Arthshila Ahmedabad’s Film Showcase this week features ‘Nostalgia for the Future’ by Avijit Mukul Kishore and Rohan Shivkumar.

DETAILS:
25 July 2025 (Fri) | 5.30 pm
26 – 27 July 2025 (Sat – Sun) | 11.30 am
Running Time: 54 mins
Language: Hindi, English (with English Subtitles)
Produced by Films Division India

‘Nostalgia for the Future’ is a film essay that explores Indian modernity, the making of the citizen, and imaginations of the homes built for these citizens over the period of a century. These are the royal palace in Baroda built by a progressive monarch in the late 19th Century; Villa Shodhan in Ahmedabad – a private residence built by Le Corbusier; Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, which epitomises the Gandhian aspirations of the nation-state; and public housing in Delhi, designed to house refugees from Pakistan and the bureaucrats of the newly independent nation. The film explores these spaces through the evocation of the cinematic and aural collective memory of a nation. It uses a mix of formats – 16mm film and digital video along with archival footage from state propaganda films and mainstream cinema.

Venue: Arthshila Ahmedabad
2-G, Opposite Ahmedabad Management Association, Panjrapol, Ambawadi – 380015.