s brightest and most enigmatic film star!

In revisiting her life and legacy, we do not merely pay tribute to her,we step back into a lost world... a world of velvet curtains, dimming lights, and a queen whose reign, though brief, remains eternal. Rani was not merely an actress but an enigma, an embodiment of love and loss, who’s every glance, spoke volumes and every dance move evoked a world of longing. Yet, behind the dazzling veneer lay a tale as tragic as the roles she played. Just as she suffered for love on-screen, she endured heartbreak and hardship in life. This interplay between art and reality made her performances all the more poignant and her presence all the more unforgettable!

‘More than a performer, Rani was a phenomenon- a true silver-screen star who cast a spell over the golden age of Lollywood. Hers was a name that became synonymous with drama, tragedy, and timeless elegance. In a world that often silenced women, she spoke through her performances. In an industry that demanded conformity, she created space for defiance. Her story is not merely that of an actress, but of an era .She remains a symbol of feminine strength—a woman who, despite the heartbreaks life dealt her, remained etched in the hearts of her admirers. Beyond the melodrama, Rani was also a quiet revolutionary. In an industry where actresses were often boxed into archetypes, she defied expectations. She played women who were full of contradictions—heroines who owned their desires, challenged conventions, and, in doing so, became symbols of resilience. As the rebellious courtesan, the betrayed lover, or the woman who refused to be silenced, her portrayals echoed the struggles of real women fighting to carve spaces of independence in a restrictive world… ‘

Guest Presenter: Haroon Shuaib is a film historian and media and culture commentator. With an extensive experience of having worked with multiple international donor agencies, he has also been a documentary filmmaker and broadcast programmer. He writes regularly on films, music, culture and environment for many national and international publications and runs his own art gallery and community space in Quetta, the first of its kind social impact venture in Balochistan.